Re: how are entities handled
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 10:07:39PM +0200, Othmar Pasteka wrote:
> i just discovered the following in the defaults.ent file of the
> boot-floppies' documentation:
>
> <![ %official-web-build [ <!entity downloadable-file "&url-boot-floppies;"> ]]>
> <!entity downloadable-file "&path-to-top-level;">
>
> ok, so, if a document for the web is built the first rule applies.
> the second one applies everytime.
Every _other_ time.
> now, which one is taken when,
> for instance, i use the following:
>
> <url id="&downloadable-file;images-1.44/base-2.bin">
>
> and i do an official web build, so first the first one with the
> reference to the url of the boot-floppies is inserted and then
> the pat-to-top-level? or what's the correct order of this?
The comment on the top of default.ent says:
Remember, this is SGML; the *first* definition of an entity wins.
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