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Sue Osheka

Subject: DTD
Author: Sue Osheka
Date: 21 Aug 2001 02:49 PM

I am a newbie. I thought I would get that out-of-the-way.
I am creating a DTD. all I want is PCDATA on my element, but that option is only available if you select new modifier. Assume I do not want any modifier, I just want PCDATA. how do I do it

(Deleted User)

Subject: Re: DTD
Author: (Deleted User)
Date: 21 Aug 2001 03:05 PM

At 14.55 21/08/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>From: "Sue Osheka"
>
>I am a newbie. I thought I would get that out-of-the-way.
>I am creating a DTD. all I want is PCDATA on my element, but that option
>is only available if you select new modifier. Assume I do not want any
>modifier, I just want PCDATA. how do I do it

Hi Sue,
unfortunately what you are seeing is a behavior that Stylus inherits from
Xerces, the XML parser it uses. So, you are required to define a Zero Or
More modifier having a #PCDATA child to achieve what you want.
However, I am filing a PCR to simplify this, so it could be that in the
future you will be able to just add a #PCDATA node as the element definition.

Alberto

Sue Osheka

Subject: Re: DTD
Author: Sue Osheka
Date: 21 Aug 2001 03:15 PM

Thanks for the response. Another question, I can go into the "text" tab, delete out the *, so that only PCDATA remains. The schema tab still incorrectly reads "0 or more". At this point, if I save my file, and open it in notepad, it is saved without the *. Confusing, isn't it?

(Deleted User)

Subject: Re: DTD
Author: (Deleted User)
Date: 21 Aug 2001 03:22 PM

At 15.21 21/08/2001 -0400, stylus-studio-tech Listmanager wrote:
>From: "Sue Osheka"
>
>Thanks for the response. Another question, I can go into the "text" tab,
>delete out the *, so that only PCDATA remains. The schema tab still
>incorrectly reads "0 or more". At this point, if I save my file, and open
>it in notepad, it is saved without the *. Confusing, isn't it?

That's the Xerces behavior I am referring to; when the parser sees a
(#PCDATA) definition, it reports it to Stylus as a (#PCDATA)*. When Stylus
saves the DTD, it changes it on the fly to the correct DTD syntax (no *).
So, to keep the tree view consistent between what you see when you load an
existing file and what you enter manually, we chose to require a 'Zero Or
More' modifier to be the parent of the #PCDATA entry.

Alberto

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