Re: [xsl] Client-side cross-platform API

Subject: Re: [xsl] Client-side cross-platform API
From: Rob Belics <rob_belics@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:52:19 -0600
On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 04:31 -0700, Eric J. Bowman wrote:
> Michael Dykman wrote:
> > 
> > BTW: I have enjoyed this thread knowing that I am not the only one
> > pushing XSL in the browser.  Does anyone other than me think it's a
> > good idea to start a dedicated list for this domain?  The discussions
> > on this list tend to center on XSL 2.0 and discussions of browser
> > quirks and the like are generally considered off-topic.
> > 
> 
> +1.  I can't for the life of me figure out my problem, but it's
> obviously nothing I've done wrong in my XSLT code, which works in every
> browser I've tested it in.  Depending on how it's called?
> 
> http://charger.bisonsystems.net/xmltest/index.xht (javascript)
> http://charger.bisonsystems.net/xmltest/test.xht (xml-stylesheet)
> http://charger.bisonsystems.net/xmltest/xsl/ (has text/plain variants)
> 
> It's the same *%&#^!@ code either way.  If anything, I'd expect Opera
> and WebKit to agree, seeing as how they're both libxslt.  Firefox just
> works, Opera only works when XSLT is called by Javascript, WebKit only
> works when an xml-stylesheet PI is used...
> 
> So my question is basically "WTF?" but there's really nowhere to ask it.
> 
> -Eric
> 
The Opera and Firefox people, and some of the Webkit people, are highly
accessible and I'd bet they would visit such a list.

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