DOCBOOK-APPS: Weirdness with SGML_CATALOG_FILES for xsltproc underWindows

[Philip Glaser <glaserp@sustainsoft.com>]

Hi,

Running xsltproc under Windows, I've already discovered the peculiarity of
the syntax you have to use in order for xsltproc to successfully locate a
catalog file (file:///d:/path/to/file.soc). Now I've discovered that
xsltproc will only recognize the catalog file, in this format, if it is the
_last_ in the list of directories specified in SGML_CATALOG_FILES. If it
helps, here is the entire contents of SGML_CATALOG_FILES:

c:\sp\pubtext\xml.soc;D:\Data\DTDs\docbook\docbook.soc;D:\Data\DTDs\xhtml1\x
html.soc;d:\data\dtds\featureset\featureset.soc;d:\data\dtds\xslt1.1
xslt.soc;file:///d:/data/dtds/xslt1.1/xslt.soc;file:///d:/data/dtds/features
et/featureset.soc;file:///D:/Data/DTDs/docbook/docbook.soc

This is a real pain as it means anytime I want to use a different dtd I have
to edit the variable. Any suggestions would be most welcome.

Many thanks!

Philip Glaser
Principal and Software Architect
Sustainable Software Solutions, LLC
glaserp@sustainsoft.com
www.sustainsoft.com
973-951-9522