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Re: [xsl] UBB Code and XSLT

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Clarification:

Mix of text and UBB code within CDATA
==transform UBB with XSLT==
Result is HTML

Example of XML:
<x>
     <y><![CDATA[This is an [b]EXAMPLE[/b]]]></y>
</x>

HTML Result:
  This is an <b>EXAMPLE</b>





----- Original Message -----
From: "M. David Peterson" <m.david@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [xsl] UBB Code and XSLT


> After rereading I disovered you wanted the opposite of what I just gave
you.
> (ive been up for a few to many hours working on some deadline stuff -
please
> forgive me)  None-the-less the concept is the same...  just parse your
> nonXML conformant HTML through a CDATA tagged XML node and reverse the
> output to be UBB complient instead...
>
> Good luck!
>
> M.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karl J. Stubsjoen" <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 8:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [xsl] UBB Code and XSLT
>
>
> > All right, how about a simplified HTML set of tags that XSLT will
parse...
> > UBB for XSLT?  I really see the value in UBB type "tagging", but I'm
being
> > told I need to write my own parser to parse the dang thing.
> > http://www.ozoneasylum.com/Forum12/HTML/001704.html
> >
> > So far, what I've see on the net are UBB Message Forums.  Mostly PHP,
and
> > such... I'm a vbscript kind of guy (classic ASP).
> >
> > Karl
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "J.Pietschmann" <j3322ptm@xxxxxxxx>
> > To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 1:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: [xsl] UBB Code and XSLT
> >
> >
> > > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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> >
>
>
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