@xml:id==string.sub('#N020-18', 2) -> (ll.at and ll.at['xml:id'])==string.sub('#N020-18', 2) ! Missing number, treated as zero.
lua error with sub .. not sure what you want t o test here
indeed an error will prevent the multipass file to be saved (feature)
Hans
Thanks Hans, It's good to know the --result problem is not a bug, but a feature. My problem then arises from my use of \note as opposed to \footnote. In processing a <ref> tag in the xml, I need to test if the current ref node has an ancestor <div> with attribute: @xml:id='apr_engl'. If it does, I need to create a \footnote whose text comes from a <note> element with attribute xml:id='N020-18', if it does not, I need to create a \note whose reference number corresponds to the one created by \footnote and thus points to the same footnote contents: <div xml:id='apr_arab'> <...> <ref target="#N020-18">referenced text</ref> <...> </div> <div xml:id='apr_engl'> <...> <ref target="#N020-18">referenced text</ref> <...> </div> ... <note xml:id='N020-18'>footnote contents</note> To result in: arabic text (1) english text (1) (1) footnote content Currently I'm getting: arabic text ?? english text (1) (1) footnote content Document order problem maybe? thanks, Jon