RE: [xsl] •

["Julian Reschke" <julian.reschke@xxxxxx>]

> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Greg Martel
> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 6:24 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [xsl] •
>
>
> Anybody have helpful advice on why XML-Spy/xalan won't let me
> redefine a numeric entity in  a stylesheet but will let me redefine
> other entities.

Because that's how numerical entities work. They are predefined.

> (Redefining the entity using disable-output-escaping in the XSL
> stylesheet DOES control the output. I got this technique out of Bob

No, you haven't redefined it. You just used a non-portable technique to
produce the string "•" in the output.

> Ducharme's "XSLT Quickly." Only I am unable for some reason to
> redefine a NUMERIC entity in the XSL transform which was the point of
> my question.
>
> And the setup works for a dynamic browser transform just fine; but it
> also needs to work for html which is going to be posted after the
> transform.)

Again: if the standard output doesn't work with your setup, there's a
problem *there*.

Maybe you can post your stylesheet and describe how it's invoked, and how
the result is sent to the browser.


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