Re: [xsl] xsl:number - What is Numbering Context?

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman at CraneSoftwrights dot com>]

At 2002-04-24 17:15 -0400, Wendell Piez wrote:
>Ah, it's interesting you're able to apply templates to $target-element, 
>since it's not actually a node in your source, it's a 
>result-tree-fragment. (In XSLT 1.0 you shouldn't be able to do this.)
>
>Try setting your variable as
>
>   <xsl:variable name="target-element" select="key('ids', $target-id)"/>
>
>to get it to be be, truly, the node in your source, and not a copy (which 
>loses the context).
>
>I'll bet Ken will have a more complete explanation....

I can't think of anything to add, Wendell, your response is complete ... I 
got back from dinner to discover Eliot's reply and your answer, so at least 
he didn't have to wait long with you around.  I don't get much time to pipe 
up on XSLT these days as I used to in the early days ... I've been focusing 
on XSLFO.

..................... Ken


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