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Re: [docbook-apps] base.dir param not working in customization layer
- From: "Bob Stayton" <bobs at sagehill dot net>
- To: "Larry Garfield" <larry at garfieldtech dot com>, <docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org>
- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:35:02 -0800
- Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] base.dir param not working in customization layer
- References: <424254B0.70303@garfieldtech.com>
<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>
>
> ----------------
>
> The base.dir in the customization file does nothing, but the command
> line one works. Can anyone offer a hint as to why? :-) Thanks.
>
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>
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