Subject: RE: [xsl] Best practice question, regarding escaped entitiy declarations From: "Joshua Allen" <joshuaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:15:32 -0800 |
You can define a variable in your stylesheet, like $pound, and set it equal to the Unicode character, then use $pound throughout the code. It is possible to also load a DTD that has this entity defined, but I really do not like that option. I would stick with Unicode, and optionally use a variable. Also note that you can use the straight pound character with no escaping, so long as your stylesheet is written in utf-8 or utf-16 and outputs into one of these encodings (and you edit with an editor that supports Unicode). In other words, there is no requirement to escape Unicode characters -- it is more a convenience for text editors that only support ANSI. > -----Original Message----- > From: Snow, Corey [mailto:CSNOW@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 10:48 AM > To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: [xsl] Best practice question, regarding escaped entitiy > declarations > > Let's say I have an XSLT stylesheet which needs, under certain > circumstances, to output the British Pound symbol. It is represented in > HTML > as £. However, in order to make the XSL parser play nice with it, I > am > forced to use something like this: > > &pound; > > Which seems a bit kludgy. If this is the acceptable method, it's fine- but > I > wondered if it's considered a better way to go than outputting the Unicode > £ (had to go and dig up this one at the unicode web site). My > preference is to use the Unicode character directly, but I'm wondering if > that leads to its own problems. > > Comments? Thanks, > > Corey Snow > > ######################################################### > The information contained in this e-mail and subsequent attachments may be > privileged, > confidential and protected from disclosure. This transmission is intended > for the sole > use of the individual and entity to whom it is addressed. If you are not > the intended > recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly > prohibited. If you > think that you have received this message in error, please e-mail the > sender at the above > e-mail address. > ######################################################### > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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