On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, Adam DiCarlo wrote: > "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > but what if i wanted to similarly represent "Ctrl Alt Fn", where > > the "n" part was replaceable? is there any way to add parameters > > to regular entity definitions? > > Not really. An entity can use another entity, but a reference to an > entity cannot include a parameter. You could have a Perl or shell > script that kicked out &ctrl.alt.f1; &ctrl.alt.f2; ... entities, or > you could attack it on the style side. Could create a custom tag > which takes and arg (functionnum) and then handle display in the DSSSL > or XSL.
or, since i only ever expect to use n = 1..7, i could just hardcode all seven possibilites and be done with it -- that sounds like the easiest weasel way out of this. :-) rday
