Hussein, Thank you kindly. My problem, as you correctly guessed, was that I wasn't replacing the text node, but only attempting to add another node, after which I was going to delete the text node. My method didn't work because it would've involved violating the content model. Regards,
On 1/6/06, Hussein Shafie <hussein at xmlmind.com> wrote: > Chris Chiasson wrote: > > Maybe I'm just dumb, but I can't add a firstname or surname element as > > the child of an otherwise blank personname element using docbook > > version 5 (rng) under XXE. I noticed that the sample.xml file has > > these elements and that I can copy and paste the entire personname > > element to my article from the sample article. > > By default[*] a personname is created using the simplest possible > content which is text. > > Clicking inside a newly created personname element and hitting Shift-F1 > (see attached screen shot) shows that personname can contain a ``loose > text mix'' *or* something more structured: firstname, surname, etc. > > Therefore, explicitly select the text node, for example by clicking on > "#text" in the node path bar, and then use command Replace (Ctrl-R) to > replace this text node by a firstname element. > > Then click inside the firstname element and use command Insert After > (Ctrl-J) to append a lastname element. > > Note that all this complexity does not come from RELAX NG itself, but > rather from the content model chosen for the personname element in > DocBook5. > > --- > [*] You can define an *element* *template* for personname if you wish to > change this. See > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/configure/elementTemplate.html > > Doing so without having to tweak configuration files is expected to > become trivial in XXE V3.2 or V3.3. > > > > -- http://chrischiasson.com/contact/chris_chiasson
