> Thanks for the response, Dimitri.  I guess my question is
> more basic; which
> is why does the template matching "X" get called
> automatically inside B
> (without the xsl:apply-templates element present), but not
> the template
> matching "comment()" ?

The template rule for X inside B didn't get called. The text inside the X
element was output by virtue of the <xsl:value-of select="."/> applied to
the B node.

Mike Kay


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