Re: modular docbook stylesheets speedup tips?

Subject: Re: modular docbook stylesheets speedup tips?
From: Chris Maden <crism@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:17:11 -0500
[Norm Walsh]
> I've found one possible problem.  The code in common/dbtable.dsl
> uses the horrifying construction
> 
>   ... (descendants (sgml-root-element)) ...
> ...
> 
> Why did I do this?  Because the CALS Table spec says that COLSPEC
> and SPANSPEC are inherited from _preceding_ tables. So the
> stylesheet attempts to find all of them.

I think you'd be better off using the SGML Open (now called OASIS -
when did that happen?) CALS Table Model specification
(<URL:http://www.sgmlopen.org/a502.htm>), which does not have this
restriction.

-Chris


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