MIME Tools does not url encode commas?

Michael Levy

I was using Notepad++ and the MIME tools plug in to encode URLs.
It seems that the MIME Tools plugin does not URL encode commas.

In Notepad++
a,b => a,b

However, in tools like www urlencoder org
a,b => a%2Cb

I thought commas need to be encoded per rfc3986 section 2.2.

PeterJones

@Michael-Levy ,

Commas hold special meaning in URLs, but can be used in URLs, so to always encode the comma in a URL is just as incorrect as you think it is for Notepad++ to have not encoded them at all.

If you want to force Notepad++'s MIME Tools plugin to convert the comma, you can use the Full URL Encode command (though you’ll likely complain that it also encodes the a and the b). Or after doing the URL Encode command, you can reselect the text and do a search/replace to convert , into %2C .

guy038

Hello, @michael-levy, @peterjones and All,

Some other characters are not %-encoded when using the The Plugins > MIME Tools > URL Encode option

So, here is a simple regex S/R which will encode the remaining ASCII characters !

SEARCH (!)|(\$)|(')|($)|($)|(\*)|(\+)|(,)|(-)|(\.)|(_)

REPLACE (?1%21)(?2%24)(?3%27)(?4%28)(?5%29)(?6%2A)(?7%2B)(?8%2C)(?9%2D)(?10%2E)(?11%5F)

If you do NOT want to encode the _ char, use this S/R :

SEARCH (!)|(\$)|(')|($)|($)|(\*)|(\+)|(,)|(-)|(\.)

REPLACE (?1%21)(?2%24)(?3%27)(?4%28)(?5%29)(?6%2A)(?7%2B)(?8%2C)(?9%2D)(?10%2E)

Best Regards,

guy038