Mikkel Hesselager Blann? wrote: > It would be really nice if the XML Editor managed more references than > it does, ie. from the list here: > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xmleditapp.dialog.PreferencesEditorDialog.html#managed_non_managed > > Especially references to external entities containing multiple elements.
Sorry but we don't believe in the ``future'' of references to entities, whether external or internal. If one day, we decide to improve something related to modular documents, it will be the support of XInclude, typically the support of the "XPointer xpointer() Scheme": http://www.w3.org/TR/xptr-xpointer/. For now, we just support the "XPointer element() Scheme": http://www.w3.org/TR/xptr-element/. > Not managing these prevents editing referenced documents with xml > comments in the top or bottom. If you use XInclude rather than references to external entities, you'll be able to ignore the start and end comments and just include the root element found between these comments. In http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xmleditapp.dialog.PreferencesEditorDialog.html#managed_non_managed this sentence "Currently, XXE cannot preserve the physical structure of: [...] xi:include elements pointing to the root element plus sibling comments and processing instructions [...]" is *false*. We'll remote it.
