[xsl] Re: Top Ten Java and XSLT Tips, #5

[Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev at yahoo dot com>]

Thomas B. Passin wrote:

> It works fine.  If   doesn't work for some browser, then the main
> alternative to disable-output-escaping is to declare an entity for   in
> the stylesheet.  

But how do you define this entity -- as   ? Or as what value???

The former is meaningless, because it has exactly the same effect as using the
numerical character reference straight into your code.

This is why I'm quite puzzled -- what other substitute for   are you using?

> This is living dangerously, though, because some processors
> will insist on validating the document if there are any DTD declarations in
> it.  This won't work unless you include a DTD for the entire xslt
> stylesheet - very annoying.  I have this situation using XML Cooktop and the
> Microsoft processor.
> 
> Anyone know what browsers can't understand  ?

Can you point out any browser, which "can't understand  " ? 


Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev.

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