Orvar,
something like "count(preceding::footnote)+1" would be a workaround...
if, indeed, the "preceding" axis worked. Which it doesn't. Sorry - I'll
try to fill it in when I get a spare hour.
Tom
Örvar Kárason wrote:
> Yes , position() works for me when i'm listing the footnotes at the bottom
> of the page. But what I need is to numerate them as they appear in the
> main body of the document.
>
> <xsl:template match="footnote">
> <SUP><FONT SIZE="-1">
> <A NAME="#BODY{ ??????? }">
> <A HREF="#FOOT{ ??????? }"> <!-- jump to the footnote at
> bottom of page -->
> <xsl:number/> <!-- doesn't work! -->
> </A></A>
> </FONT></SUP>
> </xsl:template>
>
> Using position() here does not work since every paragraph, heading etc. is
> a new context, so that the footnotes start from 1 in every context.
>
> Örvar
>
>> Yes, position() should do the job for you. It specifies the position
>> within the context node list. When you select footnotes using
>> <xsl:for-each select="//footnote">, all of them are in the same node
>> list, so position() should work. What is wrong?
>>
>> Petr
>>
>>
>> Örvar Kárason wrote:
>>
> ....
>
>>> The footnote tag can appear almost anywhere in my document:
>>>
>>> /doc/source/footnote
>>> /doc/text/heading/footnote
>>> /doc/text/p/footnote
>>> ...
>>>
>>> <footnote value="FOOTNOTE_TEXT">ORIGINAL_NUMBER<footnote/>
>>>
>>> FOOTNOTE_TEXT is printed at the bottom of the page.
>>> ORIGINAL_NUMBER is not used.
>>>
>>> <xsl:number/> seem to be what I need but its not implemented yet.
>>>
>>> <xsl:template match="footnote">
>>> <SUP><FONT SIZE="-1">
>>> <A NAME="#BODY{ ??????? }">
>>> <A HREF="#FOOT{ ??????? }"> <!-- jump to the footnote text at
>>
>> bottom of
>>
>>> page -->
>>> <xsl:number/> <!-- doesn't work! -->
>>> </A></A>
>>> </FONT></SUP>
>>> </xsl:template>
>>>
>>> I use position() to solve this when the footnote-text is printed at the
>>> bottom of the page.
>>>
>>> <xsl:template match="doc">
>>> ...
>>> <OL>
>>> <xsl:for-each select="//footnote">
>>> <LI>
>>> <A NAME="#FOOT{position()}">
>>> <A HREF="#BODY{position()}"> <!-- jump up into main text -->
>>> <xsl:value-of select="@value"/>
>>> </A></A>
>>> </LI>
>>> </xsl:for-each>
>>> </OL>
>>> ...
>>> </xsl:template>
>>>
>>> This seems to be such a simple problem, yet I have been unable to find a
>>> solution to it.
>>> All help would be most welcome. :)
>>>
>>> Örvar Kárason (XSLT newbie)
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>> --
>> Petr Cimprich
>> Ginger Alliance Ltd.
>> www.gingerall.com
>
