Hi Stewart,

> To my surprise and delight, the following worked, producing heavy
> def numbers with a following non-break space:
>
>  <xsl:template match="def">
>   <xsl:if test="(count(preceding-sibling::def) +   
>                  count(following-sibling::def)) >= 1">
>    <xsl:element name="strong">
>     <xsl:number/>
>     <xsl:text>&#160;</xsl:text>
>    </xsl:element>
>   </xsl:if>
>   <xsl:apply-templates/>
>  </xsl:template>
>
> Is there a prettier/more efficient way of doing the same thing
> without resorting to frankly ugly
> '(count(preceding-sibling::def)+count(following-sibling::def))'?

Since you don't actually need to know *how many* there are, just
whether there are any siblings of the current def or not, you could
use:

  <xsl:if test="preceding-sibling::def or following-sibling::def">
    ...
  </xsl:if>

or you could see if the def element's parent has more than one def
child:

  <xsl:if test="../def[2]">
    ...
  </xsl:if>

Cheers,

Jeni

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