Thanx for that, however I do have internal entities working just fine. Looking for help specifically with externally-defined ones. â"Ken Nellis
--- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Marty Sullivan <dark3251@...> wrote: > > I can't tell you if this is possible as I've never tried to define external > entities. However, to make the local entities in you svg, you would put > them in the DOCTYPE like so: > > <!DOCTYPE svg [ > <!ENTITY blue "0000FF"> > <!ENTITY green "#00FF00"> > <!ENTITY red "#FF0000"> > ]> > > and then refer to them as &red; &green; &blue; in your document. > On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Kenneth Nellis <nellisks@...> wrote: > > > I've tried without success to get external entities to work. For example, > > let's say I want to define "blue" in a shared file as #00247D and then, in > > multiple, separate SVG files, reference the shared definition (as "&blue;"). > > > > I get that the SVG document that references the color would pull in the > > definition with something like the following in its DOCTYPE: > > > > <!ENTITY blue SYSTEM "colors.xml"> > > > > And "blue" would be defined in file colors.xml, but I haven't been able to > > figure out how to define "blue" in file colors.xml. Suggestions would be > > most appreciated! > > > > Ideally, I wouldn't need separate <!ENTITY�.> references in each SVG for > > each color, but could simply refer (somehow) to colors.xml and pull in all > > entity definitions in colors.xml. > > > > �Ken Nellis > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > ----- > > To unsubscribe send a message to: > > svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com > > -or- > > visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my > > membership" > > ----Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ----Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: svg-developers-dig...@yahoogroups.com svg-developers-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/