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Re: More entity confusion and my opinion on the right way

Subject: Re: More entity confusion and my opinion on the right way
From: Andrew Bunner <bunner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 12:52:31 -0800
right of way confusion
> That's why this thread arises so often and is always so long.

  <friendly-humor>I hate being the idiot of the discussion, but maybe the
existence of this thread will underscore the importance of solving this
problem. For every person like me, there are bound to be other--even more
idiotic!--people who will want to do the same thing.</friendly-humor>

  Is there some way to use XT's filtering extensibility to generate non-XML?

>
> > I guess the answer is "post-process". Define an entity InvsibleApply 
> > and have it expand to something like ##InvisibleApply## 
> > ... then s/##(\w+)##/\&$1/ 
> That would work in some situations, but it's no fun is it:-) 


  No... I don't like kludges either.

>
> I could write the whole transformation in perl (or even in TeX) 
> but the aim of the game at the moment is to see whether I can write it 
> in XSL (either a current or future draft).


  I think the consensus is a resounding "Not right now!"

  If the goal is getting the job done with the present WD, then there is no
clean solution.

-- Andrew

   Andrew Bunner
   President, Mass Quantities, Inc.
   bunner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
   Professional Supplements for the Perfect Physique
   http://www.massquantities.com 
   


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