Re: [docbook] maintaining customized docbook xsl files

["Anthony Ettinger" <anthony@chovy.com>]

On 10/11/07, Dick Hamilton <rlhamilton@frii.com> wrote:
> Anthony,
>
> If you already have a customization layer, then you can
> simply include the replacement file in your customization
> layer using:
>
> <xsl:include href="myfiles/foo.xsl"/>
>
> If you haven't got a customization layer yet, Bob Stayton's
> DocBook XSL book has a section on how to create customization
> layers at this URL:
>
> http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/CustomMethods.html#CustomizationLayer
>
> The basic idea is to create a local xsl file that imports
> the standard xsl stylesheet, then adds your customizations.
> Those customizations can be put directly in your local xsl
> file, or can be included from another file as shown above.
>
> Then, instead of calling your xsl processor with the standard
> xsl stylesheest, you call your local xsl stylesheet, which in
> turn pulls in the standard sheets.  Bob's description at the
> URL above goes into detail and gives you some examples that
> should make things clearer.  BTW, If you're going to be doing
> a lot of DocBook XSL work, his book is worth every penny.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Dick Hamilton
>
> P.S.  I'm copying this to the docbook-apps list, which is where
>       this kind of question should normally go.
>


Thanks, coupled with xsl:apply-imports and/or xsl:apply-templates, it
gives me everything I need to override or  extend docbook xslt.

I'll add his book to my wishlist :)


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