RE: DOCBOOK-APPS: XSL implementation of DBTeXMath

[Phillip Shelton <shelton@usq.edu.au>]

> -----Original Message-----
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 11:33:31PM -0500, Allin Cottrell wrote:
> > The xsl version stumbles on some material that is OK in the sgml
> > version.  For example:
> > 
> 
> Of course it stumbles, because what you've presented below is 
> completely
> invalid XML. :)
> 
> >         <informalequation>
> >         <alt>
> >          \begin{eqnarray*}
> >           y_t &=& \alpha + \beta(1/x_t) + \epsilon_t\\
>                 ^^^
> In XML, all entities are introduced by an '&', and this does 
> not form a
> valid XML entity, which is why...
> 
<snip/>
> &, i.e. &amp;, or perhaps enclose your entire TeX equation in a CDATA
> section:
<snip/>
> Provided of course, that ]]> never appears inside your equation.

And it could.