RE: [xsl] Non-well-formed HTML in XSL

["Richard Mitchell" <Richard.Mitchell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: David Carlisle [mailto:davidc@xxxxxxxxx]
> 
>     <!-- Ugly -
>     don't look -->
> 
> If you are going to suggest to beginners that they use
> disable-output-escaping you should also take th etrouble to 
> explain why
> it is explictly non portable and doesn't work at all in many XSLT
> configurations. 
> 
> David
> 
Oh yes indeed it is ugly and evil and wrong and perhaps I should
have made that clearer in my comment, but surely letting people
live in ignoranance of cetain fixes for problems is not a real help.
A lot of developers are in a hurry to meet a deadline and while I
am a real supporer of XSL in my organisation ( small though it is )
there are times when things need to be done quickly.

I'm sorry I just don't think that not mentioning a possible however
ugly fix is the right way to go.

BTW In what configurations doesn't the solution work? This would
be useful knowledge to put in the FAQ if it isn't there already. I know
a lot of developers have to work out this information themselves by
trial and error.

Richard Mitchell
Software Development Manager
http://www.vbnonline.com/
 
Still can't understand keys though :}

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