Re: [docbook-apps] footnotes author

[Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net>]

Hi Jean-Marie,
Changing the footnote mark in a footnote is a little tricky because the 
mark has to be generated within the same formatting block as the para, 
so it is on the same line as the footnote's text.  The stylesheets each 
have a template written specifically to handle this case.

For fo output, there is a template in fo/footnote.xsl that starts with:

<xsl:template match="d:footnote/d:para[1]
                     |d:footnote/d:simpara[1]
                     |d:footnote/d:formalpara[1]"
              priority="2">

That template formats the footnote mark within the fo:block of the first 
para.  To add the role, you'll need something like:

    <xsl:if test="../@role">
      <xsl:text> [</xsl:text>
      <xsl:value-of select="../@role"/>
      <xsl:text>] </xsl:text>
    </xsl:if>

Since this template's context is para, you'll need to use ../@role to 
refer to the role attribute on the footnote.  You can add inline 
formatting as needed.


For HTML and epub, there is a similar template in footnote.xsl that 
starts with:

<xsl:template match="d:footnote/d:para[1]|d:footnote/d:simpara[1]" 
priority="2">

These templates assume the first element in a footnote is a para.  If it 
isn't then you have more work to do.

If you need any additional help, feel free to ask.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net

On 10/23/2014 3:08 AM, jmt wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I have a document with notes from different authors, e.g.
>
> <para>
>      some text
>      <footnote role='author'>bla bla</footnote>
>      another sentence
>      <footnote role='translator'>glop glop</footnote>
> </para>
>
> The document is to be rendered in html, epub and pdf. How do I attribute the
> notes according to the role, e.g.
>
> [1] [author] bla la
> [2] [translator] glop glop
>
> Thanks in advance !
>
> jmt