Match other nodes
This template handles any node that isn’t a processing instruction or text node (essentially, elements and comments).
The template examines the xml:space attribute to test if the element preserves space (used in <codeblock> and <pre> elements). If xml:space is set to preserve, the element is copied and its contents are processed using the keepspace mode, which does a literal copy, including all whitespace in the element’s contents. If you’re not processing DITA content, you may have to modify this test look for the elements in which space should be preserved.
If the element doesn’t preserve space, the element is copied and its contents are processed using the identity mode.
<xsl:template match="node()[not(self::processing-instruction())
and not(self::text())]" mode="identity">
<xsl:choose>
<!--
If the element specifies xml:space="preserve",
cannot mess with the whitespace, so
use keepspace template. -->
<xsl:when test="@xml:space = 'preserve'">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates
select="@*|node()" mode="keepspace"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates
select="@*|node()" mode="identity"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
| NOTE: | Rather than test the name of the node to a series of possible element names (name(.)='codeblock'), you could use a “class contains” predicate:*[contains(@class,' topic/pre ')]. |
If you need to modify or eliminate specific comment nodes, you can create a separate template to handle comment nodes.
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