Subject: Re: indentation From: "Chuck White" <chuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 13:02:10 -0800 |
If you're careful you can use shared element syntax and make stylesheets work for both namespaces. The biggest thing I'm finding is that IE5 stylesheet writers use a lot of this: <xsl: value-of /> which IE5 understands (I've done it a number of times myself). To make this work in current standardized XSL processors, you'd need to add a select attribute. I find the . operator works in most circumstances. Of course, you need to change the namespace in your style sheet to match whatever WD or PR you're working with. But overall, I'd be careful about warning people against learning the IE5 method. It's still a good way to get comfortable with the syntax, and not everybody is a programmer or is comfortable working with the tools most often discussed on this list. XT is my favorite tool, but mostly because I'm a non-programmer and it's relatively easy to use and it follows the spec. But I got my feet wet with IE5 because all I had to do was hit the reload button when I made changes to my style sheet. So while it's important that the distinction between the emerging standard and the IE5 namespace is made, I still look at IE5 as a fairly decent learning tool, if nothing else. Another viable option is using the InDelv browser (www.indelv.com) for browser-implemented XSL. I don't think it's quite current, but it's close, and uses XT as its transformation engine. It doesn't recognize HTML, though -- its formatting namespace is based on the FO WD. Chuck White Creative Director ADVANCE Recruitment Advertising, Inc. chuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.advancerecruitment.com author of Internet Explorer 5 Developer's Guide, IDG Books co-author Mastering XML, Sybex Books ---------- >From: "John E. Simpson" <simpson@xxxxxxxxxxx> >To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: indentation >Date: Wed, Nov 10, 1999, 10:20 AM > > so if you've invested in learning (and using) the current IE5 flavor, >your documents will soon be unreadable by anyone except those using the >outdated version of IE5. XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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