[xep-support] Index Sort Problem (no index output produced when sort statement is used)

[Chris Cosentino]

Hi,

I'm using XEP 3.7.1 Client.

I'm experiencing some odd behavior with sort. I'm trying to sort an index.

My index entries are set up like this in the XSLT:

<xsl:template match="indexentry">
     <fo:wrapper id="{generate-id()}">
         <xsl:apply-templates/>
     </fo:wrapper>
</xsl:template>


My code to generate the index, unsorted, works fine:

<xsl:template name="index">
<fo:block>
INDEX
<xsl:for-each select="//indexentry">
         <fo:block font="11pt Times" space-before.optimum="6pt">
             <fo:wrapper text-transform="lowercase">
             <xsl:value-of select="."/>
             <fo:leader leader-pattern="dots"/>
             <fo:page-number-citation ref-id="{generate-id()}"/>
             </fo:wrapper>
             </fo:block>
         </xsl:for-each>
</fo:block>
</xsl:template>

However, the following produces no output after "INDEX":

<xsl:template name="index">
<fo:block>
INDEX
<xsl:for-each select="//indexentry">
         <xsl:sort>
         <fo:block font="11pt Times" space-before.optimum="6pt">
             <fo:wrapper text-transform="lowercase">
             <xsl:value-of select="."/>
             <fo:leader leader-pattern="dots"/>
             <fo:page-number-citation ref-id="{generate-id()}"/>
             </fo:wrapper>
             </fo:block>
	</xsl:sort>
         </xsl:for-each>
</fo:block>
</xsl:template>

No variation of the initial sort tag seems to work either (granted my 
select statements may be grasping at straws, but I tried EVERYTHING, 
several times):

<xsl:sort select = ".">
<xsl:sort select = "//indexentry">
<xsl:sort select = "indexentry">
<xsl:sort order-"descending">

Any idea why absolutely no index is output when I put a sort statement in 
there, even the most basic sort with no options? Obviously I need to read 
up on XPath a little better for my select statements, but I still don't 
understand why nothing is output with even just a basic sort.

Thanks,

Chris Cosentino
Cisco Systems, Inc.

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