Re: Understanding character handling

[Andrew Bunner <bunner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>And on to a related topic. I am in favor of the "xsl:entity-ref" that
>another subscriber suggested. ...
><xsl:entry-ref name="nbsp"/>

  Here here!

  The need for this is very real. If we can't write entity references in our
result document, we're reduced to using all manner of horrible kludges to make
our viewers see the right thing. Who wants to do...

<xsl:template match="entity-ref[@name='nbsp']">
        <img src="single_pixel.gif" width="5"/>
</xsl:template>

  If the problem isn't addressed, I can almost guarantee that someone who
doesn't know better will do exactly that. What a giant step backwards that
would be!

-- Andrew

   Andrew Bunner
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