Re: [xsl] Entity Problems...

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2007-08-17 12:09 -0400, Nick Shepherd wrote:
> Now to my question, although basic compared to the questions generally
> asked on this list, is there any way to prevent these entities from
> producing errors?  We've come to a point with one of our products that
> allows users to create their own websites and this type of
> functionality is needed because the rich text editor of choice loves
> to throw " " everywhere (tiny mce).  Any ideas?

All you have to do is teach the processor about the entity.

> Or alternatives
> to the rich text editor that would allow non-techy users to edit the
> look and feel of their content on their sites?

This is what I give my students:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [
<!ENTITY nbsp "&#160;"> <!--known for HTML output, not in XML-->
]>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
                version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="html"/><!--use hardwired browser entities-->
<xsl:template match="/">
 ...
 <xsl:text>Module:&nbsp;</xsl:text>
 ...
</xsl:template>

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . . Ken

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