Chris,
I use XSLT to generate text files. These are EDI flat-data files.
I posted a brief introduction to my project a couple days ago:
http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200504/msg01144.html
I'd be happy to go into more detail if you want.
Just for clarifiation, my data files are not for human consumption, as your
output seems to indicate. So your approach will likely be different.
The key is to use the instruction:
<xsl:output method="text" />
This must go directly under the stylesheet declaration.
Good luck, and let me know if I can help at all.
--Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris [mailto:phatfish(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 3:27 PM
To: XSL List
Subject: [xsl] Should XSLT be used to generate a plain text document?
Hi, i would like to create some (i guess you would call it)
styled, or formatted plain text.
Eg, some information about a music album: (this probably wont
display correctly, but you get the idea)
+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Im So Good - Im The Best (2005) |
+-----------------------------------------------------+
| |
| About: |
| +-----------------------------------------------+ | | Text text
| text text text text text text text | | | Text text text
text text
| text text text text | | | Text text text text text text
text text
| text | | | Text text text text text text text text text | | |
| Text text text text text text text text text | | | Text
text text
| text text text text text text | |
| | Text text more text displayed by a loop. | |
| +-----------------------------------------------+ |
| |
| Tracklist: |
| +----+----------------------------------+-------+ |
| | # | Artist/Title | 00:00 | |
| +----+----------------------------------+-------+ |
| | 01 | Im So Good - The First Track | 05:22 | |
| +----+----------------------------------+-------+ |
| | 02 | Im So Good - The 2nd Track | 05:36 | |
| +----+----------------------------------+-------+ |
| | 03 | Im So Good - Track Three | 07:24 | |
| +----+----------------------------------+-------+ |
| | 04 | Im So Good - Four is my Fav | 04:55 | |
| +----+----------------------------------+-------+ | | 05 | Im So
| Good - Truncation may hap..| 04:18 | |
| +----+----------------------------------+-------+ |
| | 06 | Im So Good - Last is Best | 03:12 | |
| +----+----------------------------------+-------+ |
| |
+-----------------------------------------------------+
I would like to know if it is possible to use XSLT to create
a document, like the above example, from an XML file.
I'm still new to XSL/T so i'm not really sure of its
limitations, or even if this is something i should be
attempting with with it.
When i think about it transforming to plain text doesn't
sound right, but some expert opinions would be good :)
Thanks
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