Re: pxref

[Kevin Rodgers]

Juri Linkov wrote:
>>>So the main problem is not reading the XML output, but rendering such
>>>Lisp structure into the final representation.  This could be achieved
>>>most easily with using DSSSL-like rules.
>>
>>The alternative would be to use XSLT directives.  But you've then got to
>>implement a DSSSL or XSLT processor in Emacs Lisp, for a reasonable
>>subset of the chosen stylesheet language.
>
> XSLT is a poor man's Lisp, and DSSSL uses Scheme syntax.

XSLT is a rich man's CSS, and it is actively evolving.  DSSSL is dead.
And given xml-parse-file, Scheme syntax has little advantage over XML
syntax.

> I meant rather using their semantics, but to write rules in Emacs Lisp.

DSSSL and XSLT are not just stylesheet languages but transformation
languages, with complex semantics that are difficult to implement.

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Kevin Rodgers