mapnik/tests/visual_tests/styles/text-bug1533.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE Map>
<!-- Minimal testcase for bug #1523. -->
<Map background-color="white" srs="+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs">
    <Layer name="layer" srs="+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs">
        <StyleName>My Style</StyleName>
        <Datasource>
            <Parameter name="type">osm</Parameter>
            <Parameter name="file">../data/bug1533.osm</Parameter>
        </Datasource>
    </Layer>

    <Style name="My Style">
        <Rule>
            <Filter>[type] != "boundary" and [mapnik::geometry_type]=linestring</Filter>
            <LineSymbolizer stroke-width="1" stroke="red"/>
            <MarkersSymbolizer file="shape://arrow" placement="line" transform="scale(.5,.5)"/>
            <TextSymbolizer face-name="DejaVu Sans Book" size="10" placement="line" dy="10" allow-overlap="true">"right: --&gt;"</TextSymbolizer>
            <TextSymbolizer face-name="DejaVu Sans Book" size="10" placement="line" dy="-10" allow-overlap="true">"left: &lt;--"</TextSymbolizer>
            <TextSymbolizer face-name="DejaVu Sans Book" size="10" placement="line" allow-overlap="true"
            placement-type="list">"left only &lt;--"
                <Placement>"right only --&gt;"</Placement>
                <Placement>"--&gt;"</Placement>
                <Placement>"&lt;--"</Placement>
            </TextSymbolizer>
        </Rule>
    </Style>

</Map>