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It would be nice to have an option to compile CEGUI without XML case sensitivity.

Do you mean for element/attribute names?

Since CEGUI doesn't really implement its own XML parsing it would have to somehow tell each of the parser implementations (there are what... 5 or 6 of them now?) that case does or doesn't matter. I'm willing to bet you won't find support for this in *any* XML parser. Element names are rather formally defined by the W3C and case sensitivity is part of that definition. It's sort of like asking your C/C++/[your favorite language here] to not be case sensitive some of the time. Unless you're using some really obscure language, I'm fairly certain you won't find that either.

That said, I suspect you want this cause you're typing up bunches of XML for widgets/looknfeels/etc. I guess "better" tool support would be the more appropriate fix, that way you wouldn't have to type it all!

I see. I use Expat. I guess it's just a matter of finding where it compares stuff and adding an LCASE() to it...

I guess "better" tool support would be the more appropriate fix, that way you wouldn't have to type it all!

It's very difficult sometimes... especially at night when your brain is half asleep.

BTW, both the language I use (Freebasic) and my own light XML parser are not case sensitive. Most BASICs are not case sensitive. LISP compilers can be made to be case insensitive... HTML is not case sensitive.

Apparently this never made it into mantis. Feel free to add a ticket.