Templates it is! :) I spent some a brief amount of time looking for a
decent tutorial on using templates, and found nothing that seemed to
break it down enough. Perhaps you know of a good source. I get
confused as to what I do with the template I've created. I know I can
call the templates, but how exactly I need them called in up in the air.
If I take my xsl for example, I start off with
//My current way of doing the xsl
<xsl:template match="/">
...layout master stuff
...page sequence stuff
...flow
<fo:block>
<xsl:apply-templates select = "flrdcs"/>
</fo:block>
.../flow
.../page sequence
.../root
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="flrdocs"/>
...no no for-each statements.
</xsl:template>
Your saying break down the underline, line through, and regular text in
other templates. How is that going to work though?
I'll keep looking for a good tutorial, or if you know of one please send
me a link. I'd hate to bother you with things I can look up on my
own..besides, I'll learn more that way :)
Thanks,
L
On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 17:18 -0400, Wendell Piez wrote:
Dear Luke,
Use templates.
This is XSLT 101:
<xsl:template match="line">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="a">
<fo:inline text-decoration="underline">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</fo:inline>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="d">
<fo:inline text-decoration="line-through">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</fo:inline>
</xsl:template>
I like to teach beginners never to use xsl:for-each at all unless
they have a good reason. Good reasons do not include "I didn't know
how to use a template", since to learn XSLT is to learn how to use them. :-)
Cheers,
Wendell
At 05:12 PM 9/5/2006, you wrote:
I'm having some trouble trying to underline and line-through specific
text from my xml. My xml is formatted like so:
///XML///
<line number=3>
This is some regular old text, <a> and now I want this
underlined </a> and then maybe some more regular old text,
<d>and this to be line-through</d> and finish up with some
regular text.
</line>
Here is what I currently have in my xsl:
///XSL///
<xsl: for-each select = "line">
<xsl:value-of select="./@number>
<xsl:for-each select = "a">
<fo:inline text-decoration="underline">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</fo:inline>
</xsl:for-each>
<xsl:for-each select = "d">
<fo:inline text-decoration="line-through">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</fo:inline>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>
The above xsl however prints the line with both the underline/strike
through section and the non formatted version, giving me repeated lines.
Any ideas on how to properly handle this?
Thanks,
L
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