ok. i got it. thanks for the answer.

i have been searching the archives for too long time now but i still cant
find the best way to solve the following problem:

- i need the xml output
- i have to omit the xml declaration on the beginning
- and if i have some entity in my source file i have to keep it the way it
is
e.g.
<element>f&uuml;r</element>
should just be copied to
<element>f&uuml;r</element>

i really hope there is some better way than to parse each text node and test
for entities!

i'd be thankfull for any tipps,
/maia

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