Syd, The output of xsl:message is not a text string, it is an XML fragment. Per the XSLT spec (http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#message): The xsl:message instruction sends a message in a way that is dependent on the XSLT processor. The content of the xsl:message instruction is a template. The xsl:message is instantiated by instantiating the content to create an XML fragment. This XML fragment is the content of the message. Since "<" has to be escaped when an XML fragment is serialized, you are going to see < in any reasonable representation of the message output. The upside of the fact that the output of xsl:message is an XML fragment is that you can put an actual "duck" element into the message: <xsl:message>I found a <duck/> element</xsl:message> Or <xsl:message>I found a <duck>...</duck> element</xsl:message> Mark --- Mark Baker Analecta Communications Inc. www.analecta.com +1 613 614 5881 * Experience is normative; language is contingent. *
-----Original Message----- From: oxygen-user-bounces@oxygenxml.com [mailto:oxygen-user-bounces@oxygenxml.com] On Behalf Of Syd Bauman Sent: September 11, 2009 11:59 AM To: oxygen-user@oxygenxml.com Subject: [oXygen-user] request: resolve entity refs in err msgs
[Apologies if this is a repeat -- I haven't done a good search of the archives, etc.]
I often use "<" and ">" to indicate that a word is the name of an XML element type. I even do this in diagnostic and error messages. E.g.: <xsl:message>I found a <duck> element</xsl:message>
In oXygen, the message that is output to the Messages tab has the less than and greater than escaped as entity references: [Saxon6.5.5] I found a <duck> element.
Same is true for messages generated from Schematron validation. I realize that at one point in life those messages were in XML documents (e.g., SVRL), but I'd really like to *see* pointy brackets. Is there or could there be an option to display these as characters instead of entity references?
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