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> XSLT is an event-based language so it ought to be possible to find a way to > make it handle user-input events (or data arriving from the server) by > firing appropriate template rules. But I've no idea how this would look in > detail. We just need a standard F & O function for this. See how this was done in the "XSLT calculator" 7 years ago: :) http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/articles/xslCalculator/The%20FXSL%20Calculator.html#6._Putting_it_All_Together_-_the_XSLT_Calculator Although this is a desktop app, the same design can be applied towards a browser scripting application. -- Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev --------------------------------------- Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence. --------------------------------------- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk ------------------------------------- Never fight an inanimate object ------------------------------------- You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com> wrote: > On 01/12/2010 16:45, Rob Koberg wrote: >> >> Another big problem I forgot to mention is handling browser events. >> XML or XML apps (XSL) in the browser cannot catch browser events. >> > > Yes, there's always been an uncomfortable asymmetry here - XSLT to handle > the output, XForms to handle the input. Which doesn't really work well in an > Ajax kind of world. I'd love to do something more integrated. In principle > XSLT is an event-based language so it ought to be possible to find a way to > make it handle user-input events (or data arriving from the server) by > firing appropriate template rules. But I've no idea how this would look in > detail. > > Michael Kay > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS > to support XML implementation and development. To minimize > spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. > > [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ > Or unsubscribe: xml-dev-unsubscribe@lists.xml.org > subscribe: xml-dev-subscribe@lists.xml.org > List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php > >
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