I. DSSSL Library

Part of the Modular DocBook Stylesheet distribution

Norman Walsh

Table of Contents
trim-string — Trims the tail off of a string
component-list-child-number — Find child-number of a list of children within a component
node-list-filter-by-not-gi — Returns selected elements from a node list
%library-version% — Defines the library version string
node-list-filter-by-gi — Returns selected elements from a node list
node-list-filter-elements — Returns the elements in 'nodelist'
list-member-find — Returns the index of an element in a list
list->string — Converts a list of characters into a string
normalize — Normalize the str according to the SGML declaration in effect
component-descendant-node-list — Find all 'inputnd's within an ancestor element
url-encode-char — Returns the url-encoded equivalent of a character
component-list-descendant-node-list — Find all elements of a list of elements in a component
repl-substring-list-target — Return the target that matches in a string
map — Implements map
default-lowercase-list — The default list of lowercase characters
node-list-filter-out-pis — Returns the nodelist with all PIs removed
find-first-char — Find the first occurance of a character in a string
expt — Exponentiation
repl-substring — Replace substring in a string
default-uppercase-list — The default list of uppercase characters
parse-skip-pi-attribute — no documented purpose
match-split — Splits string at target and returns the resulting list of tokens
string-list-sosofo — Build sosofo from a list of strings and an associative list
file-extension — Return the extension of a filename
x-absolute-child-number — Returns the absolute child number of the specified node
url-encode-string — Returns str with all special characters %-encoded
repl-substring? — Returns true if the specified substring can be replaced
assoc-objs — Returns a list of the objects in an associative list
parse-starttag-pi — Parses a structured PI and returns a list of values
dingbat — Map dingbat names to Unicode characters
case-fold-down-charlist — Return the list of characters, shifted to lowercase
siblings — Implements siblings as per ISO/IEC 10179:1996
repl-substring-list? — Perform repl-substring? with a list of target/replacement pairs
string-index — Finds first occurance of 'target' in 'source'
unit-conversion-alist — Defines the base length of specific unit names
has-ancestor-member? — Returns true if the specified node has one of a set of GIs as an ancestor
length-string-number-part — Returns the numeric part of a length string
ancestor-member — Returns the first ancestor in a list of GIs
measurement-to-length — Convert a measurement to a length
case-fold-up-charlist — Return the list of characters, shifted to uppercase
repl-substring-list — Replace the first target in the replacement list that matches
sgml-root-element? — Test if a node is the root element
split — Splits string at whitespace and returns the resulting list of tokens
string->list — Converts a string into a list of characters.
node-list-last — Implements node-list-last as per ISO/IEC 10179:1996
join — Joins a list of strings together
strip — Strip leading and trailing characters off of a string
constant-list — Returns a list of the specified value
match-split-string-list — Splits each string in a list of strings and returns the concatenated result list
node-list-reduce — Implements node-list-reduce as per ISO/IEC 10179:1996
length-string-unit-part — Returns the unit part of a length string
directory-depth — Count the directory depth of a path name
string-with-space — Returns string with a space appended or the empty string
pad-string — Pads a string, in front, to the specified length
assoc — Returns the association of an object in an associative list
my-debug — A debugging function more helpful than (debug)
ipreced — Implements ipreced as per ISO/IEC 10179:1996
ifollow — Implements ifollow as per ISO/IEC 10179:1996
match-substitute-sosofo — Return matching sosofo from associative list
nth-node — Return a specific node in a node list (by numeric index)
case-fold-down-char — Return the lowercase form of a single character
copy-string — Return a string duplicated a specified number of times
string-replace — Replace all occurances of a target substring in a string
case-fold-up — Shift a string to uppercase
parse-pi-attribute — no documented purpose
list-put — Replace a specific member of a list
node-list->string — Return a string representation of the node list
absolute-child-number — Returns the absolute child number of the specified node
node-list-last-element — Return the last element node in a node list
string-replace-list — Replace a list of target substrings in a string
repl-substring-list-repl — Return the replacement that would be used in the string
case-fold-up-char — Return the uppercase form of a single character
descendant-of? — Returns true if the child is some descendant of the specified node
system-id-filename — Returns the filename part of the system id of target
parse-measurement — Parse a string containing a measurement and return the magnitude and units
match-split-list — Splits a string at a list of targets and returns the resulting list of tokens
include-file — Return the literal content of fileref
case-fold-down — Shift a string to lowercase
expand-children — Expand selected nodes in a node list
decrement-list-members — Decrement each member of a list
component-child-number — Find child-number within a component
sgml-root-element — Returns the node that is the root element of the current document
list-head — Return the head of a list
node-list-first-element — Return the first element node in a node list