RE: Using Entity References in XSL Templates

> I know that I can define the entity at the top of the stylesheet, like
> this:
> 
>     <!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [
>     <!ENTITY nbsp "&#160;">
>     ]>
> 
> But then the stylesheet processor resolves the entity reference, which
> isn't what I want.  I want the entity reference to be *passed through*
> to the output, which I can't seem to do.  Am I missing something?

I don't see the value of outputting &nbsp; rather than &#160;, but for
entity references less trivial than this, I think this is a legitimate use
of

<xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&amp;nbsp;</text>

Mike Kay


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