> Incidentally, when I see a template rule whose body consists 
> entirely of an xsl:choose, my preference is always to split 
> it into one rule for each branch of the choose:
> 
> <xsl:template match="text()[not(string(.))]"/>
> 
> <xsl:template match="text()[string(.)]">
>   <xsl:call-template name="find_char1"  >
>   Some more stuff ...
> </xsl:template>
> 
> This would also fix the priorities...



Thanks for the help. Both solution work fine.

Beat


> 
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/