Re: XML - creating a list by hand (mkiv)

[Peter Rolf <indiego@gmx.net>]

Am 22.12.2009 14:04, schrieb Hans Hagen:
> Peter Rolf wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> can someone give me a helping hand with the following example. I still
>> have no general survey over the XML related code in ConTeXt (donno
>> what functions to use). The last time I played with it is one and a
>> half year ago and many things have changed (meaning that the old
>> examples no longer work).
> 
> http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xml-mkiv.pdf
> 
oeps, how could I missed that one... :(


>> I simply want to create a XML document and insert some elements. My
>> main problem is to insert an element at root level. I can insert an
>> element before and after another element, but not into the element.
>> I'm not sure, if I have understood the meaning of the pattern
>> parameter correctly. Is this equal to XPath?
>>
>>
>> %-----
>> \starttext
>>
>> \startluacode
>>
>> local xmp = xml.convert("<?xml version='1.0'
>> standalone='yes'?>\n<root>\n<bar>bla</bar>\n</root>")
>> --xml.before(xmp,"/root/bar","<sub>foo</sub>")
>>
>> --xml.delete(xmp,"bar")
>> --xml.inject(xmp,"/sub","<sub>bar</sub>")-- only for xml-files?
>>
>> xml.insert(xmp,"/root/bar","<sub/>")
>> --xml.inject(xmp,"/*/bar","<sub/>")
> 
> this works
> 
> <sub></sub>
> 
Mhh, not here. When I look into the saved file (test.xml) I get

<?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes'?>
<root>
<bar>bla</bar><error>invalid xml file - unparsed text</error>
</root>


But I guess that the linked PDF will give all the answers I need.

Thanks Hans!


>> --xml.sprint(xml.filter(xmp,"/root/sub"))
>>
>> xml.save(xmp,"test.xml")
>>
>> \stopluacode
>>
>> \stoptext
>> %-----
>>
>>
>> Best wishes,  Peter
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