// A workaround for XSL-to-XHTML systems that don't
//  implement XSL 'disable-output-escaping="yes"'.

var is_decoding = false;
var DEBUG = 0;

function go_decoding () {

  if(is_decoding) {
    DEBUG && alert("No work needs doing -- already decoded!");
    return;
  }

  var to_decode = document.getElementsByName('decodeable');
  if(!( to_decode && to_decode.length )) {
    DEBUG && alert("No work needs doing -- no elements to decode!");
    return;
  }

  var s;
  for(var i = to_decode.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) { 
    s = to_decode[i].textContent;

    if(
      s == undefined ||
      (s.indexOf('&') == -1 && s.indexOf('<') == -1)
    ) {
      // the null or markupless element needs no reworking
    } else {
      to_decode[i].innerHTML = s;  // that's the magic
    }
  }

  return;
}