Hi Bob, Thanks. I just filed this as an issue in github.
I’ll take a look and see if I can find a fix. Dick ------- XML Press XML for Technical Communicators http://xmlpress.net [email protected] > On Aug 14, 2020, at 00:18, Bob Stayton <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm inclined to think that is a bug, because there are perhaps legitimate > reasons for the text attribute of a particular gentext template to be empty > in some languages. > Bob Stayton > > [email protected] > On 8/11/2020 6:06 PM, Richard Hamilton wrote: >> The template gentext.template.exists in the 1.0 stylesheets has what may be >> a bug. >> >> This template says that it returns 1 if a gentext template exists for a >> particular context and name and 0 if the template doesn’t exist. >> >> However, if a gentext template does exist, but it has a text value that is >> empty (e.g., <l:template name=“somename” text=“”/>), gentext.template.exists >> returns 0, not 1. >> >> That is, it doesn’t distinguish between a template with a null value for the >> text and a non-existent template. >> >> My question is whether this is a bug or a feature? I’m inclined to think >> it’s a bug, but I’m not sure. >> >> If it’s a bug, I’m glad to file a report. >> >> Best regards, >> Dick Hamilton >> ------- >> XML Press >> XML for Technical Communicators >> >> http://xmlpress.net >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> [email protected] >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
