RE: Conditional text using attributes

Beth,
Have you tried
<xsl:template match="*|@*|comment()|text()">
 <xsl:if test="not(@os='Mac')">
  <xsl:copy-of select="." />
 </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

Ciao Chris

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Beth Fischi
>Sent: 28 December 2000 16:42
>To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject:  Conditional text using attributes
>
>
>I'm trying to figure out how to exclude text and graphics from an output
>file (HTML or FO, for example) by testing for attributes in my XSL
>stylesheet. For instance, I have an XML file with instructions
>appropriate for both Macintosh users and Windows users. In one output
>file, I want to exclude the instructions for Mac users, and in another,
>I want to exclude the instructions for Windows users so I end up with a
>set appropriate to each type of user.
>
>I'm using the DocBook DTD and Norm Walsh's DocBook XSL stylesheets
>(http://nwalsh.com/docbook/xsl/index.html). I've created an XSL file
>called "bj.xsl" that extends his HTML XSL stylesheet. In it, I have a
>test case that (hopefully?) excludes all elements, attributes, comments
>and text with the attribute "Mac":
>
>*****************************************
><?xml version='1.0'?>
><xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>                version='1.0'
>                xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional"
>                exclude-result-prefixes="#default">
>
><xsl:include href="docbook.xsl"/>
>
><xsl:template match="*|@*|comment()|text()">
> <xsl:if test="not(@os='Mac')">
>  <xsl:copy>
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="*|@*|comment()|text()" />
>  </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:if>
></xsl:template>
>
></xsl:stylesheet>
>*****************************************
>This doesn't work, but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any
>suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
>--Beth Fischi
>
>
>
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