[XML-SIG] Entity tralation in XSLT
uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com
uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com
Wed, 15 Nov 2000 14:30:15 -0700
> uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com writes:
> =
> > > [teg@halden teg]$ cat foo.xsl
> > > <?xml version=3D"1.0"?>
> > > <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" =
version=3D"1.0">
> > > <xsl:template match=3D"/">
> > > <MAGIC>=3D<xsl:value-of select=3D"//magic"/>
> > > </xsl:template>
> > > </xsl:stylesheet>
> > > [teg@halden teg]$ cat foo.xml
> > > <magic>Xyzzy!</magic>
> > > [teg@halden teg]$ 4xslt -o bar foo.xml foo.xsl
> > > [teg@halden teg]$ cat bar
> > > =
> > > <MAGIC>=3DXyzzy!
> > > [teg@halden teg]$
> > > =
> > > This is an simple example, but it also happens in more complex
> > > documents - > is translated, < isn't =
> > =
> > The output is technically correct, but I could understand that it's a=
bit =
> > confusing.
> > =
> > Our writer chooses not to escape '>' to '>' to improve readability=
of the =
> > output. This is perfectly legal. Escaping of '<' to '<' is manda=
tory, =
> > however.
> > =
> > If you let us know what output you want, we can help you get it.
> =
> What I'm trying to do, is to have XML input and produce "ordinary"
> file output (non-XML) with the template mechanism. =
> =
> > Perhaps you want to use <xsl:text disable-output-escaping=3D'yes'>.
> =
> That seems to work just fine... A bit cumbersome, though
Oh, it seems you won't even need to bother. The solution is simple.
If you just want text, use the text output method
Just add =
<xsl:output method=3D"text"/>
You the top level of your stylesheet.
Good luck.
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