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- From: Matt Sergeant <matt@sergeant.org>
- To: Mark Volkmann <volkmann@inlink.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 21:52:14 +0100 (BST)
On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Mark Volkmann wrote:
> > On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Mark Volkmann wrote:
> >
> > > I've never seen a discussion of the reason why most ASCII control
> > > characters, such as a form feed, are not allowed in XML documents. Can
> > > anyone tell me the reason behind that decision or point me to a spec.
> that
> > > explains that?
> >
> > Two possible reasons:
> >
> > 1. They are unnecesary in XML - why have invisible codes when you can
> > substitute <formfeed/> or <bell/>.
>
> I agree. I should have been more specific. What I'd really like to do is
> output formfeeds from an XSLT stylesheet when the output mode is text. Since
> XSLT stylesheets are XML documents, I cannot do that.
Ah - then you need a better transformation language ;-)
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