Subject: Re: processing character entities From: Matthias Clasen <clasen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 00:42:56 +0200 |
> From: MARK.WROTH@xxxxxxxxxxx (Wroth, Mark) > > Boris Goldowsky <boris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> asked: > >> What are the various solutions people on this list use for processing > >> character entities in SGML->SGML or SGML->HTML conversions? In my work > > >>>>> Matthias Clasen answered: > MC> I don't know if this really helps here, but OpenJade implements the > MC> map-sdata-entity declaration, so you can control the > MC> sdata entity --> character map from within your stylesheet now. > > and Boris asked for clarification: > B>Can someone give me an example of how to use this? The spec suggests > B> <map-sdata-entity name="Alpha" text="[Alpha]">greekA</map-sdata-entity> > B>but then what? How do I get from there to > B> <IMG src="/images/alpha.gif">? > > > I can't give any clarification, but I'll second his question; I primarily > output in RTF and HTML, but the documents can contain just about any > character defined in the various ISO entity sets. So dealing with the > limitations of the various backends is in my future :-) It is the job of the backends to choose suitable representations in its output format for any Unicode character it meets. Maybe some backends need improvement in this area. -- Matthias Clasen, Tel. 0761/203-5606 Email: clasen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mathematisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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