Re: [xsl] Extending xsltproc?

[David Carlisle <davidc at nag dot co dot uk>]

> I would like to render a node-set into rows of columns
> without resorting to disable-output-escaping to insert the
> modulo-column </tr><tr> break,

That can usually (well always, in theory) be done without using any
extension and without using d-o-e. Without seeing exactly  what transform
you want to perform though, it's hard to offer any advice.

> and I'd also like to be able to present
> a node-set in a new random order on each call. 

Dimitre posted a random number generator written purely in XSLT with no
extensions to this list just the other day. You could use that as a
basis to get this effect.

David

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