Den 9. apr. 2010 kl. 13.18 skrev Hussein Shafie:
>> Combined with some macro commands it should be possible to get the attribute
>> value of the preceeding sibling (the old element), and add the attribute
>> with the specified value to the current element. But I'm unable to see how
>> to tie these things together, and I could find no examples of using that
>> java command.
>>
>> Could you give me some hints on how to proceed?
>
> There is no way to do this by simply recording a macro. You need to
> write the macro by hand and use in it:
>
> * The (XPath-based) <get> child element of <macro> to obtain the value
> of the attribute.
>
> See http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/commands/xpath_get.html
>
> * The (XPath-based) <set> child element of <macro> to save the value of
> the attribute in a variable.
>
> * Command putAttribute to set the attribute on the newly created element.
>
> See http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/commands/putAttribute.html
Thanks for the suggestions - that solved it. The complete macro I ended up with
looks like the following (posted here in case it could be useful for others
searching through the archives) - it will cut the selection, insert a new
element after the current one, paste in the selection just cut out, and finally
copy one attribute to the new element:
<cfg:command name="dvgt.convertToTranslation">
<cfg:macro>
<cfg:sequence>
<cfg:command name="cut" parameter="[implicitElement]"/>
<cfg:command name="insert" parameter="after[implicitElement] t"/>
<cfg:command name="cancelSelection"/>
<cfg:command name="paste" parameter="toOrInto"/>
<cfg:get context="$implicitElement/preceding-sibling::*/@pos"
expression="."/>
<cfg:set variable="POS" expression="%_" plainString="true" />
<cfg:get expression="$POS" />
<cfg:command name="putAttribute" parameter="[implicitElement] pos %_" />
</cfg:sequence>
</cfg:macro>
</cfg:command>
Best regards,
Sjur Moshagen
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