Re: [docbook-apps] multiple xreferences: [1,2,3] and [4]

[Juha Mustonen <juha.mustonen@iki.fi>]

Hi,

As always, this worked like a charm. Thanks for the tip.

Regards,
Juha

> Hi,
> If you want to test if an xref is immediately preceded by another xref,
> then this test should work:
>
> test="preceding-sibling::node()[1][self::xref]"
>
> The node() selector lumps together text nodes, comments, elements, and
> processing instructions, so the first step selects preceding sibling nodes
> of all types.  The [1] selects the closest one, and the [self::xref] tests
> to see if the selected node is an xref element.
>
> The xref has to be immediately preceding, with no white space, not even a
> line feed between them.
>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> DocBook Consulting
> bobs@sagehill.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Juha Mustonen" <juha.mustonen@iki.fi>
> To: "Docbook Apps" <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 11:33 PM
> Subject: [docbook-apps] multiple xreferences: [1,2,3] and [4]
>
> > Here's the thing. I need to show the biblio references like this:
> >
> > "one reference [1] and the some more [2, 3, 4] and so on..."
> >
> > I've successfully edited the <xsl:template match="xref" name="xref"> and
> > it
> > does work with one exception: If there are two on more single references
> > in
> > one paragraph, right square bracket is missing (=> foo bar [1 lorem ipsum
> > 2]).
> >
> > Problem is that I haven't found a way to test whether xreferences are
> > right
> > next to each other or if there is some text between.
> >
> > Here's what I've managed to do so far:
> >
> > <!-- show multiple references like: [1, 2, 3] -->
> > <xsl:otherwise>
> >    <xsl:if test="not(parent::citation)">
> >        <!-- set "[" only if first xref entry -->
> >        <xsl:choose>
> >            <xsl:when test="not(preceding-sibling::xref)">
> >                <xsl:apply-templates select="$target"
> > mode="xref-to-prefix"/>
> >            </xsl:when>
> >            <!-- otherwise put space -->
> >            <xsl:otherwise>
> >                <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
> >            </xsl:otherwise>
> >        </xsl:choose>
> >    </xsl:if>
> >
> >    ....
> >
> >    <xsl:if test="not(parent::citation)">
> >        <!-- set "]" only if last xref entry -->
> >        <xsl:choose>
> >            <xsl:when test="not(following-sibling::xref)">
> >                <xsl:apply-templates select="$target"
> > mode="xref-to-suffix"/>
> >            </xsl:when>
> >            <!-- otherwise put comma -->
> >            <xsl:otherwise>
> >                <xsl:text>, </xsl:text>
> >            </xsl:otherwise>
> >       </xsl:choose>
> >    </xsl:if>
> > </xsl:otherwise>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Juha
> >
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