Re: -o option and sgml backend?

[Tony Graham <tgraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11 Feb 1998 14:18 -0500, Norman Walsh wrote:
 > I was mildly surprised to see that jade seems to ignore the -o
 > option when the SGML backend is used.  I have a stylesheet that
 > uses the element construction rules but never uses make entity.
 > Output goes to stdout, and I was hoping -o foo.html would make
 > output go to foo.html instead. Is this a known feature? ;-)

>From the second paragraph of "transform.htm" from the Jade
distribution:

   These extensions are used in conjunction with the SGML backend
   which is selected with the -t sgml or -t xml options. Unlike other
   backends, the SGML backend writes its output to the standard
   output.

 > On a related note, is there any way for a stylesheet to query what
 > filename was given on the -o option?  (I'm guessing, "no".)

I have no idea.

Regards,


Tony Graham
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