Re: DSSSL capabilities - was RE: TOC problem with HTML32 dsssl

["Henry S. Thompson" <ht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Pawson writes:
>  Paul P wrote:
>  DSSSL does not allow you to check the contents of a sosofo at all. This
>  allows higher-performance implementations. Usually you don't need this.
>  
>  
>  Can I venture to suggest that this is needed in one case.
>  DSSSL provides (as I can see today) most of what is needed
>  to go from text into braille. The missing element is the application
>  of contractions, which abbreviates words to reduce the bulk of
>  braille text.
>  
>  I was hoping to access the actual text content to apply the contractions
>  (using scheme like capabilities), then format the contracted text.
>   Can anyone confirm that the content of an element _is_ 'hidden' behind
>  the veil?

You can handle that either at the character data content level
(process the value of (data (current-node)) as you see fit or at the
glyph level by treating your contractions as ligatures (but Jade
doesn't support this yet, I don't think.)

ht

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