this solution in my xml document solved the problem.  What's odd is I
thought I had tried this before and always came up with the same
errors.  Oh well, what wasn't working before is working now.

Thanks tons guys...

Nick

On 8/17/07, G. Ken Holman <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 2007-08-17 12:09 -0400, Nick Shepherd wrote:
> >Now to my question, although basic compared to the questions generally
> >asked on this list, is there any way to prevent these entities from
> >producing errors?  We've come to a point with one of our products that
> >allows users to create their own websites and this type of
> >functionality is needed because the rich text editor of choice loves
> >to throw "&nbsp;" everywhere (tiny mce).  Any ideas?
>
> All you have to do is teach the processor about the entity.
>
> >Or alternatives
> >to the rich text editor that would allow non-techy users to edit the
> >look and feel of their content on their sites?
>
> This is what I give my students:
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [
> <!ENTITY nbsp "&#160;"> <!--known for HTML output, not in XML-->
> ]>
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>                  version="1.0">
> <xsl:output method="html"/><!--use hardwired browser entities-->
> <xsl:template match="/">
>   ...
>   <xsl:text>Module:&nbsp;</xsl:text>
>   ...
> </xsl:template>
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> . . . . . . . . . Ken
>
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