Re: [docbook-apps] Wrap some elements in a titlepage spec file?

[Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net>]

That question would need to be directed at Norm Walsh, the creator of the titlepage system. Not sure he would remember why. He wrote the original code when XSL was new.

Bob Stayton
bobs@sagehill.net

On 4/30/2021 3:25 AM, Tony Graham wrote:

> On
>       29/04/2021 21:10, Bob Stayton wrote:
>       
> > No, the template system is not set up for
> >         nesting titlepage elements.
> >         
> >         ÂIt uses the element name of each child of t:titlepage-content
> >         to
> >         
> >         create a match attribute in the generated xsl:template. The
> >         system
> >         
> >         is designed to allow the user to specify which titlepage
> >         elements
> >         
> >         should appear, in what order, and with specific properties,
> >         without
> >         
> >         having to write XSL.
> >         
> >       
>       
>       Thanks for the confirmation.
>       
>       
> > For more complex needs, I have used the
> >         t:named-template feature to
> >         
> >         call a custom template (see for example the title element for
> >         book),
> >         
> >         which could process both title and subtitle. Most often,
> >         though, I
> >         
> >         just write the XSL I need in custom templates
> >         "book.titlepage.recto"
> >         
> >         and "book.titlepage.verso" to completely override the generated
> >         
> >         templates.
> >         
> >       
>       I had already figured that would be necessary.
>       
>       
>       Is there a reason why 'titlepage.xsl' constructs XSLT elements the
>       long way:
>       
>       
>       Â <xsl:element name="xsl:template">
>       
>       
>       rather than using the namespace alias feature of XSLT 1.0: [1]
>       
>       
>       Â <xsl:namespace-alias stylesheet-prefix="axsl"
>       result-prefix="xsl"/>
>       
>       
>       Â <xsl:template ...>
>       
>       ÂÂÂ <axsl:template>
>       
>       
>       ?
>       
>       
>       Regards,
>       
>       
>       
>       Tony Graham.
>       
>