[xsl] Matching the first text element in a subtree

[Martin Holmes <mholmes@xxxxxxx>]

Hi there,

I'm attempting (using XSL 1.0 and Saxon 6.5.5) to do drop-caps by 
matching the first text element in the first paragraph of the second 
div0 in a TEI document. Where the text node is a direct child of the p 
tag, this works:

<xsl:template match="div0[2]/p[1]/text()[1]">

However, where another tag intervenes in the tree, this fails:

<div0>
	<p>
		<title>Blah</title> was published in...
	</p>
</div0>

Here, the first text node is the one following the title tag, which is
wrong. So what I want to do is select the first text node which is a
descendant (rather than a direct child) of the p tag. I just can't find
a way to do this. If I use this:

<xsl:template match="div0[2]/p[1]/descendant::text()[1]">

oXygen complains that "Axis in pattern must be child or attribute",
meaning presumably that only element nodes, not text nodes, can be
selected using this axis. If I use this:

<xsl:template match="div0[2]/p[1]//text()[1]">

then I get all text nodes which are the first child of their parents,
rather than only the first text node which is a descendant of the p tag.

Can anyone suggest how to go about selecting the first text node which
is a descendant of the p tag?

All help appreciated,
Martin
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Martin Holmes
University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre
(mholmes@xxxxxxx)
Half-Baked Software, Inc.
(mholmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
martin@xxxxxxxxxxx