Re: [xsl] Text markup for web forums, eg. [b]bold text[/b]

["M. David Peterson" <m.david@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Daniel,

Heres a solution I posted a while back that will solve your problem...

http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200401/msg00337.html

Hope this helps!

<M:D/>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Joshua" <daniel.joshua@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 12:25 AM
Subject: [xsl] Text markup for web forums, eg. [b]bold text[/b]


> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to use XSL to do the common mark-up found in web forums,
> etc (I am making my own mini-forum integrated into my application).
>
>
>
> XML (input):
>
>  <text>
>    <value>Text may contain [b]bold text[/b], [i]italics[/i] or both
> [b][i]bold and italics[/i][/b].</value>
>  </text>
>
> (X)HTML (desired output):
>
>  <div class="text">Text may contain <b>bold text</b>, <i>italics</i> or
> both <b><i>bold and italics</i></b>.</div>
>
>
> XSLT (incomplete):
>
>  <xsl:template match="text">
>    <div class="text">
>      <xsl:value-of select="value"/>
>    </div>
>  </xsl:template>
>
>
> I am stumped on how to continue... maybe just give me some
> ideas and I will continue from there...
>
> Also, how should I handle incomplete or wrongly nested tags
> (eg. <value>[b]blah blah [b][i]blah blah[/b][/i]</value>)
>
> Most web forums normally just do not convert "bad" tags and
> leave them for users to edit and fix them, so I guess I
> should try to do the same.
>
>
> Regards,
> Daniel
>
>
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