Re: XSLT 'or' statement (Was Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: How can I getstylesheet to bold?)

[Bob Stayton <bobs@caldera.com>]

> From: Dan York <dyork@e-smith.com>
> 
> Bob,
> 
> Since I thought your use of the 'or' functionality was quite cool, I
> modified my customization layer along the lines of what you did:
> 
> > <xsl:template match="emphasis">
> >   <xsl:choose>
> >     <xsl:when test="@role='bold'|@role='strong'">  <!-- changed line -->
> >       <xsl:call-template name="inline.boldseq"/>
> >     </xsl:when>
> >     <xsl:otherwise>
> >       <xsl:call-template name="inline.italicseq"/>
> >     </xsl:otherwise>
> >   </xsl:choose>
> > </xsl:template>
> 
> However, in running it through 'xsltproc' I found that I was getting
> an error generated. It actually seemed to work correctly, but gave me
> error messages.  I did some research and found that the 'or' functionality
> of XSLT actually uses the word "or".  So the test needs to be:
> 
>    <xsl:when test="(@role='strong') or (@role='bold')">
 
Oops, that's what I get for posting without testing.  
The '|' symbol is only used to OR element selections
in a test attribute.  Thanks for correcting that.

bobs
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