> In various contexts I want to process text() nodes differently:

> My application is 
> still XSLT 1.0, but I'd be interested to learn of any neater 
> 2.0 solution too.
> 

In 2.0 these can all be done very easily using one-line stylesheet functions
that invoke replace() using a suitable regular expression.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/