Kevin Flynn wrote: > > I read in some earlier correspondence that xxe2.0 will incorporate improved > support for external entity references so that they remain as entity > references after an editing session (instead of being expanded as at > present). Does this mean > > (a) that the entities are not expanded and parsed at all during the > editing session > (b) that the entities are expanded and parsed, but are replaced with > entity references again when the file is saved. > > My current use of XXE depends upon external entities being expanded. > Alternative (b) would be a major improvement for me, but alternative (a) > would be something of a disaster. So if (a) is what you are planning, can I > register a wish that the current behaviour is retained as an option? > > Incidentally, if the answer is (b), what happens if you edit the contents of > the entity?
It is (b). We try not to implement disasters :) One reason is because we are ourselves, here at XMLmind (AKA Pixware), heavy XXE users. The included entity will be limited to a single element such as a chapter or a section. This type of included element will be read-only. It will be possible to delete it or to move it because its parent element (belonging to the master document) will be editable. We still do not intend to fully support entities. We just want to provide a simple and convenient tool for creating and modifying multi-file documents.
