& XSLT Hello,

please forgive me if this is a somewhat uninformed question.

I have an XML document that is to be transformed both into HTML and 
LaTeX Code. This is a critical edition which contains several layers of 
critical notes. The notes need anchors in the text, of course, either as 
classical footnote anchors or as LaTeX commands wrapped around a string 
of text that serves as an anchor (which LaTeX then keys to the line 
number in the printed document).

I'd prefer to do all the necessary transformations with perl; I'm using 
XML::LibXML. The point I'm stuck at the moment is to handle footnote 
anchors.

Consider this chunk of code:

<seg> This is a segment of text. It goes on and on. <note><span 
type="lemma"> Here</span>
<app> 
    <lem> Here</lem>
    <rdg wit="Ms-A"> Here</rdg>
    <rdg wit="Ms-B"> There</rdg>
</app> 
</note> 
there is a note, but after the note the text continues.</seg> 

How can I get whatever code I wish to create for the note to be inserted 
*exactly* at the start of the <note> -Element, that is, at a specified 
position in the text content of its parent? I couldn't find anything in 
the XML::LibXML documentation, but maybe I just didn't know the right 
terminology.

Thanks in advance for any help,

Birgit Kellner





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