Re: [xsl] Stumped on why a field isn't showing up

[Deirdre Saoirse Moen <deirdre@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 13, 2004, at 1:47 PM, M. David Peterson wrote:

> It's funny how obvious things get overlooked.  And in this case not 
> just
> overlooked but I flat out didn't even realize what I was looking at at
> first because it's been so long since I've played with linking external
> references with entity references.  I REALLY am missing my morning cup
> of coffee.  Starbucks may very be a mandatory excursion for me at the
> moment! :)

:)

> Well, for 3 days you're doing well so be encouraged by that.  Actually,
> you would be surprised at just how easy it is to make the changes but
> the other thing that I didn't mention in my last email that I should
> have is that on the flipside of performance is practicality, reality,
> and the fact then when you're using it for a one off transformation
> performance may not be as much of an issue when transforming small
> files.

Exactly. In this case, I happen to have two things that have to get out 
the door tomorrow, so it's all about what I can do without bending my 
brain overly much.

> If you do find yourself with the need to continue development in XSL-FO
> or XSLT I do encourage you to do some quick research as you will be
> greatly encouraged when you find out just how much is possible with
> these technologies.

I think I'm already past the point of giving up. :)

What my plans are:

1) to write some short story templates, which will be variants on the 
ones I already have. :)
2) to write an IEEE paper format -- no one seems to have written one 
for XSL-FO...which seems odd. If I'm wrong and someone has, I'd 
*really* appreciate it.
3) to write some cool output transformations for 
http://xmlresume.sourceforge.net/

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_Deirdre                                             http://deirdre.net
"Cannot run out of time. There is infinite time. You are finite. 
Zathras is finite. This....is wrong tool."  -- Zathras