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Re: [docbook-apps] base.dir param not working in customization layer


Different problem entirely.  Xalan uses its own 'redirect' extension to
write separate chunks, and that function doesn't accept any of the options
like indent.  And while Xalan does support some EXSLT functions, it doesn't
support the document() function which would allow such options.  Can you
switch to Saxon?

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Garfield" <larry@garfieldtech.com>
To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 11:14 PM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] base.dir param not working in customization
layer


> And I'd even tried the single-quotes to fix a different param issue I
> was having and didn't think of it here. :-)  That did it, thanks!
>
> On a related note, I'm having a similar problem with the
> chunker.output.indent parameter being ignored.  Whether it's set via the
> customization file or command line, I still get a line break-free output
> file.  (This is the one where I DID try putting "yes" in quotes, and it
> still didn't work, yet didn't think to try that on the base.dir as well.
> <g>)  Would that be a related issue?
>
> Bob Stayton wrote:
> > <xsl:param name="base.dir" select="../output"/>
> >
> > This doesn't work because a plain text string in a 'select' attribute is
> > taken to be an XPath, so it is looking for an element named 'output'.
This
> > is probably the most common mistake in XSL programming, and everyone
makes
> > it.  8^)
> >
> > Put the string in single quotes, or make it the content of the xsl:param
> > element:
> >
> > <xsl:param name="base.dir">../output/</xsl:param>
> >
> > Note the trailing slash too, as the stylesheet doesn't supply that.
> >
> > Bob Stayton
> > Sagehill Enterprises
> > DocBook Consulting
> > bobs@sagehill.net
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Larry Garfield" <larry@garfieldtech.com>
> > To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:48 PM
> > Subject: [docbook-apps] base.dir param not working in customization
layer
> >
> >
> >
> >>I'm working with the DocBook XSL scripts for the first time, although
> >>I've been using DocBook with my own XSLT scripts for a few years.
> >>
> >>I'm trying to use the chunk.xsl script and set a base.dir for the
> >>output, but it's not working in the customization layer.  From the
> >>command line, however, it does.  I'm using Xalan 2.6 in either case.
> >>
> >>Command line that does work:
> >>
> >>java \
> >>-cp "/usr/share/java/xalan2.jar"\
> >>org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process  \
> >>-in  src/handbook.xml  \
> >>-param base.dir ../output/ \
> >>-xsl chunked.xsl
> >>
> >>Customization layer that does not work (base.dir has no effect)
> >>(chunked.xsl):
> >>
> >><?xml version='1.0'?>
> >><xsl:stylesheet
> >>         xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; version="1.0">
> >><!-- Import the base chunk stylesheet for HTML -->
> >>  <xsl:import
> >>      href="/usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/nwalsh/html/chunk.xsl"/>
> >>
> >>   <xsl:param name="html.stylesheet" select="'../styles/library.css'"/>
> >>   <xsl:param name="chunk.fast" select="1"/>
> >>   <xsl:param name="base.dir" select="../output"/>
> >>   <xsl:param name="chunk.section.depth" select="0"/>
> >>
> >></xsl:stylesheet>
>
> -- 
> Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42
> larry@garfieldtech.com ICQ: 6817012
>
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