Here is my logic so far to target everything in the node, and if it is 
a processing-instruction it should be processed only if something 
exists after it other than another processing-instruction.  What I have 
below does not work because I think it is looking for the second 
processing-instruction inside the first one rather than following it, 
but it is starting to feel like it is possible to put what I need in 
one instruction.

<xsl:apply-templates select="node()[not(self::processing-instruction()
[not(following::*[not(self::processing-instruction())])])]"/>

Warning: on line 58 of file:/C:/Documents%20and%
20Settings/egarrett/Desktop/Transforms%20R%20Us/saxon/xsl/X3B.xsl:
  The self axis will never select any element() nodes when starting at 
an
  processing-instruction() node

Any ideas?
----- Original Message -----
From: egarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, January 4, 2007 9:59 am
Subject: Re:  targeting the last element in a node or consecutive 
elements
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> Yes, your example is correct.  I don't know if or how many PIs 
> will 
> occur at the end of the node.
> 
> P.S. I started a new post because they changed the 
> requirements....   
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thursday, January 4, 2007 9:53 am
> Subject: Re:  targeting the last element in a node or 
> consecutive 
> elements
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> > Hi Emily,
> > 
> > This is a double post, you already opened this discussion under 
> > "suppressing only the last PI" (which differed in details, however).
> > 
> > If I may, it appears that you want to do this:
> > 
> > <somenode>
> >    <node1 />
> >    <?instr1?>
> >    <node2 />
> >    <?instr2?>
> >    <?instr3?>
> > </somenode>
> > 
> > 1. Process node1, instr1, node2 etc
> > 2. Do something before instr2 and instr3 (being consecutively 
> and 
> > together at the end of a node)
> > 3. Process instr2 and instr3
> > (if instr2 and instr3 were not there, you want to skip 
> processing 
> > step 2 
> > and 3?)
> > 
> > Am i right? Please confirm (and/or give your sample input, to 
> make 
> > the 
> > subject easier)
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > -- Abel
> > 
> > Emily.Garrett@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > I'm trying to use xsl:apply templates to grab the entire 
> content 
> > of a
> > > node, except for any PIs that may be at the very end of the 
> > node.  I can
> > > see how position()=last() can be used to refer to the very 
> last 
> > PI, but
> > > how would I refer to possibly 2 or 3 PIs that are at the end 
> of 
> > the node
> > > (not knowing what they are or how many), but still process PIs 
> > that are
> > > contained elsewhere in this content?   Is there some syntax 
> that 
> > refers> to consecutive elements or refers to an element that is 
> > the last one in
> > > a node, not knowing what element it is?
> > >
> > > Here is explanation for what I'm trying to do:   
> > >
> > > Process all content, unless they are PIs that occur 
> > consecutively at the
> > > very end of the node.
> > >
> > > Then I have to insert an element, then process these PIs that 
> occur> > consecutively at the very end of the node.
> > >
> > > I'm having trouble narrowing down my research on this one.  
> Does 
> > anyone> have any ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Emily