Re: XSLT for text files ?(Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: XSL from DocBook refentry-> man)

[Dave Pawson <daveP at dpawson dot freeserve dot co dot uk>]

At 06:14 PM 7/10/01, Dan York wrote:

>I've been learning a whole lot about XSLT lately, so I couldn't let this one 
>pass by without comment.  Actually, going from XML to XML is *one* of the
>things that XSLT can do, but it is designed for much more.  In fact, the
><xsl:output> element has three defined methods:
>
>  <xsl:output method="xml"/>
>  <xsl:output method="html"/>
>  <xsl:output method="text"/>

And if it falls down by needing some low count ASCII control code,
which is too much for XML, the typical solution is to 
output something careful such as [$nul], then use a text substitution
tool to convert that to null or whatever is needed.

HTH DaveP