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xml.el incorrectly decodes entities
From: |
mah |
Subject: |
xml.el incorrectly decodes entities |
Date: |
Fri, 03 Jan 2003 15:44:18 -0600 |
xml.el incorrectly decodes entities. It should decode & last so
that doubly-encoded entities are decoded correctly. (e.g. ">"
should decode to ">", not ">").
diff -u -r1.11 xml.el
--- lisp/xml.el 16 Dec 2002 17:04:58 -0000 1.11
+++ lisp/xml.el 3 Jan 2003 21:41:29 -0000
@@ -442,8 +442,6 @@
(defun xml-substitute-special (string)
"Return STRING, after subsituting special XML sequences."
- (while (string-match "&" string)
- (setq string (replace-match "&" t nil string)))
(while (string-match "<" string)
(setq string (replace-match "<" t nil string)))
(while (string-match ">" string)
@@ -452,6 +450,8 @@
(setq string (replace-match "'" t nil string)))
(while (string-match """ string)
(setq string (replace-match "\"" t nil string)))
+ (while (string-match "&" string)
+ (setq string (replace-match "&" t nil string)))
string)
;;*******************************************************************
--
You are a mystery as deep as the sea; the more I search, the more
I find, and the more I find the more I search for you.
-- St. Catherine of Siena
- xml.el incorrectly decodes entities,
mah <=