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08/14/2005: "XSLT"
Been struggling with xslt a bunch recently. The tools we use to generate specs include a bunch of stylesheets to convert docbook to fo (and then to PDF, or just directly to HTML). The catch is that they are from 2003, and there have been a _lot_ of changes to them since. And of course, you can't just drop them in and go, some of the changes are incompatible.
Worse, I've tried to use the XSLT debugger in XMLSpy to try and figure out what is going on, but that can't succeed in running either new or old. Very frustrating trying to learn the quirks of the tool, while also trying to figure out the core functionality.
Oh well, such is the life. Do enough to get by for now, and keep trying to figure out the issues. Just keep plugging away at it.