Re: Can you apply a template match on a copy node?

Hi Joerg,

I'm just experimenting with ways of using xml/xsl. Sure I could use css, but
I prefer keeping things clean and maintainable from one file. I'm a great
believer in a clear seperation between data and layout, and the simplier I
can find ways to control the styling the better, which is why I was hoping
to do away with css altogether and use xsl templates for everything.

I'm using a server-side asp transform for the processing, so any use of
xsl/xml needs to be very efficient to compete with a pure asp scripted
solution.

Mike

--- Original Message -----
From: "Joerg Heinicke" <joerg.heinicke@xxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 8:48 PM
Subject: Re:  Can you apply a template match on a copy node?


> Hi Mike,
>
> if you really want to style every <td> in the same way, why don't you
> want to use CSS?
>
> td {
>      width: 500px;
>      background-color: red;
> }
>
> If not, what's your processing framework? In Cocoon for example a 2 step
> transformation would be really easy. More information on xalan:nodeset()
> you can find at
http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/extensionslib.html#ex-nodeset.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joerg
>
> Mike Carlisle wrote:
> > Hi Joerg,
> >
> > The reason for wanting to process <td> in a seperate match was that it
could
> > be used to define a style for <td> in one place, and one place only.
Whether
> > the <td> was in the xml or written by another match I wanted one place
where
> > it's attributes could be set generically, a bit like using xsl as a css.
> >
> > I'm not that familar with extensions used in Michael Kay's approach. Am
I
> > right in thinking that to use node-set I need to install something like
> > Xalan.exe, and this will then pass a string back into a node set? How do
> > these extensions effect efficiency of the tranform? I've been told
xsl/xml
> > transforms are already fairly processor intensive compared to something
like
> > a pure asp solution, so am a bit reluctent to start complicating the
process
> > further with external calls. Dooes anyone know of or have any good bench
> > marks?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Mike
>
>
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