Subject: RE: [xsl] • From: Greg Martel <gregm@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 10:34:57 -0500 |
Simple answer: you don't need to declare the entity at all.
-----Original Message----- From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Greg Martel Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 4:34 PM To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [xsl] •
Thanks guys, this is helpful; but as for using disable-output-escaping, I was not able to use it for this character (yes, Wendell, I tried). When I tried to define either #8226 or 8226 as the entity reference in my stylesheet, I got a message that the file was not well-formed. However, when I changed the entity reference to anything that starts with a letter "<!ENTITY bull" instead of "<!ENTITY #8226" or "<!ENTITY 8226" I was able to save the file without incident. I use XML spy over Xalan-Java, or MSXML4 so maybe what I am seeing is caused by XML SPY? Doesn't seem likely.
Anyway, when I was unable to save the file, I leaped to the (wrong) conclusion that somehow defining an entity that doesn't start with a letter of the alphabet is illegal in XML, at least in an XSL stylesheet. Any guesses as to why I get the message telling me that this can be saved:
<?xml version ="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE stylesheet [ <!ENTITY ntilde "<xsl:text disable-output-escaping>&ntilde;</xsl:text>"> ]> <xsl:stylesheet . . .
and this:
<?xml version ="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE stylesheet [ <!ENTITY #8226 "<xsl:text disable-output-escaping>&8226;</xsl:text>"> ]> <xsl:stylesheet . . .
cannot because it's not well-formed?
>> Why doesn't this XML content: &#8226; >> produce this output: • > >Why do you think it should? The first is 6 characters in the stylesheet. >6 non white space characters in character data always just produce 6 >characters in the output. Your required output is one character >reference. To get that character put • into the stylesheet. > >> It's bloody nigh impossible to get my XML parser (Xalan-Java) NOT to >> recognize entities except for this one case where recognizing it > >It does recognise it. & means an ampersand as character not as >markup, so that's what appears in the result tree. But that ampersamd >character in teh result tree has to be linearised as & otherwise >parsing teh result wouldn't reproduce that character. > >You haven't said why you think just putting • into the stylesheet >does not work. > >David > > >_____________________________________________________________________ >This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet >delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further >information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call >Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
-- Thanks,
gregm
XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
-- Thanks,
Current Thread |
---|
|
<- Previous | Index | Next -> |
---|---|---|
RE: [xsl] •, Julian Reschke | Thread | RE: [xsl] •, Julian Reschke |
RE: [xsl] •, Julian Reschke | Date | RE: [xsl] •, Julian Reschke |
Month |