I understand XML, I have done much with it using Java and some other applications. But I dont understand where the command xsltproc came from- what package its coming from. Also, what are you trying to accomplish. I dont follow your question. Generally, you dont generate XML on the fly- unless you are writing a program that generates some output. Also, I am not sure you understand where XML is coming from, because you dont mix HTML commands in with it. That is the XSL. XML should be the raw data- nothing more. The XSL (style sheets) are used to parse the XML to a specific rendering. What makes it so clumsy is the lack of standardization of XML- making the XSL specific to a subset of XML, which in many instances ends up being more work than its worth. Jay On Tuesday 31 July 2001 8:06 pm, you wrote: > Hi > > Xml is an html processing language. Fairly clumsy but useful all the same. > It allows you to create an html file from a template which contains normal > html commands with xml commands mixed in, processing those as it creates > the file. So, you can do conditional processing with something as ugly as: > > <xsl:if test="notetype='warning'"> > <BODY bgcolor=red> > </xsl:if> > <xsl:if test="notetype!='warning'"> > <BODY bgcolor=white> > </xsl:if> > . > . > . > </BODY> > > xsltproc is the command to process the above: > > xsltproc <.xslfile> <.xmlfile> > <.htmlfile> > > Yuk, but I think you'll get the idea. > > I imagine it's a worksaver (at least all the propaganda says so). Not > having done much web stuff, I wouldn't know. Sorry if this is a little > lacking in detail, but I'm pretty new to it and am kickin' n screamin' all > the way. > > You guys seem to be up on just about everything, so I thought I'd give it a > try. > > Thanks again > > Ed Hoeffner > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Jay Kline list at slushpupie.com http://www.slushpupie.com "The fundamental purpose animating the Faith of God and His Religion is to safeguard the interests and promote the unity of the human race, and to foster the spirit of love and fellowship amongst men. Suffer it not to become a source of dissension and discord, of hate and enmity." "Religion is verily the chief instrument for the establishment of order in the world and of tranquillity amongst it's peoples...The greater the decline of religion, the more grievous the waywardness of the ungodly. This cannot but lead in the end to chaos and confusion." -- Baha'u'llah, a selection from the Baha'i scripture