No way to print a dollar sign ($)?

[xSke]

If I try to put a $ literal in a label, it complains about action stuff. Escaping with a backslash doesn't seem to work either. I "fixed" it by setting a label's text to $ from Java every frame. It seems like it should be possible to escape it, no? HTML entities don't work either.

[czyzby]

Use a .properties file, put your special characters there. Then you can reference it like any other localized text. For example - in bundle file:
dol=$
In .lml file:
<label>@dol</label>

Bundle texts (proceeded with @) are preferred over plain text in templates anyway, so I don't think that it's much of an issue. Also, you can replace default characters by overriding DefaultLmlSyntax methods; if you don't use actions much, you can select another, more unusual character.

[czyzby]

For the record, LML 1.5.1.9.2 will allow using a single restricted character, as these cannot be properly parsed to property names, bundle lines or actions anyway. So - for example - it wouldn't throw any exceptions if you used $ sign as label.

Restricted characters cannot begin a string. For example, <label>hi$</label> would work just fine, while <label>$hi</label> would look for a method named hi, try to invoke it and put the result in its place. That's why there is no character escaping. If you need to begin a text value (longer than 1) with a restricted character, use i18n bundle.