RE: Interesting problem

["Didier PH Martin" <martind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Joerg,

Didier said:
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> A very interesting problem has been posted on the XSL list. How would we
> resolve it in DSSSL. I'll take the best solution from both world and
publish
> it.
>
> Suppose I had the following XML fragment:
>
>     <entry>
>       <key>foo</key>
>       <description>A sample link</description>
>     </entry>
>
> Suppose I would like to create the following output using XT:
>
>     <a href="http://www.frob.org/search?type=simple&key=foo";>A sample
> link</a>
>
> How would I go about this?  My problem is how to create the `href'
> attribute of the output element `a', in particular how to concat the
> constant string "http://www.frob.org/search?type=simple&key="; and the
> content of the `key' input element.

Jeorg said:
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If I got the question right, the following untested code fragment
should do the trick using jade's sgml extension FOs.

(element (entry key) (empty-sosofo))
(element entry
  (make element
    gi: "a"
    attributes: `(("href"
                   ,(string-append
                      "http://www.frob.org/search?type=simple&key=";
                      (data (select (children (current-node)  "key"))))))
    (process-children)))

But I think the real question has been how to do that without "make
element", hasn't it?

Didier says:
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All solutions are good, but you are right, we need also solutions not based
on the make "element". This is an OpenJade solution but not a standard DSSSL
solution. Thanx Jeorg for your solution (but I am sure you have others in
mind - just from your comment, I can sense that ;-)

regards
Didier PH Martin
mailto:martind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.netfolder.com


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