From 17975d7ff9fd734e67dfb97dc9f8be45fcdaec7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chong Yidong Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:37:15 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] * xml.el (xml-escape-string): Don't refer to xml-entity-alist. Fixes: debbugs:12228 --- lisp/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ lisp/xml.el | 26 +++++++++++++++++++------- 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog index ec89b3784d9..17c7fa0f06a 100644 --- a/lisp/ChangeLog +++ b/lisp/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2012-08-19 Chong Yidong + + * xml.el (xml-escape-string): Don't refer to xml-entity-alist + (Bug#12228). + 2012-08-18 Chong Yidong * simple.el (yank-handled-properties): New defcustom. diff --git a/lisp/xml.el b/lisp/xml.el index 179fdd6b5cc..d395f75ec0f 100644 --- a/lisp/xml.el +++ b/lisp/xml.el @@ -1011,13 +1011,25 @@ The first line is indented with the optional INDENT-STRING." (defalias 'xml-print 'xml-debug-print) (defun xml-escape-string (string) - "Return STRING with entity substitutions made from `xml-entity-alist'." - (mapconcat (lambda (byte) - (let ((char (char-to-string byte))) - (if (rassoc char xml-entity-alist) - (concat "&" (car (rassoc char xml-entity-alist)) ";") - char))) - string "")) + "Convert STRING into a string containing valid XML character data. +Replace occurrences of &<>'\" in STRING with their default XML +entity references (e.g. replace each & with &). + +XML character data must not contain & or < characters, nor the > +character under some circumstances. The XML spec does not impose +restriction on \" or ', but we just substitute for these too +\(as is permitted by the spec)." + (with-temp-buffer + (insert string) + (dolist (substitution '(("&" . "&") + ("<" . "<") + (">" . ">") + ("'" . "'") + ("\"" . """))) + (goto-char (point-min)) + (while (search-forward (car substitution) nil t) + (replace-match (cdr substitution) t t nil))) + (buffer-string))) (defun xml-debug-print-internal (xml indent-string) "Outputs the XML tree in the current buffer. -- 2.11.4.GIT