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Re: [xsl] UBB Code and XSLT
Subject: Re: [xsl] UBB Code and XSLT From: "J.Pietschmann" <j3322ptm@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 21:31:39 +0100 |
Karl J. Stubsjoen wrote:
I'm considering UBB code for the simple formatting needs that my clients may use when updating active content on my websites. Would I write a template that could correctly translate the UBB code into valid HTML tags, or am I way off on this concept?
(for everybody wondering, UBB is one of the many variants of "simplified HTML" used in web based bullentin boards, see for example http://france.expats.tv/data/ultimatebb.php?ubb=ubb_code_page)
The problem is that you can't match UBB code with XSLT templates, you need to parse a text string. It's not too hard to do a one-to-one translation from UBB into possibly malformed HTML, using d-o-e and the usual recursive string replace template. But if you want to deal with stray brackets and do some validation, you're probably much better off with another tool than XSLT 1.0. Most likely you'll find ready-to-use Perl, PHP or Java code in one of the open source BBs and Wikis. Search FreshMeat.
J.Pietschmann
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