RE: [xsl] Selecting First Letter

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff,

At 03:28 PM 9/30/2003, you wrote:
> The second match criteria you gave was able to pick off the first
> bit of text successfully.  However (and this has been the crux of
> my issue) if I include a template that tries to copy-of the
> contents of the <content> node, the text selection template
> never gets matched.

Yes, that's correct; you need to copy the element and attribute nodes with 
the stepwise identity transform that copies one node at a time, rather than 
copy-of.

Ask again if you don't know the transform to which I am referring ... it's 
in the spec and appears frequently on this list.

The second match will work, but it's not foolproof: if your source has

<content><p><a href="gohere.com">Special</a> pages are on <i>Special</i> 
this month!</p></content>

...both the text node in the <a> and the one in the <i> will match...

Cheers,
Wendell


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