--- "James J. Ramsey" <jjramsey_6x9eq42@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Maybe
> 
> <xsl:variable name="firstDiv">
>   <xsl copy-of
> select="(div[1]|div0[1]|div1[1]|divGen[1])[1]"/>
> </xsl:variable>
> 
> would work better for what I need to do (which is to
> keep track of that first top-level <div*>)?

Replying to myself again . . . 

I seem to have misunderstood xsl:copy-of thoroughly,
and failed to realize the power of the "select"
attribute of xsl:variable. This . . .

<xsl:variable
  select="(div[1]|div0[1]|div1[1]|divGen[1])[1]"/>

. . . seems more on track.


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