Re: [xsl] Math "functions" for XSLT 1.0

[Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt <STAMMW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Alain,

> > ...
> > Or you could write XSLT that
> > generated JavaScript and executes it...?
> >
> Yes, that's precisely what I do with XSLTForms
> (http://www.agencexml.com/xsltforms) which is heavily based on XSLT 1.0
> (XPath 1.0 parsing with XSLT/XPath 1.0 only is not easy...). I want now
> to enrich it with graphs support with requires graph2svg XSLT 2.0
> stylesheets porting and svg2xaml.xsl improvements.

There are really interesting Javascript graphics libraries available
you may use, eg:
http://www.walterzorn.com/jsgraphics/jsgraphics_e.htm

If you "just want to draw lines" for diagrams there are some techniques
described in detail for Javascript
(eg. http://www.p01.org/releases/Drawing_lines_in_JavaScript/), which may
be easily used as basis for XSLT line drawing ...


Mit besten Gruessen / Best wishes,

Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt
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Liam,
> Microsoft isn't the only software company in the world.
>
For me, MSXML was the first very good XSLT engine 10 years ago and if
Microsoft had continued to implement recommendations, I'm convinced all
others would have too.
> Or maybe you're referring to Internet Explorer?
>
Internet Explorer is widely deployed and that's its (unique ? ;-) )
strength.
> There's an open source XQuery plugin for IE, although I'm not sure
> how polished it is (search for xqib).
Plugin are difficult to deploy. That's why Acrobat Reader comes with
other Adobe programs, that's why SilverLight is embedded with Internet
Explorer,... I'm still not convinced it was a good choice to consider
Mozilla XForms as an extension.
> Or you could write XSLT that
> generated JavaScript and executes it...?
>
Yes, that's precisely what I do with XSLTForms
(http://www.agencexml.com/xsltforms) which is heavily based on XSLT 1.0
(XPath 1.0 parsing with XSLT/XPath 1.0 only is not easy...). I want now
to enrich it with graphs support with requires graph2svg XSLT 2.0
stylesheets porting and svg2xaml.xsl improvements.

-Alain