Michael Santy wrote:
> I'm looking to create a footnote pane for a Docbook-like schema. An
> example of the XML is:
>
> <Para>
> This is my paragraph<Footnote>There are many like it but this one is
> mine</Footnote>. It should just serve as filler<Footnote>Another
> Example Footnote</Footenote>. Text after the footnotes.
> </Para>
>
> I would like to render this block of CSS like this:
>
> 1 - There are many like it but this one is mine.
> 2 - Another Example Footnote
>
> I was able render the Footnote tags properly, but I cannot hide the text
> nodes in the enclosing Paragraph. I currently have something like this:
>
> This is my paragraph1 - There are many like it but this one is mine.
> It should just serve as filler2 - Another Example FootnoteText after the
> footnotes.
>
> I've tried styling the Para with:
>
> Para {
> display: none;
> }
>
> but this hides all content nested inside of the paragraph. It would be
> nice if XMLmind had a CSS rule for styling text nodes similar to the
> rules for styling comments and processing instructions. In my example,
> any properties set on the text nodes of a Para would not cascade to
> Footnote elements. I'm thinking that the syntax would be:
>
> Para::text {
> display: none;
> }
Para::text is absolutely *not* supported by XXE. (If it were supported,
it would have been documented in
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/csssupport/otherext.html
and this is not case.)
> Is there another way to accomplish the same goal without adding this
> nonstandard CSS rule?
No. I'm sorry but there is currently no way to achieve what you want
whether using standard or non standard CSS rules.
