Re: inline troubles

Templates it is! :)  I spent some a brief amount of time looking for a
decent tutorial on using templates, and found nothing that seemed to
break it down enough.  Perhaps you know of a good source.  I get
confused as to what I do with the template I've created.  I know I can
call the templates, but how exactly I need them called in up in the air.

If I take my xsl for example, I start off with

//My current way of doing the xsl

<xsl:template match="/">
...layout master stuff
...page sequence stuff
...flow
<fo:block>
<xsl:apply-templates select = "flrdcs"/>
</fo:block>
.../flow
.../page sequence
.../root
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="flrdocs"/>
...no no for-each statements.
</xsl:template>


Your saying break down the underline, line through, and regular text in
other templates.  How is that going to work though?

I'll keep looking for a good tutorial, or if you know of one please send
me a link.  I'd hate to bother you with things I can look up on my
own..besides, I'll learn more that way :)

Thanks,
L  


On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 17:18 -0400, Wendell Piez wrote:
> Dear Luke,
> 
> Use templates.
> 
> This is XSLT 101:
> 
> <xsl:template match="line">
>    <xsl:apply-templates/>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="a">
>    <fo:inline text-decoration="underline">
>      <xsl:apply-templates/>
>    </fo:inline>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="d">
>    <fo:inline text-decoration="line-through">
>      <xsl:apply-templates/>
>    </fo:inline>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> I like to teach beginners never to use xsl:for-each at all unless 
> they have a good reason. Good reasons do not include "I didn't know 
> how to use a template", since to learn XSLT is to learn how to use them. :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Wendell
> 
> At 05:12 PM 9/5/2006, you wrote:
> >I'm having some trouble trying to underline and line-through specific
> >text from my xml.  My xml is formatted like so:
> >
> >///XML///
> >
> ><line number=3>
> >         This is some regular old text, <a> and now I want this
> >         underlined </a> and then maybe some more regular old text,
> >         <d>and this to be line-through</d> and finish up with some
> >         regular text.
> ></line>
> >
> >Here is what I currently have in my xsl:
> >
> >///XSL///
> ><xsl: for-each select = "line">
> >         <xsl:value-of select="./@number>
> >         <xsl:for-each select = "a">
> >                 <fo:inline text-decoration="underline">
> >                         <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> >                 </fo:inline>
> >         </xsl:for-each>
> >         <xsl:for-each select = "d">
> >                 <fo:inline text-decoration="line-through">
> >                         <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> >                 </fo:inline>
> >         </xsl:for-each>
> ></xsl:for-each>
> >
> >The above xsl however prints the line with both the underline/strike
> >through section and the non formatted version, giving me repeated lines.
> >Any ideas on how to properly handle this?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >L