Re: [docbook-apps] Standardizing stylesheets PIs (Was: Re: [docbook-apps]Current date?)

[Jens Stavnstrup <js@ddre.dk>]

I disagree, that this is a good idea. But if Jiri wan't to please go 
ahaed. I would think it would be to complicated to parse the format 
specifier using XSLT.

It would be much better with a couple example on using the exslt date 
functions.

However documenting all PI in the stylesheets is a very good idea.


Both of these things could also be included in Bob's guide.

Regards,

Jens


On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Bob Stayton wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 01:46:31PM +0200, Jirka Kosek wrote:
> > Rune Enggaard Lausen wrote:
> > 
> > > If you are willing to rely on EXSLT support in the XSLT processor, you
> > >   could do like I did in our XSL-FO customization layer. It works with
> > > Saxon and xsltproc. Don't know about Xalan.
> > 
> > It brings interesting idea to me. What about adding support for some
> > timestamp PI into stylesheets. For example one could write something
> > like:
> > 
> > <pubdate><?dbtimestamp format="M-D-Y h:m:s"?></pubdate>
> > 
> > or
> > 
> > <releaseinfo>This document was generated at
> > <?dbtimestamp?></releaseinfo>
> > 
> > and stylesheet will take care of expanding <?dbtimestamp into correct
> > value according to format specifier. Placing timestamp into document is
> > commonly requested feature so it might be usefull to have it
> > standardized and don't force users to investigate their ad-hoc
> > solutions.
> > 
> > Norm what do you think about this idea?
> > 
> > It reminds me also another commonly requested feature. Although it is
> > not good from pure semantical point of view, one is time to time forced
> > to place manual line-break or page-break into document. Wouldn't be
> > reasonable to standardize PIs for this also? 
> > 
> > What other folks and stylesheet developers (I'm CCing this message)
> > think? I can take care of implementing these new PIs and also write some
> > documentaion which will summarize all PIs supported by stylesheets.
> 
> I think this is a great idea, and would prove very
> useful to many people.
> 
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Regards,

Jens

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