Re: Displaying document( ) output within CDATA

Mark Miller wrote:

> I am creating a stylesheet for tutorials. Code is
> displayed as part of each tutorial page. I would like
> to insert the actual code using the document()
> function so I won't have to cut and paste the
> examples. 
> 
> I have not been able to figure out a way to include
> the code that is output from the document() function
> within a CDATA section.
> 
> This template accesses the code file I want to insert
> as the example code. Because it is not within a CDATA
> section, it is parsed and the output is shown instead
> of the raw code.
> 
> <xsl:template match="preformatted">
> 
> <xsl:variable name="codeSample" 
>      select="document(following::link[2]/@xslInput)"/>
> 
> <div style="text-align:center;">Code Sample</div>
>    <pre>
>       <xsl:value-of select="$codeSample"/>
>    </pre>
> </div>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> 
> Any suggestions on how to insert code from an external
> file into a CDATA section would be appreciated.

Hi Mark,

Putting the code into a CDATA section is not the best decision and does not allways
work -- e.g. what if the example code has its own CDATA???

And the reason for the specific problem you describe lies in the following:

>    <pre>
>       <xsl:value-of select="$codeSample"/>
>    </pre>

In case you use xsl:copy-of, all nodes of $codeSample will be properly copied into
the "pre" element. 

Therefore use:

    <pre>
       <xsl:copy-of select="$codeSample"/>
    </pre>


Hope this helped.

Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev.



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