On 11/14/22 14:00, Denis Maier via ntg-context wrote:
Hi,
most examples in the mkiv-xml manual use #1 with \xmlsetsetup, e.g.
\startxmlsetups xml:demo:base \xmlsetsetup{#1}{document|section|p}{xml:demo:*} \stopxmlsetups
However, in quite a few occasions I’ve noticed the usage of \xmldocument instead of #1.
What exactly is the difference ?
Hi Denis, I have just found the following explanation (https://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xml-mkiv.pdf#search=xmlself): The macro \xmldocument expands to the current document id. There is also \xmlself which expands to the current node number (#1 in setups). Now I think that I have abused \xmldocument too much, since I should have used #1. But I’m afraid I haven’t got much different results. I must also confess that a proper explanation would be helpful (to me in order) to understsand when \xmldocument should not be used. Pablo