Re: Using DSSSL with XML to read attribute values

[Daniel Speck <dspeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan Hable wrote:

> I'm looking for a simple solution to this rather complex problem. I want
> to have my DSSSL stylesheet format the output according to a set of
> attribuite values in a XML document. I'm using Jade to process all of my
> documents. Is this possible? If so, could someone point me in the right
> direction. Thanks!

 The short answer is, yes this is possible. It would be helpful if you could
provide more details about what you are trying to do but there is a standard
DSSSL function, (attribute-string) that will return the value of an
attribute as a string. You can then use this value (appropriately converted)
to specify the characteristics of flow objects:

DTD:

<!ELEMENT p    - -    (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST p
           indent    NUMBER #REQUIRED>

Instance:

<p indent="2">This paragraph should be indented two units from the left
margin</p>

DSSSL style sheet:

(element p
    start-indent: (* (string->number (attribute-string "indent")) 1pica)
    (process-children))

-dan

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