Hans,
Interesting, this looks like your API for XML programming. How do I go
about to understand this? Is there documentation, or should I just
work my way through the expansions produced by \tracingcommands=1? Or
should I not try to understand this?
Simon
On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 11:25:50AM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
> \unprotect
>
> \def\@@XMLescape {\@@XML esc}
>
> \def\defineXMLescape[#1]#2{\long\setvalue{\@@XMLescape:#1}{#2}}
>
> \defineXMLescape [--] {\gobbleuntil{-->}}
> \defineXMLescape [CDATA] {\skipfirstverbatimlinefalse
> \processtaggeddisplayverbatim{]]>}}
> \defineXMLescape [\s!default] {\gobbleuntil{>}}
>
> \def\executeXMLescape#1%
> {\executeifdefined{\@@XMLescape:#1}{\getvalue{\@@XMLescape:\s!default}}}
>
> \protect
>
> \long\def\xdoXMLelement !#1 % !-- --> or !xyz >
> {\endgroup\executeXMLescape{#1}}
>
> Now, given that you have a </hello/> <world/> file, and a ! handler like:
>
> \defineXMLescape [DOCTYPE] {\handleXMLescapeDOCTYPE}
> \defineXMLescape [ENTITY] {\handleXMLescapeENTITY}
>
> \def\handleXMLescapeDOCTYPE#1[#2]>%
> {#2}
>
> \def\handleXMLescapeENTITY#1 #2 "#3"#4>%
> {\doif{#2}{SYSTEM}{\defineXMLentity[#1]{\readfile{#3}{}{}}}}
>
> then:
>
> \defineXMLsingular [test] {WHOW}
> \defineXMLsingular [hello] {Hello}
> \defineXMLsingular [world] {World}
>
--
Simon Pepping
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