Re: processing xml in mkiv

[Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>]

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:29:49 +0100
"Thomas A. Schmitz" <thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> xml processing is about the last part of my ConTeXt stuff where I  
> haven't been able to switch to mkiv; I just can't get my head around  
> it... 2 questions:
> 
> 1. When I try to process a xml-file with my old (mkii) environments,  
> the output looks OK, but I always get a first page with the xml  
> version declaration
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> 
> Is this a bug or a feature? Is there anything I can do to prevent it?

Can you post a example, I never saw such a effect in my test files.

> 2. I'm really lost with the new xml mechanism. My first problem: In a  
> message from September last year, Hans explained that the command to  
> process xml files is:
> 
> > The regular definitions still work but processing a file is done
> > differently:
> >
> >     \xmlprocess{id}{filename}{optional initialization setup}
> 
> I used to have environments with which to typeset a bunch of files.  
> How can  this be ported to the new mechanism, which appears to expect  
> a filename?

\xmlprocess{main}{filename.xml}{} works for me.

> Sorry if these are very basic problems, but I'm probably a bit obtuse  
> here.

You don't have to use new xml mechanism form MkIV, the old code could
be used without problems. The advantage of the new code is direct
access to elements in the tree (you could use xml files as database)
and the option to read from zip files.

Wolfgang
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