Not. This is one of XMetaL's many limitations. Attached is a test case I provided XMetaL support long ago. Out of curiosity, what version of XMetaL are you using? I was working with 2.1 when I reported the problem. They're response was basically "don't do that."
David
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kraa de Simon [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 2:44 AM
> To: ''
> Subject: DOCBOOK-APPS: Question about the ENTITY references
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a question about the ENTITY references.
>
> Part of the TDG directory structure:
>
> ./book.xml
> ./bookbody.xml
> ./ch00.xml
> ./entities/content.ent
>
> In bookbody.xml the reference to "chapter 00" is:
>
> &ch00;
>
> In entities/content.ent all entities are referenced by ../ch00.xml but
> shouldn't this be ./ch00.xml?
>
> Because the bookbody.xml and ch00.xml file are on the same level and
> ch00.xml is referenced from within bookbody.xml?
>
> <!ENTITY ch00 SYSTEM "../ch00.xml">
>
> The XML editor that I use (XMetaL) cannot find the file
> ../ch00.xml and when
> I think about it I think he is right...
>
> Or not?
>
>
