Input value and escape

[francan00]

I have a Form input field in my JSP:

<input name="nickname"  type="text" value="<%= NameClass.getInfo()
%>" />

How do I make sure this data is escaped correctly to be able to show
quotes and apostrophes. I tried slash in front but it didnt work:
(name=\"nickname\")

I dont have JSF,Struts, JSTL, StringEscapeUtils (from Apache commons)
due to restrictions on my Tomcat 4.1.27 container.

Is there something I can use or please advise best way to handle this?