Re: XML processing

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 12:33 PM 8/26/2002 +0100, Robbie Pickering wrote:
>OK, I'm stymied here.
>
>What i'm trying to do is typeset a dictionary entry from XML. It's
>relatively simple so far. But there are occasions when I'd like to have
>the same tags treated differently according to the context.

Maybe you can use:

\startXMLmapping [local]

\defineXMLenvironment [whatever] {[} {]}

\stopXMLmapping

\defineXMLenvironment [whatever] {(} {)}

\defineXMLenvironment [test]
   {\startXMLmapping[local]}
   {\stopXMLmapping}

\startbuffer
Let's see <whatever>how</whatever> a <test><whatever>how
some nested</whatever></test> text comes out.
\stopbuffer

\starttext \processXMLbuffer \stoptext

Alternaively you can use grouping and locally redefine elements.

>We have for example definitions DEFN which are sometimes followed by an
>example EGPH and sometimes not.
>
>...
><DNUM>3</DNUM>
><DEFN>a large body, esp. of a person</DEFN>
><EGPH>he eased his bulk out of the chair</EGPH>
><DNUM>4</DNUM>
><DEFN>unpackaged cargo or goods</DEFN>
>
>I have setup DEFN very simply
>
>\defineXMLenvironment [DEFN] {}{.}
>to add a full stop after the definition. It would be nice, though, to be
>able to automatically add a colon instead in those cases where the DEFN
>environment is immediately followed by a EGPH.
>
>is the XML parsing code robust enough that one could start messing
>around with counters, etc. in the arguments of a \defineXMLenvironment?
>Or is there a better way of going about this?

what kind of messing?
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