RE: [docbook-apps] Adding attributes/parameters to the "<para>" template?

Hi David
  
 
  
Thanks that works.   But after thinking about it I could always just
  
put the text I want to appear at the start of each paragraph by putting
  
the text there like so ...
  
 
  
<para>+++ blah blah blah</para>
  
 
  
... so I will probably not use that version of the para template.
  
But the strict_para is useful in situations where it is important
  
that paragraphs start with a particular string.  And I probably
  
didn't make it clear that this template would work like this ...
  
 
  
<strict_para pm="XXX --">blah blah blah</strict_para>
  
<strict_para pm="lmnop: ">blah blah blah</strict_para>
  
 
  
... this would result in html ...
  
 
  
<p>XXX --blah blah blah</p>
<p>lmnop: blah blah
 blah</p>
  
 
  
... while ...
  
 
  
<strict_para>blah blah blah</strict_para>
  
 
  
... or ...
  
 
  
<strict_para pm="">blah blah blah</strict_para>
  
 
  
... would result in an error.
  
 
  
Thanks!
  

David White <> wrote:
      
Something like this?
  
 
  
  
<xsl:template match="para[@pm='+++']">
  
<xsl:param name="pm" select="self::*[@pm][1]/@pm"/>
  
<fo:inline>
  
<xsl:value-of select="$pm"/></xsl:apply-templates>
  
</fo:inline>
  
</xsl:template>
  
 
  
If <para> has no pm attribute this template would be ignored.
  
<xsl:template match="strict_para[@pm] != 'xxx' ">
  
</xsl:template>
  
The above would catch any use of <strict_para> that didn't have an attribute pm which equals 'xxx'.
  
A good place to read up on XSLT:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XSLT
  
Hope that helps,
  
David White

  
    From: Sheldon Plankton [mailto:] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 2:09 PM
To: 
Subject: [docbook-apps] Adding attributes/parameters to the "<para>" template?

  

  
Hi,
  

  
I am having a hard time trying add a "para template" in my "customization" layer.
 
 
I would want to add an parameter to the para template.  This parameter would
  
contain a string that would be prepended to the paragraph. 
  

  
So if I had in my xml file this ...
  

  
<para pm="+++ ">Hi there </para>
  

  
... output would be in html something like ...
  

  
<p>+++ Hi there</p>
  

  
Also how would I make the template use a
 default value if the attribute/parameter
  
was left out?  Also how could I make another template say ... strict_para ... that
  
would cause an error if the parameter was left out?
  

  
I guess I should get a book on xsl ... right?  or is xstl?
  

  
Thanks
  
Plankton
  

  

  
    
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