On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 02:18:27PM -0600, Matt Gushee wrote: > On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 09:49:40PM +0200, Simon Pepping wrote: > > > > > There are no verbatim environments in XML, and you cannot get literal > > content. Instead, you can have tags, like your verbatim above, that > > request line-oriented layout. programlisting is such a tag in Docbook. > > That's correct with respect to elements--since XML deliberately avoids > defining semantics for any element. But you seem to be overlooking > CDATA sections, which are more-or-less verbatim environments. The XML > spec doesn't directly address the question of formatting in CDATA > sections, but all characters are supposed to be output literally, and > AFAIK that includes white space--hence all formatting should be > preserved.
I specifically mean CDATA sections. CDATA sections do no more than disabling markup. They do not say that this is verbatim, they do not say that this should get a special layout, they do not say that white space should be handled differently. <p>This <![CDATA[is CDATA]]> and it does not mean a thing. <![CDATA[Ben & Jerry]]> sell icecream. Ben & Jerry do not like to see their name in monotype font. Regards, Simon -- Simon Pepping email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] home page: scaprea.hobby.nl _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
