That is good idea.
Thanks,
keith
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Hewitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 11:40 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: How to include a variable in !ENTITY tag?
>
>
> Hmmm ... You could have something create a DTD with a set of
> entities whose values are set according to your local environment,
> then you could instantiate that via a reference. Of course, you
> would need to know where this file is too...
>
> Or, you could use XSLT to transform your XML build files using
> the local environment before you let ant see them.
>
> OK, - I think I'm telling you there are only comedy solutions,
> though XSLT has some possibilities...Hmmm...
>
> #!/mjh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Kee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 16 April 2001 17:23
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: How to include a variable in !ENTITY tag?
>
>
> Hi:
> I am new to ant, and is thinking of migrating from GNUMake
> environment. It
> looks like it is possible to migrating from the current GNUmake
> environment
> except one major problem: I cannot specify an environment variable to the
> ENTITY tag like this.
> <!DOCTYPE project [
> <!ENTITY include SYSTEM "${CONFIG_DIR}/common.xml">
> ]>
>
> Can somebody point out if this is possible, or if there is a viable
> workaround? I search the mailing archive and FAQ with no avail.
>
> TIA,
> keith
>
>
