On Mar 12, 2010, at 5:10 AM, Hussein Shafie wrote: > Kathryn Huxtable wrote: >> I'm using XML Editor Professional Edition, version 4.4.0 on Mac OS X 10.6.2. >> I have a DocBook 4.5 document which includes the entity reference >> &projectVersion;, which is normally supplied by the Maven docbkx plugin with >> my current project version number. >> >> There is no definition in my XML for this entity. >> > > Therefore the entity is defined in the DTD external subset.
Yes, I'm defining it via a plugin configuration. >> XML Editor replaces it with an empty string where it occurs. >> >> Is there something I can do about this? I thought that entities were >> preserved, even if undefined. >> > > If the entity was undefined, it would not be possible to open your > document. You would get a parse error. > > My guess is: > > [1] Entity projectVersion is defined as an *empty* *string* in the DTD > external subset. > > [2] The authors of this DTD expect you to give it an actual value it in > the DTD internal subset (that is, in your XML): > > Something like that: > > <!DOCTYPE XXX PUBLIC "Maven YYY" "MavenZZZ.dtd" [ > <!ENTITY projectVersion "1.0.0"> > ]> > > > > > --> But all these are just guesses. > > I'm really sorry but we, XMLmind, cannot really help you. We know > nothing at all about the Maven docbkx plug-in. > > You should really contact the author of this plug-in. I may not have been clear. I have no problem with the plugin. It is doing what it is supposed to do. I was wondering if there is a way I can get the entity to not disappear in XMLMind. This has become less important as I've discovered that Maven has a way to filter the HTML output of the plugin and I can substitute my version number there using a different syntax. Thanks for your attention. -K
