Re: [xsl] Aargh - wrong template applied

["J.Pietschmann" <j3322ptm@xxxxxxxx>]

Ian Eure wrote:
> I want to pass through the document as-is in most cases, but make 
> certain changes elsewhere. I have a generic pass-through rule, and a 
> more specific rule to strip out <font> elements, but retain their 
> children. However, the latter template is never called, and I can't 
> figure out why.
>
> I'm using XSLTProc. Turning on it's verbose mode gives me some relevant 
> information:
>
> added pattern : '@*' priority -0.500000
> added pattern : 'node()' priority -0.500000
> added pattern : 'font' priority 0.000000
>
> Looks good, but then:
>
> xsltProcessOneNode: applying template '@*|node()' for font
>
> Why isn't the latter template ever applied, and how do I get the 
> behavior I want?

This may be a bug in xsltproc. You can try some voodoo and move the
generic copy-through to the end of the style sheet. The order of
the templates should only matter if there is a tie in the priority
for matching patterns though. You could also try to assign a high
positive priority to the font matching template. In either case, I'd
ask on the relevant xsltproc specific list, maybe they have already
a proper solution.

J.Pietschmann