Re: ConTeXt, XML and verbatim

[Matt Gushee <matt@gushee.net>]

On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 09:49:40PM +0200, Simon Pepping wrote:
> > 
> > Meybe someone knowns how to 'translate' verbatim environments for XML code?
> > I mean how to define environment which I can use in this way
> > 
> > <verbatim>
> > ....
> > </verbatim>
> > 
> > to get literal content of such XML tag?
> 
> There are no verbatim environments in XML, and you cannot get literal
> content. Instead, you can have tags, like your verbatim above, that
> request line-oriented layout. programlisting is such a tag in Docbook.

That's correct with respect to elements--since XML deliberately avoids
defining semantics for any element.  But you seem to be overlooking
CDATA sections, which are more-or-less verbatim environments. The XML
spec doesn't directly address the question of formatting in CDATA
sections, but all characters are supposed to be output literally, and
AFAIK that includes white space--hence all formatting should be
preserved.

But I don't know if ConTeXt can handle CDATA sections. Can it?

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