Re: [xsl] how to test previous node name

[Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew Welch wrote:
> select="parent::test1 or preceding::*[1][self::test1]"
>
> (It could well be that you don't want to check the whole preceding
> axis, just the preceding-sibling axis - its worth figuring that out
> now based on the examples I've given.)

I am under the (vague) impression that he wants to test the first 'tag' 
that precedes the current 'tag', not being a closing 'tag'. In terms of 
nodes, that means, I think, the parent node if the current node is its 
first child, and the preceding sibling, if the current node is not the 
first child of its parent.

I.e.:

<test1>
  <test2>
    <item />
....

should return false.

<test1>
  <test2>
     <test1 />
     <text />
     <item />
...

should return true (text is its immediate preceding sibling).

<testX>
  <test1>
     <item />
     <test1 />
     <text />
     <item />
     <item />

should return true for the first and second item node, but false for the 
third.

Of course, it would be nice to have corrected and cleaned input from 
'xslt.new' aka 'ms' aka 'mina' (see 
http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200701/msg00581.html and 
http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200701/msg00580.html). 
There have been four solutions so far, which each slightly different 
semantics; could the OP shed some light on what (s)he precisely wants?

-- Abel