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From: "Dave Pawson dave.pawson@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 20:59:41 -0000
Re:  building a mental model for the "current node"  be
New host, but yes, I found that diagram very useful.

Regards

On Thu, 5 Nov 2020 at 19:52, Christophe Marchand cmarchand@xxxxxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You mean that one :
>
>
https://our.umbraco.com/documentation/reference/templating/macros/xslt/xpath-
axes-and-their-shortcuts
> ?
>
> Christophe
>
> Le 05/11/2020 C  17:50, Dave Pawson dave.pawson@xxxxxxxxx a C)crit :
> > On Thu, 5 Nov 2020 at 14:46, Martin Honnen martin.honnen@xxxxxx
> > <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Am 05.11.2020 um 15:11 schrieb Chris Papademetrious
> >>> As a novice, I get confused remembering when the current node
> >>> does/doesnbt change. Therebs also this, which Ibm trying to
grasp:
> >>>
> >>> https://www.w3.org/TR/xslt-30/#func-current
> >>>
> >>> Whatbs a good mental model for remembering this?
> >>>
> >>> 2. Inside an <xsl:template> block, is there a function that returns the
> >>> current **template-matched** node?
> >> That is what the
> >>     current()
> >> function does, I am currently not sure why you first cite it and then
> >> seem to ask for another function doing the job of the current()
> function.
> > I think:
> >    This relates to understanding the mental model?
> >
> > My view:
> >    'here' (.) is the current node / position in the input document tree
> > that is being processed.
> >
> > View the 'tree' in your head, and you may see the parents, siblings,
> > children of this node (point in the document tree).
> > Ken Holman has (had?) a good picture of this which may help.
> >    Then decide what you want to do next?
> >    When you have this model in your head comfortably, you may be happy
> using
> > xsl:apply-templates to process the children of the current-node, using
> > the xsl 'model'.
> >
> >
> > HTH
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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