Re: entities in Nautilus (was Re: reduce redundancy?)

[Mathieu Lacage <mathieu eazel com>]

Ali Abdin <aliabdin@aucegypt.edu> writes:

> * John Fleck (jfleck@inkstain.net) wrote at 17:25 on 22/08/00:
> > On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 12:22:02AM +0300, Ali Abdin wrote:
> > > * John Fleck (jfleck@inkstain.net) wrote at 00:19 on 21/08/00:
> > > > On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 05:52:39PM +0200, Karl Eichwalder wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > OTOH, the browser doesn't have to work with the raw SGML/XML files
> > > > > coming from the author.  We should install normalized SGML/XML files
> > > > > with entities resolved (`sgmlnorm' and/or `sx').
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm - Doesn't this defeat the whole purpose of having
> > > 'gnome-db2html2' in the first place. Now instead of using 'jade' we use
> > > 'sgmlnorm' or 'sx'. Yes, its probably faster - but the whole goal was to
> > > eliminate the 'compile' step of the docs (wasn't it?)
> > > 
> > > The proper approach is to handle entities in gnome-db2html2. Unfortunately,
> > > this aspect of the code I do not understand. DV told me he'd look into it, but
> > > apparently he hasn't :(
> > > 
> > 
> > Ali is right. The more I think about this, the less I like it. :(
> > 
> > Using sx or sgmlnorm might work, but it would involve essentially
> > keeping two sets of docs - the writer's original, using entities, and
> > the final distribution version, which has been normalized to remove
> > the entities. This seems like a huge headache.
> 
> Actually - if we can't get entities done you /could/ maintain two sets of docs
> - the 'original' one and a 'without-entities' one that is "sx/sgmlnorm'd" -
>   You make all your modifications to the original docs, but sx/sgmlnorm the
> 'installed' copy (not as part of the 'compile step' but the authors would have
> to do it manually).
> 
> I don't like this approach at all - but it might be the best if there is no
> entity support.

This sounds seriously broken enough so that we fix it.
I will have a look at this as soon as I finish my current task.

Ali: can you mail me a better description of this or point me to a bug 
report ?

ie: around friday.

Mathieu
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Mathieu Lacage <mathieu@eazel.com>