Hi,
If you want to test if an xref is immediately preceded by another xref,
then this test should work:
test="preceding-sibling::node()[1][self::xref]"
The node() selector lumps together text nodes, comments, elements, and
processing instructions, so the first step selects preceding sibling nodes
of all types. The [1] selects the closest one, and the [self::xref] tests
to see if the selected node is an xref element.
The xref has to be immediately preceding, with no white space, not even a
line feed between them.
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
----- Original Message -----
From: "Juha Mustonen" <>
To: "Docbook Apps" <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 11:33 PM
Subject: [docbook-apps] multiple xreferences: [1,2,3] and [4]
>
> Here's the thing. I need to show the biblio references like this:
>
> "one reference [1] and the some more [2, 3, 4] and so on..."
>
> I've successfully edited the <xsl:template match="xref" name="xref"> and
> it
> does work with one exception: If there are two on more single references
> in
> one paragraph, right square bracket is missing (=> foo bar [1 lorem ipsum
> 2]).
>
> Problem is that I haven't found a way to test whether xreferences are
> right
> next to each other or if there is some text between.
>
> Here's what I've managed to do so far:
>
> <!-- show multiple references like: [1, 2, 3] -->
> <xsl:otherwise>
> <xsl:if test="not(parent::citation)">
> <!-- set "[" only if first xref entry -->
> <xsl:choose>
> <xsl:when test="not(preceding-sibling::xref)">
> <xsl:apply-templates select="$target"
> mode="xref-to-prefix"/>
> </xsl:when>
> <!-- otherwise put space -->
> <xsl:otherwise>
> <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
> </xsl:otherwise>
> </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:if>
>
> ....
>
> <xsl:if test="not(parent::citation)">
> <!-- set "]" only if last xref entry -->
> <xsl:choose>
> <xsl:when test="not(following-sibling::xref)">
> <xsl:apply-templates select="$target"
> mode="xref-to-suffix"/>
> </xsl:when>
> <!-- otherwise put comma -->
> <xsl:otherwise>
> <xsl:text>, </xsl:text>
> </xsl:otherwise>
> </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:if>
> </xsl:otherwise>
>
> Regards,
> Juha
>
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