saving destroys xml source code with namespace prefixes
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Hi,
I’ve chosen WordPress to start a technical blog because of its support for source code syntax highlighting (http://faq.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/how-do-i-post-source-code/). However, when I enter XML source code containing namespace prefixes, this gets all cluttered when saving. For example, after saving, following fragment:
[sourcecode language="xml"]
<test:test xmlns:test="test">
<test:hello>world</test:hello>
</test:test>
[/sourcecode]
is mutilated to:
[sourcecode language="xml"]
<test :test xmlns:test="http://www.test.me">
</test><test :hello>world</test>
[/sourcecode]
Note that this is *not* a highlighting issue; the problem occurs when saving a post, and only with namespace-prefixed XML source code. Is there any workaround?
Kind regards,
Ron Van den Branden
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Sigh,
The issue isn’t limited to namespace prefixes: it is triggered as well when XML elements have hyphens in their name.
[sourcecode language="xml"]
<test-test>
<test-hello>world</test-hello>
</test-test>
[/sourcecode]
is saved as
[sourcecode language="xml"]
<test -test>
</test><test -hello>world</test>
[/sourcecode]
…which turns marking up XML source code examples on my blog into a pretty useless exercise… I hope it can be fixed?
Kind regards,
Ron
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Aha,
I have found the cause: the formatting option “WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically” was responsible. If I disable this option, all goes well.
Quite a relief for me (since WP generally seems a great tool), and hopefully WP developers know where to look now.
Cheers,
Ron Van den Branden
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Thanks so much for this tip. I experienced a similar problem when trying to include regexes for HTML (such as </b&#gt;) in source code: a space was introduced into the tag. Disabling the XHTML correction worked for me.
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