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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: —

From: Jirka Kosek <jkj@kosek.cz>
To: John.Prabhu@macmillanUSA.com
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 17:45:07 +0200 (CEST)

On 27 Jun 2000 John.Prabhu@macmillanUSA.com wrote:

> I'd like to replace &mdash; with the hex decimal value &#x8212;
> Currently, the XSL is converting this &mdash; as two hyphens (--), but
> I prefer to have it as &#x8212; Could someone help me in which file
> and and what exact change I should do?

One possible solution is to redefine &mdash; in the internal markup
section. This definition will override one defined in the DocBook
DTD. E.g.:

<!DOCTYPE book "...." [
<!ENTITY mdash "&#x8212;">
]>
<book>
 ...
</book>

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References:
- DOCBOOK-APPS: —
  - From: John.Prabhu@macmillanUSA.com