Common Processing Instruction Reference $Id: pi.xsl 7107 2007-07-22 10:22:06Z xmldoc $ Introduction This is generated reference documentation for all user-specifiable processing instructions (PIs) in the “common” part of the DocBook XSL stylesheets. You add these PIs at particular points in a document to cause specific “exceptions” to formatting/output behavior. To make global changes in formatting/output behavior across an entire document, it’s better to do it by setting an appropriate stylesheet parameter (if there is one). dbchoice_choice Generates a localized choice separator dbchoice choice="and"|"or"|string" <para>Use the <tag class="xmlpi">dbchoice choice</tag> PI to generate an appropriate localized “choice” separator (for example, <literal>and</literal> or <literal>or</literal>) before the final item in an inline <tag>simplelist</tag></para> <warning> <para>This PI is a less-than-ideal hack; support for it may disappear in the future (particularly if and when a more appropriate means for marking up "choice" lists becomes available in DocBook).</para> </warning> </refsect1><refsect1><title>Parameters choice="and" generates a localized and separator choice="or" generates a localized or separator choice="string" generates a literal string separator dbtimestamp Inserts a date timestamp dbtimestamp format="formatstring" [padding="0"|"1"] <para>Use the <tag class="xmlpi">dbtimestamp</tag> PI at any point in a source document to cause a date timestamp (a formatted string representing the current date and time) to be inserted in output of the document.</para> </refsect1><refsect1><title>Parameters format="formatstring" Specifies format in which the date and time are output For details of the content of the format string, see Date and time. padding="0"|"1" Specifies padding behavior; if non-zero, padding is is added dbtex_delims Generates delimiters around embedded TeX equations in output dbtex delims="no"|"yes" <para>Use the <tag class="xmlpi">dbtex delims</tag> PI as a child of a <tag>textobject</tag> containing embedded TeX markup, to cause that markup to be surrounded by <literal>$</literal> delimiter characters in output.</para> </refsect1><refsect1><title>Parameters dbtex delims="no"|"yes" Specifies whether delimiters are output Related Global Parameters tex.math.delims Related Information in <link xlink:href="http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/">DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide</link> DBTeXMath