I'll admit I haven't been following this thread to closely... so bear with
me if this is something already coverd ;-)
Hmm. XSLT is useable from Python. Python is very easy to learn.
It may be easier to use Python + XSLT to parse the defaults.xml into
attrs.html for the site.
I've used XSLT from C & PHP code before.
Basically with XSLT you give it a template that describes what XML
containers/attributes to replace/wrap with what HTML code.
We used it to create a web-navigable HTML document out of a flat XML file
via PHP-XSLT.
Here's a Tag in an XML file
<contact_email label="Contact E-mail">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</contact_email>
Here's a snippet of an example .xsl file. It is used by PHP with a call
to xslt_process() with various parameters including the filename & .xsl
file. The outut of the function call is HTML.
//This calls a "template-function" on a specific XML tag.
<xsl:apply-templates select="contact_email" />
//This is the "template-function" for contact_email & others
<xsl:template
match="ref_no|status|created_by|contact_email|interface|contact_id|company_id">
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="@label" /></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="." /></td>
</tr>
</xsl:template>
This is what shows up in the HTML:
<tr>
<td>Contact E-mail</td>
<td>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</td>
</tr>
Eh? Help any?
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Ted Stresen-Reuter wrote:
> Well, I think there are two issues to consider:
>
> 1) Rewriting some Perl code that takes the defaults.xml document and
> converts it into multiple attribute.html-type documents ("splitting")
> 2) Deciding on a format or "look and feel" for the documentation
>
> My plan was to spend this past weekend trying to learn enough Perl
> based on my PHP knowledge to be able to tackle number 1, but I'm afraid
> it's looking like too steep of a hill to climb in one weekend
> (especially considering it's Friday and I'm no further along than I was
> Saturday morning :-( ).
>
> At the same time, I'm exploring the capabilities of XSLT, for this and
> other projects, as a solution to creating individual HTML files (one
> for each attribute). The goal is to produce _something_ that splits
> defaults.xml into it's component pieces, even if it only ends up in the
> Contributions section.
>
> Alas, XSLT is really cool and certainly up to the task, but it too will
> require a few more weeks of study before I'm able to contribute
> anything worthwhile.
>
> Converting the documentation to XHTML and changing the look and feel
> (and improving the usability)...
>
> I could put together a style sheet (something I already know how to do
> and do with quite a bit of regularity) if you want, at least I'll be
> able to contribute _something_ while I work on the other piece...
>
> Let me know...
>
> Ted Stresen-Reuter
>
> On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 03:21 AM, Gabriele Bartolini wrote:
>
> > Ciao Ted, Budd and Gilles,
> >
> >> HyperCard and AppleScript and Lingo), I'll see if I can write the
> >> code for generating the documentation in Perl, but I would like to
> >> see Brian's scripts...
> >
> > I was trying to give a look at the situation of the XHTML porting of
> > the documentation. Any news? I can volounteer. I was thinking about
> > using an utility such as 'tidy' to help me moving forward, and also
> > try to check it up from the accessibility point of view. First (sorry
> > it is my fault), I'd remove the 'bold' effect when going over a link
> > (when I put it, it was almost one of my first experiences with CSS!)
> > which is really unaccessible!.
> >
> > I'll try and put the 'lang' attribute in every page and the content
> > type as well, and leave an empty 'body' in every page (I know some old
> > versions may show the default color - usually white - but it doesn't
> > prevent it from being viewed). Other changes will be made > consequently.
> >
> > Sounds good?
> >
> > Let me know. The only case which could have some problems is the
> > automatically generated configuration file (please update me for
> > this!).
> >
> > Ciao ciao
> > -Gabriele
> >
> > --
> > Gabriele Bartolini - Web Programmer - ht://Dig & IWA Member -
> > ht://Check maintainer
> > Current Location: Prato, Tuscany, Italia
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.prato.linux.it/~gbartolini | ICQ#129221447
> >
> >
>
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