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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2000-08-11 20:34:27 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2000-08-11 20:34:27 (GMT) |
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Some minor clarifications and added some index entries.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libxmllib.tex b/Doc/lib/libxmllib.tex index 378a3cf8..62fb26b 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libxmllib.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libxmllib.tex @@ -101,27 +101,28 @@ passed to \method{handle_xml()} default to \code{None} and the string \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}{handle_doctype}{tag, pubid, syslit, data} -This method is called when the \samp{<!DOCTYPE...>} tag is processed. -The arguments are the name of the root element, the Formal Public -Identifier (or \code{None} if not specified), the system identifier, -and the uninterpreted contents of the internal DTD subset as a string -(or \code{None} if not present). +This\index{DOCTYPE declaration} method is called when the +\samp{<!DOCTYPE...>} declaration is processed. The arguments are the +tag name of the root element, the Formal Public\index{Formal Public +Identifier} Identifier (or \code{None} if not specified), the system +identifier, and the uninterpreted contents of the internal DTD subset +as a string (or \code{None} if not present). \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}{handle_starttag}{tag, method, attributes} This method is called to handle start tags for which a start tag handler is defined in the instance variable \member{elements}. The -\var{tag} argument is the name of the tag, and the \var{method} -argument is the function (method) which should be used to support semantic -interpretation of the start tag. The \var{attributes} argument is a -dictionary of attributes, the key being the \var{name} and the value -being the \var{value} of the attribute found inside the tag's -\code{<>} brackets. Character and entity references in the -\var{value} have been interpreted. For instance, for the start tag -\code{<A HREF="http://www.cwi.nl/">}, this method would be called as -\code{handle_starttag('A', self.elements['A'][0], \{'HREF': 'http://www.cwi.nl/'\})}. -The base implementation simply calls \var{method} with \var{attributes} -as the only argument. +\var{tag} argument is the name of the tag, and the +\var{method} argument is the function (method) which should be used to +support semantic interpretation of the start tag. The +\var{attributes} argument is a dictionary of attributes, the key being +the \var{name} and the value being the \var{value} of the attribute +found inside the tag's \code{<>} brackets. Character and entity +references in the \var{value} have been interpreted. For instance, +for the start tag \code{<A HREF="http://www.cwi.nl/">}, this method +would be called as \code{handle_starttag('A', self.elements['A'][0], +\{'HREF': 'http://www.cwi.nl/'\})}. The base implementation simply +calls \var{method} with \var{attributes} as the only argument. \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}{handle_endtag}{tag, method} @@ -187,10 +188,11 @@ does nothing. Note that if a document starts with \samp{<?xml This method is called when a declaration is encountered. The \var{data} argument is a string containing the text between the \samp{<!} and \samp{>} delimiters, but not the delimiters -themselves. For example, the entity \samp{<!ENTITY text>} will -cause this method to be called with the argument \code{'ENTITY text'}. The -default method does nothing. Note that \samp{<!DOCTYPE ...>} is -handled separately if it is located at the start of the document. +themselves. For example, the \index{ENTITY declaration}entity +declaration \samp{<!ENTITY text>} will cause this method to be called +with the argument \code{'ENTITY text'}. The default method does +nothing. Note that \samp{<!DOCTYPE ...>} is handled separately if it +is located at the start of the document. \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}{syntax_error}{message} |