On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 10:11:24AM +0200, Kaiserovi wrote:
> This was answered by Pavel: not yet.
>
> > I'm trying to get external entities working, and they don't seem to want to
> > function. (probably something I'm doing)
>
> External entities should be working in the next version. I'm not so sure
> about parameter entities... if anyone has any experience with handling
> them using expat (non-test version), I'm interested.
If global parameters are what you mean, the parameter entities do seem to
work with Sablotron. (Just passing a reference to a list of them) I Haven't
used them much, yet though.
Cool to know that external entities is something your planning on
implementing. (That would rock! ) :-)
> Yes, this is a general question; in XSLT, this could be done by
> 'extensions'.
> Some namespaces can by designated as extension namespaces in the
> stylesheet. 'Executing' an element or function from such a namespace
> amounts to calling the corresponding function from an extension library.
> Sablotron doesn't allow you to do this yet; one obstacle is how the
> extension function would access the stylesheet and input trees.
> Apparently, we'll have to implement a DOM interface for this purpose.
I could see where that would be a huge problem. :-(
Jamie
