I would think it likely that the problem is on the output side: you've
probably generated an output file in a particular encoding and tried to
display it assuming a different encoding.

But this is guesswork: you need to provide much more information about the
form and encoding of both the input and output of the transformation. What
does the xsl:output declaration look like, for example? Are you producing
HTML? How are you displaying the HTML? What does the "source" HTML look
like?

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edward Bryant [mailto:bryant_edward@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 05 May 2005 21:01
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Recognized Unicode characters? 
> 
> 
> Hello again,
> 
> I am having a problem getting my XSLT transformation to read 
> the correct 
> Unicode reference for an em-dash ( — ). I get that 
> little square box 
> in place of the correct character in the output when I use 
> instant Saxon, 
> but when I let IE6 handle the transformation it works fine.
> 
> I take it that instant Saxon cannot read an em-dash?
> 
> Is there a reference of what characters it does read?
> 
> How do I display and em-dash correctly?
> 
> Isn't this a problem for portability between XSLT processors?
> 
> --Or am I just not doing something right?