Re: [xsl] Re: avoiding disable-output-escaping, how to output M$ wierd syntax

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

At 01:59 PM 8/31/2005, you wrote:
> > Even though it makes me quesy, it should be possible to write this
> > just as a comment.
> >
> >>    <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes"><!--[if IE]></xsl:text>
> >>    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" 
> href="/~rodney/times/css/ieonly.css" media="screen" />
> >>    <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes"><![endif]--></xsl:text>
> >
> > as the comment that it really desires to be should just be:
> >
> >  <xsl:comment>[if IE]><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
> > href="/~rodney/times/css/ieonly.css" media="screen"
> > /><![endif]</xsl:comment>
>
>
> Well, the link element gets parsed as a node and the comment output
> does not have any link in it.  It (xsltproc) also tries to parse
> "<![endif]" and pukes on the ! in the element name.  It would also
> puke if it ever got to the missing >.

Yes. Details Jon missed. Actually the ">" would be fine; it's only the "<" 
that will be a problem.

Escape it as &lt; and you'll be fine there too.

>   But a little modification give
> this:
>
>    <xsl:comment><![CDATA[[if IE]><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" 
> href="/~rodney/times/css/ieonly.css" media="screen" 
> /><![endif]]]></xsl:comment>
>
> which does produce the same output.

So would

<xsl:comment>[if IE]>&lt;link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" 
href="/~rodney/times/css/ieonly.css" media="screen" 
/>&lt;![endif]</xsl:comment>

>   But I'm not sure this is better
> markup than using "disable-output-escaping".

It is.

>   Specifically, if I had
> to use variables inside the CDATA section; I'd be up a creek.

You can include them if you don't escape the entire section from being 
parsed with the CDATA marked section (as shown above), but only escape the 
open markup delimiters (< and &).

It's actually *very* rare to need disable-output-escaping. Almost without 
exception it turns out there's an easier way; and when there isn't it's 
usually for reasons outside the XSLT.

Cheers,
Wendell


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