[daisy] XSL-FO Table Header Problem

[Marc Portier]

Hofmann. David wrote:
> 
> Thank you for your support, the table headers are now repeated
> automatically.
> 

cool

> I also knew that this would not be the final solution, because there are
> some exceptions, as mark pointed out very well.
> 
> What do you think of the condition "it is the first table row and
> contains <th>s ONLY" is there a XSL-FO expression for that?

of course, should off thought that one out myself...
as for xpath expressions for testing:

* "am I the first row" test was already mentioned:
   >> ".=../tr[1]"
      (this node same as first tr node of my parent)

you can 'and' that with one of:


* "does this row hold only th" test:
   -- "count(*[not(local-name()='th')]) = 0"
      (count of all elements with other name then 'th' = 0)

   or depending on your preference:
   -- "not(*[not(local-name()='th')])"
      (omit the count, there simply are no such elements...)

* given the confusing double negation in the above
   it might be easier to just test for "absence of td":
   -- "not(td)"
      (there are no td's)

   this could falsely match empty <tr/> (meaningless, but still)
   those could be excluded at the template/@match  with "tr[*]"


of course, this is getting really pure xpath/xslt related...

Just to be sure you get the best advice in this I should mention there 
are far more dedicated mailing-lists/forums for that subject then this 
one...

HTH,

-marc=