Re: [xsl] global language parameter

[Charles Muller <cmuller-lst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

G. Ken Holman wrote:

> And when you then find after distilling all of this out that you are 
> always building your style attribute the same way based on added 
> attributes, you can localize the entire processing along the lines of:
>
>   <xsl:template match="p">
>     <p>
>       <xsl:call-template name="add-style"/>
>     </p>
>   </xsl:template>
>
>   <xsl:template match="another">
>     <another-result>
>       <xsl:call-template name="add-style"/>
>     </another-result>
>   </xsl:template>
>
>   <xsl:template name="add-style">
>     <xsl:attribute name="style">
>       <!--what is the margin component-->
>       <xsl:choose>
>         <xsl:when test="@render='this'">
>           <xsl:text>text-indent:12mm; margin-top: 0;</xsl:text>
>           <xsl:text>margin-bottom: 0; line-height:9mm;</xsl:text>
>         </xsl:when>
>         <xsl:when test="@render='that'">
>           <xsl:text>text-indent:30mm; margin-top: 5mm;</xsl:text>
>           <xsl:text>margin-bottom: 0; line-height:12mm;</xsl:text>
>         </xsl:when>
>       </xsl:choose>
>
>       <!--what is the language component-->
>       <xsl:choose>
>         <xsl:when test="lang('sa')">font-family: 'Times Ext 
> Roman';</xsl:when>
>         <xsl:when test="lang('zh')"
>                   >font-family: Mincho,MingLiU, Batang, Simsun;</xsl:when>
>         <xsl:when test="lang('ko')">font-family: Batang, 
> BatangChe;</xsl:when>
>       </xsl:choose>
>     </xsl:attribute>
>   </xsl:template>

Excellent!

Thank you for taking the time to do this. My style sheets are now all 
going to be transformed to a new level.

Regards,

Chuck

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