[offline] > See sections 9.2.1 and 9.3 of 8879 (pages 344-346 of the SGML > Handbook) and section 13.4.5 (page 464 of the Handbook). > > Section 9.2.1 defines what can be a name start character, which is > upper and lowercase letters and the uppercase and lowercase name start > characters. Section 13.4.5 states that a Digit cannot be an uppercase > or lowercase name start character. Tony, This was my take from the Handbook as well, but I'm assuming when someone like Eliot replies, that there must be *some* way around it; I just couldn't find one. Eduardo and I talked about this, and it seems pretty hard-wired into 8879, even if a lot of people don't like it. The idea of not being able to have what is essentially a numeric type (ID) not be able to contain a completely numeric value seems somewhat strange. Like my Sun ID# is all numbers, my SSN# is all numbers and dashes, etc. Murray ........................................................................... Murray Altheim, SGML Grease Monkey <altheim[@]eng.sun.com> Member of Technical Staff, Tools Development & Support Sun Microsystems, 2550 Garcia Ave., MS UMPK17-102, Menlo Park, CA 94043 USA "Give a monkey the tools and he'll build a typewriter."Received on Tuesday, 1 July 1997 16:11:48 EDT
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