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Re: [docbook-apps] Re: refentry, man(nroff), & comments in lists
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 09:58:37PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote:
> > * Bob Stayton <obof@fpb.pbz> [2003-11-07 10:08:26 -0800]:
> >
> >> is it possible to fix this bug?
> >
> > It is likely that the template for variablelist is explicitly
> > selecting its children to process rather than just doing a general
> > apply-templates. That selection probably only includes elements, not
> > other node types like comment(). You need to find where it is
> > selecting its content and make sure comment() is included. It looks
> > like it might be in the template for variablelists in html/lists.xsl.
>
> you mean something like this?
>
> cd d:/gnu/cygwin/usr/share/docbook-xsl/fo/
> diff -u -b -w -i -B "d:/gnu/cygwin/usr/share/docbook-xsl/fo/lists.xsl.old" "d:/gnu/cygwin/usr/share/docbook-xsl/fo/lists.xsl"
> --- d:/gnu/cygwin/usr/share/docbook-xsl/fo/lists.xsl.old 2003-10-03 03:22:22.001000000 -0400
> +++ d:/gnu/cygwin/usr/share/docbook-xsl/fo/lists.xsl 2003-11-07 21:55:53.485436800 -0500
> @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
> "{$termlength}+{$label-separation}"
> provisional-label-separation="{$label-separation}"
> xsl:use-attribute-sets="list.block.spacing">
> - <xsl:apply-templates select="varlistentry" mode="vl.as.list"/>
> + <xsl:apply-templates mode="vl.as.list"/>
> </fo:list-block>
> </xsl:template>
>
>
> Diff finished at Fri Nov 07 21:55:54
Actually, I was looking at html/lists.xsl, because
manpages uses that template during processing.
>
> why do the stylesheets do that at all - I mean, process only the list
> elements, not comments &c?!
Generally comments in the source don't contribute to
the HTML or print output, so they are not processed.
> One would have to go through all the stylesheets for all the backends...
>
> Who is the templates maintainer?
Which templates are you referring to?
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