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Re: Non SGML Character Number?


Holger Rauch wrote:

> I'm suddenly having trouble parsing German XML documents. When using PSGML
> mode in Emacs and parsing my DocBook XML V4.1.2 document, I get numerous
> messages of the form:
> 
>         nsgmls:DecisionBrowser.xml:109:15:E: non SGML character number 129
> 
> If I substitute my umlauts by ae, oe, or ue, respectively, this error goes
> away. The document in question is an article having lang="de" as an
> attribute.
> 
> My XML declaration is specified as follows:
> 
>         <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" standalone="no"?>
> 

Do you realy use ISO-8859-1 encoding for your document? In iso-8859-1
there is no visible character with code 129. Whole range 128-159 is
reserved for control characters. 

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