Subject: Re: [xsl] ENTITY declaration From: Sebastian Tennant <sebyte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:51:26 +0000 |
David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I tend to disagree. Someone who is used to reading XSLT code but unused to > > your personal coding style will recognize <xsl:value-of select="."/> far > > more quickly than they recognize &content;. Fair point. > But the behaviour is very different. With value-of (or any element) > the white space used for indentation is stripped, but with "stuff" > it is not and the text node generated has content " stuff " Hmmm... OK. They don't tell you *that* in "SAMS Teach Yourself XML in 10 Nanoseconds" ;-) > Also some XML parsers (notably msxml) default to validation mode when > they see a doctype so try to validate the stylesheet which generates > lots of spurious errors. Also good to know. > > The one thing nxml-mode doesn't do is tell you exactly > > where your document becomes invalid. > > It sticks a big red line to mark the spot doesn't it? Er... no. Not here. Maybe because I use a text console? I'll check it under X when I have a moment. Thanks for all your comments. The &content; substitution policy is under review ;-) sdt
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