Re: [docbook-apps] Create caps presentation of phrase?

[Bob Stayton <bobs@sco.com>]

On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 09:35:24PM +0200, Steinar Bang wrote:
> Platform: DocBook XML 4.2, DocBook XSL 1.69.1
> 
> Is it simple/possible to do something in the local XSL customization
> layer, so that eg. <phrase role="caps">Some TeXt</phrase> can be
> rendered as "SOME TEXT"?
> 
> It's a request from a DocBook user at work, that I don't know how to
> answer. 

Sure, add this to your customization layer:

<xsl:template match="phrase[@role='caps']//text()">
   <xsl:value-of select="translate(., 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz',
	'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ')"/>
</xsl:template>

This template matches on any text nodes ( text() )
that are ancestors ( // ) of <phrase role="caps">.
It applies the XSL translate() function to
the current node's text.  The translation converts
the lowercase letters to uppercase letters.

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