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Transform the cmark XML format back to Commonmark
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
xml2md.xsl
==========
This XSLT stylesheet transforms the cmark XML format back to Commonmark.
Since the XML output is lossy, a lossless MD->XML->MD roundtrip isn't
possible. The XML->MD->XML roundtrip should produce the original XML,
though.
HTML blocks and inlines aren't supported.
Example usage with xsltproc:
cmark -t xml doc.md | xsltproc -novalid xml2md.xsl -
-->
<xsl:stylesheet
version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:md="http://commonmark.org/xml/1.0">
<xsl:output method="text" encoding="utf-8"/>
<!-- Generic templates -->
<xsl:template match="/ | md:document | md:list">
<xsl:apply-templates select="md:*"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="md:*">
<xsl:message>Unsupported element '<xsl:value-of select="local-name()"/>'</xsl:message>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="md:*" mode="indent"/>
<!-- Indent blocks -->
<xsl:template match="md:*" mode="indent-block">
<xsl:if test="preceding-sibling::md:*">
<xsl:if test="not(ancestor::md:list[1][@tight='true'])">
<xsl:apply-templates select="ancestor::md:*" mode="indent"/>
<xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:apply-templates select="ancestor::md:*" mode="indent"/>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Heading -->
<xsl:template match="md:heading">
<xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="indent-block"/>
<xsl:value-of select="substring('###### ', 7 - @level)"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="md:*"/>
<xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Paragraph -->
<xsl:template match="md:paragraph">
<xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="indent-block"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="md:*"/>
<xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Thematic break -->
<xsl:template match="md:thematic_break">
<xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="indent-block"/>
<xsl:text>***&#10;</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
<!-- List -->
<xsl:template match="md:list">
<xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="indent-block"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="md:*"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="md:item">
<xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="indent-block"/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="../@type = 'bullet'">-</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="../@type = 'ordered'">
<xsl:value-of select="../@start + position() - 1"/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="../@delim = 'period'">.</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="../@delim = 'paren'">)</xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
<xsl:apply-templates select="md:*"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="md:item" mode="indent">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="../@type = 'bullet'">
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="../@type = 'ordered'">
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Block quote -->
<xsl:template match="md:block_quote">
<xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="indent-block"/>
<xsl:text>&gt; </xsl:text>
<xsl:apply-templates select="md:*"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="md:block_quote" mode="indent">
<xsl:text>&gt; </xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Code block -->
<xsl:template match="md:code_block">
<xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="indent-block"/>
<xsl:text>```</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="@info"/>
<xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
<xsl:call-template name="code-block-lines">
<xsl:with-param name="code" select="."/>
</xsl:call-template>
<xsl:apply-templates select="ancestor::md:*" mode="indent"/>
<xsl:text>```</xsl:text>
<xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="code-block-lines">
<xsl:param name="code"/>
<xsl:if test="contains($code, '&#10;')">
<xsl:apply-templates select="ancestor::md:*" mode="indent"/>
<xsl:value-of select="substring-before($code, '&#10;')"/>
<xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
<xsl:call-template name="code-block-lines">
<xsl:with-param name="code" select="substring-after($code, '&#10;')"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Text -->
<xsl:template match="md:text">
<xsl:variable name="t" select="string(.)"/>
<xsl:variable name="first" select="substring($t, 1, 1)"/>
<xsl:variable name="marker-check" select="translate(substring($t, 1, 11), '0123456789', '')"/>
<xsl:choose>
<!-- Escape ordered list markers -->
<xsl:when test="starts-with($marker-check, '.') and $first != '.'">
<xsl:value-of select="substring-before($t, '.')"/>
<xsl:text>\.</xsl:text>
<xsl:call-template name="escape-text">
<xsl:with-param name="text" select="substring-after($t, '.')"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="starts-with($marker-check, ')') and $first != ')'">
<xsl:value-of select="substring-before($t, ')')"/>
<xsl:text>\)</xsl:text>
<xsl:call-template name="escape-text">
<xsl:with-param name="text" select="substring-after($t, ')')"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:when>
<!-- Escape leading block characters -->
<xsl:when test="contains('-+>#=~', $first)">
<xsl:text>\</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="$first"/>
<xsl:call-template name="escape-text">
<xsl:with-param name="text" select="substring($t, 2)"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:when>
<!-- Otherwise -->
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:call-template name="escape-text">
<xsl:with-param name="text" select="$t"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Breaks -->
<xsl:template match="md:softbreak">
<xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
<xsl:apply-templates select="ancestor::md:*" mode="indent"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="md:linebreak">
<xsl:text> &#10;</xsl:text>
<xsl:apply-templates select="ancestor::md:*" mode="indent"/>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Emphasis -->
<xsl:template match="md:emph">
<xsl:text>*</xsl:text>
<xsl:apply-templates select="md:*"/>
<xsl:text>*</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="md:strong">
<xsl:text>**</xsl:text>
<xsl:apply-templates select="md:*"/>
<xsl:text>**</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Inline code -->
<xsl:template match="md:code">
<xsl:call-template name="escape-code">
<xsl:with-param name="text" select="string(.)"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="escape-code">
<xsl:param name="text"/>
<xsl:param name="delim" select="'`'"/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="contains($text, $delim)">
<xsl:call-template name="escape-code">
<xsl:with-param name="text" select="$text"/>
<xsl:with-param name="delim" select="concat($delim, '`')"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="$delim"/>
<xsl:value-of select="$text"/>
<xsl:value-of select="$delim"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Links and images -->
<xsl:template match="md:link | md:image">
<xsl:if test="self::md:image">!</xsl:if>
<xsl:text>[</xsl:text>
<xsl:apply-templates select="md:*"/>
<xsl:text>](</xsl:text>
<xsl:call-template name="escape-text">
<xsl:with-param name="text" select="string(@destination)"/>
<xsl:with-param name="escape" select="'()'"/>
</xsl:call-template>
<xsl:if test="string(@title)">
<xsl:text> "</xsl:text>
<xsl:call-template name="escape-text">
<xsl:with-param name="text" select="string(@title)"/>
<xsl:with-param name="escape" select="'&quot;'"/>
</xsl:call-template>
<xsl:text>"</xsl:text>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:text>)</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Escape text -->
<xsl:template name="escape-text">
<xsl:param name="text"/>
<xsl:param name="escape" select="'*_`&lt;[]'"/>
<xsl:variable name="trans" select="translate($text, $escape, '\\\\\\')"/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="contains($trans, '\')">
<xsl:variable name="safe" select="substring-before($trans, '\')"/>
<xsl:variable name="l" select="string-length($safe)"/>
<xsl:value-of select="$safe"/>
<xsl:text>\</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="substring($text, $l + 1, 1)"/>
<xsl:call-template name="escape-text">
<xsl:with-param name="text" select="substring($text, $l + 2)"/>
<xsl:with-param name="escape" select="$escape"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="$text"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
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