Re: [docbook-apps] Xalan, document(), and chunker.output.intent [WAS: base.dir param...]

["Bob Stayton" <bobs at sagehill dot net>]

Sorry, I said that badly.  The XSLT spec has a standard document() function
that all processors support, but that is for reading input.  The XSLT 1.0
spec does not have a feature to write to an output file.  I was trying to
refer to the EXSLT document *element*, which is an extension of the XSLT
standard for writing output files.  That is the one that Xalan does not
support, because it has its own 'write' element in its xalanredirect
namespace.  Unfortunately, the Xalan write element doesn't accept an option
to specify indent.

And it isn't in the book because I just discovered that fact while answering
your question. 8^)

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Garfield" <larry@garfieldtech.com>
To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 2:55 PM
Subject: [docbook-apps] Xalan, document(), and chunker.output.intent [WAS:
base.dir param...]


> Um, I won't claim to be an expert in various engines, but Xalan DOES
> support the document() function, or at least *a* document function.
> I've used it myself in previous scripts for years (the ones I'm
> replacing with the "standard" XSL package).  Are we talking about the
> same function?
>
> As for Saxon, ugh. :-)  I hate switching packages around, mostly because
> Java packages are such a pain to setup in my experience.  How come this
> missing feature isn't mentioned in the online book?  Are there other
> undocumented missing features I should be aware of?  (After I get these
> solved then I get to try and figure out why I couldn't get the Apache
> Xinclude parser to load properly, and want to make sure I'm not setting
> up any incompatibilities.  One problem at a time...)
>
> Bob Stayton wrote:
> > Different problem entirely.  Xalan uses its own 'redirect' extension to
> > write separate chunks, and that function doesn't accept any of the
options
> > like indent.  And while Xalan does support some EXSLT functions, it
doesn't
> > support the document() function which would allow such options.  Can you
> > switch to Saxon?
> >
> > Bob Stayton
> > Sagehill Enterprises
> > DocBook Consulting
> > bobs@sagehill.net
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Larry Garfield" <larry@garfieldtech.com>
> > To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 11:14 PM
> > Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] base.dir param not working in customization
> > layer
> >
> >
> >
> >>And I'd even tried the single-quotes to fix a different param issue I
> >>was having and didn't think of it here. :-)  That did it, thanks!
> >>
> >>On a related note, I'm having a similar problem with the
> >>chunker.output.indent parameter being ignored.  Whether it's set via the
> >>customization file or command line, I still get a line break-free output
> >>file.  (This is the one where I DID try putting "yes" in quotes, and it
> >>still didn't work, yet didn't think to try that on the base.dir as well.
> >><g>)  Would that be a related issue?
>
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