Thank you very much for your prompt and informative reply.
I changed the template definition to exclude footnote parents, as you suggested -- <xsl:template match="para[not(parent::footnote)]"> -- and it worked like a charm
.Thank you also for the information regarding the mailing lists.
Sharon
Hi Sharon,
I had the very same problem long ago and was helped by Bob Stayton on the docbook-apps mailing list:
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�This is one of the gotchas of XSL import precedence.� This template in fo/footnote.xsl:
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<xsl:template match="footnote/para[1]
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which generates the superscript in the para fo:block is being overridden by your customization of para.� A template match with a higher import precedence will always be used before a template of lower import precedence, even if� that has a better match and higher priority.� So you need to copy this template to your customization layer to raise its import precedence, or change your match attribute in your customization to exclude footnote parents:
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match="para[not(parent::footnote)]"
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So you�ll want to change:
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<xsl:template match="para">
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To
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<xsl:template match="para[not(parent::footnote)]">
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And all should be well.
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Btw., I�ve replied to the docbook-apps list. The docbook list is for questions about what markup to use and the DocBook schema while docbook-apps is for questions about the stylesheets and other matters of DocBook processing. I�m getting a blank page for that oasis list guidelines page as well. No idea what�s up with that.
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David
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From: Sharon Lifshitz [mailto:sharon.l.mail@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 6:06 AM
To: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [docbook] para customization affects footnote numbers�
Hello,
After redefining the para template from nwalsh/fo/block.xsl, in order to support and additional attribute, I noticed that this affected the usage of para within footnote tags -- the footnote number in the print (PDF) output no longer appeared in the footnotes section (i.e., the footnote appeared without its number); the number did appear in the footnote reference within the text.
For test purposes, I tried copying the original para template definition, as-is, into my print style sheet, and the result was the same.
(None of the footnote formatting parameters are set in my style sheets -- i.e., I'm using the default formatting.)
The copied para template:
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<xsl:template match="para">
� <xsl:variable name="keep.together">
��� <xsl:call-template name="pi.dbfo_keep-together"/>
� </xsl:variable>
� <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="normal.para.spacing">
��� <xsl:if test="$keep.together != ''">
����� <xsl:attribute name="keep-together.within-column"><xsl:value-of
��������������������� select="$keep.together"/></xsl:attribute>
��� </xsl:if>
��� <xsl:call-template name="anchor"/>
��� <xsl:apply-templates/>
� </fo:block>
</xsl:template>
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What am I missing?
P.S. I tried to read the mailing list guidelines at http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=docbookguidelines.html (linked from http://wiki.docbook.org/topic/DocBookMailingList) but the page was not found?
Thanks,
Sharon