[Zope] - XML-style DTML code

[Bruce Perens]

I'm in way over my head here, not having encompassed XML. Thus, apologies
in advance for any clueless content here.

What I think we might do is declare a number of entities that are bound
to the time-varying string representations of Python objects, and free us
from the rather clumsy-appearing var syntax (sorry!). My first question is
whether we can declare an entity in-line using XML or if it must be declared
in the DTD.

What I really want to do is something like

	<!ENTITY big_font SYSTEM "./big_font">

where "foo" is a property of the folder object, and then be able to 
say:

	<font name="&big_font">

and have that bound to the run-time string representation of the property.
If you do a subsequent

	<?zope expr "big_font="LucidaTypewriterSoAndSo">

a subsequent reference to the entity &big_font should return the new value.

So, does that <!ENTITY> tag have to be in the DTD, or may I declare them on
the fly?

	Thanks

	Bruce
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