> 
> If I want to transform to html, how do I escape the text \', 
> so that it will 
> show in HTML as \' and not merely '?

Backslash is not a special character in XML, but the apostrophe is. A
useful approach is:

<xsl:variable name="x">\'</xsl:variable>
<xsl:value-of select="$x"/>

Michael Kay

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