Re: [xml] Event based HTML parsing with libxml2, and...

[Bill Moseley <moseley hank org>]

At 07:57 AM 8/10/2001 +0000, Bjorn Reese wrote:
> Bill Moseley wrote:
>
> > I assume there's a SAX type of event based parser for HTML, but I haven't
> > been able to locate any examples -- or haven't recognized them when I saw
> > them.
>
> Yes, there is. The current HTML parser has been implemented via the
> SAX interface. The SAX interface is compatible with that of Expat, so
> it is very easy to replace Expat with libxml. The major difference
> lies in the setting up your own callback functions, where Expat uses
> setter funtions and libxml uses an array. You can find examples in
> SAX.c.

And the testSAX.c and testHTML.c will be helpful.  Thanks.

> IMHO, it is best to install them separately (like you would with any
> other library). First people have to install libxml (which may already
> be on the system), and afterwards they have to install swish-e.

Ok.  I understand that, but many users have a hard enough time getting
through 
./configure & make install as it is. ;)


> > ~/libxml2/libxml2-2.4.1 > ./configure
> > creating cache ./config.cache
> > checking host system type... configure: error: can not guess host type; you
> > must specify one
> >
> > It's rare that I don't have good luck with configure scripts on Linux.
>
> Hmmm... what does 'sh -x config.guess' output (both stdout and stderr)?

Lots.  I'm not sure what you want, but here's some parts:

~/libxml2/libxml2-2.4.1 > sh -x config.guess
+ test x = x
+ test x '!=' x
+ test x '!=' x
+ CC_FOR_BUILD=cc
+ UNAME_MACHINE=i686
+ UNAME_RELEASE=2.2.13
+ UNAME_SYSTEM=Linux
+ UNAME_VERSION=#1 Mon Nov 8 15:51:29 CET 1999
+ dummy=dummy-27284
+ trap 'rm -f $dummy.c $dummy.o $dummy; exit 1' 1 2 15
++ cd /
++ ld --help
+ ld_help_string=Usage: ld [options] file.
...
...
ld: supported targets: elf32-i386 a.out-i386-linux srec symbolsrec tekhex
binary ihex trad-core
ld: supported emulations: elf_i386 i386linux
...
+ grep 'supported emulations:'
+ test 0 '!=' 0
+ VENDOR=pc
+ cat
+ cc dummy-27284.c -o dummy-27284
+ rm -f dummy-27284.c dummy-27284
+ cat
+ cc dummy-27284.c -o dummy-27284
+ rm -f dummy-27284.c dummy-27284
+ test -d /usr/apollo
+ '[' -x /usr/convex/getsysinfo ']'
+ exit 1

Anything look interesting?

Thanks for the help!

Bill Moseley
mailto:moseley hank org