Subject: Re: [xsl] How to correctly position breaks in mixed content? From: "Wendell Piez wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 12:34:00 -0000 |
Hi, Yep, this is essentially an overlap problem. What a wonderful thing, that we have workable solutions. :-> Cheers, Wendell On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 5:55 AM Geert Bormans geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx < xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Trevor, > > One option would be to replace the mixed content elements by empty elements > <var>n<superscript>th</superscript></var> > to become > <var type="s" id="ID01"/>n<superscript type="s" id="ID02"/>th<superscript > type="e" id="ID02"><var type="r" id="ID01"/> > > if so all your characters are siblings, so can do a line breaking > algorithm, preserving the empty elements > after that you simply reconstruct the elements > > Met vriendelijke groeten, > Best regards, > > Geert Bormans > > ----- Op 14 apr 2021 om 11:46 schreef Trevor Nicholls > trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > NB currently XSL 2.0 > > > > I'm struggling with what I thought would be a simple enough problem: > > > > given content like this > > > > "<code>Mixed content, mainly text but with some text such as <var>variable > names</var> wrapped in elements, sometimes nested like a reference to the > <var>n<superscript>th</superscript></var> occurrence.</code>" > > > > and a constraint that code should be rendered within a fixed width box, I > need to come up with a template which will process the <code> element and > transform it into its word-wrapped equivalent. > > > > I don't need to concern myself with character sizes or styles; the output > of this transformation will always be rendered in a fixed-width font. > > > > I can write something which works fine if a <code> element is simple text > - but the requirement is for this to work with mixed content too. In the > above example, if the constraint is that the line must wrap at or before 64 > characters, the first break comes in the middle of the first <var>. > > > > Assuming that the <code> example above is the current element, what I am > trying to write is a template > > > > <xsl:template name="wordwrap"> > > <xsl:param name="input" select="." /> > > <xsl:param name="linelen" select="64" /> > > b& > > </xsl:template> > > > > that will output > > > > "Mixed content, mainly text but with some text such as > <var>variable</var><wordwrap/> > > <var>names</var> wrapped in elements, sometimes nexted like a reference > to<wordwrap/> > > the <var>n<superscript>th</superscript></var> occurrence." > > > > Can anyone offer me some pointers as to how I should implement this? > > > > Cheers > > T > XSL-List info and archive <http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list> > EasyUnsubscribe <http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/554170> (by > email) > > XSL-List info and archive <http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list> > EasyUnsubscribe <http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/174322> (by > email <>) > -- ...Wendell Piez... ...wendell -at- nist -dot- gov... ...wendellpiez.com... ...pellucidliterature.org... ...pausepress.org... ...github.com/wendellpiez... ...gitlab.coko.foundation/wendell...
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