
         xsldbg version 2.1.8
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    xsldbg help
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xsldbg is similar to gdb. It has three major modes of execution of stylesheets.
     Run the whole stylesheet
     Step to next xsl instruction
     Continue until next break point is found, or stylesheet has restarted

On systems with readline library available you can use the back/forward keys to navigate the history of entered commands. On all systems the last entered command can be repeated by just pressing the <ENTER> key.
If your operating system supports it file names will be expanded.

     TEMPLATENAME : A valid template name. Only to contain ASCI character codes 0x00 to 0x7F
     FILENAME : A valid file name local to the system of the user. It can have a "~" prefix on *nix and CYGWIN platforms. Or environment variables under RISC OS
     URI : A Uniform Resource Identifiers as defined by RFC 2396
     LINENO : A valid line number in associated <FILENAME>
     NUMBER_OF_FRAMES : a valid line number frames to change position by
     BREAKPOINT_ID : a valid break point number
     SPEED: speed to walk through code at, between 0 to 9
        (Comment): a comment about command meaning or usage
     { opt1 | opt2 | opt2 .. etc} : Choose one of the opt's
     XPATH : a xpath selection of node(s)
     PARAM_ID : a valid parameter number as indicated by showparam command
     PATH : A path to change working directory to On some operating systems a "~" prefix will be replaced by your home directory path
     TEXT : Free form text   (no restrictions)
     COMMAND : A valid command for the xsdbg
     QNAME : A valid variable/parameter name
     SOURCE : The stylesheet being/to be executed. See <FILENAME> and <URI>
     DATA : The xml data(document) being/to be processed by the stylesheet. See <FILENAME> and <URI>
     DEVICE_PATH : Is a valid terminal on the operating system
     TTY_LEVEL : Is a valid level of input/output to use


     Help related :help
     Running related : {bye|exit|quit},step,stepup,stepdown,continue,run,trace,setoption,options
     Libxslt parameter related :addparam,delparam,showparam,output,setoption,options
     Template related :templates,where,frame
     Break point related :break,showbreak,delete,enable
     Expression viewing(xpath) :cat
     Node viewing :ls,dir,du,cat,pwd
     Variable viewing :globals,locals,cat
     Variable setting:set
     Node selection :source,data,cd
     Searching :search
     Operating system related :chdir,shell,tty
     File related :output,entities,system,public
     Disabled file commands:validate,load,save,write,free
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Command : Addparam
Summary : Add a libxslt parameter
Usage:

     addparam <QNAME> <XPATH>   (The <XPATH> must not contain any spaces nor double quotation marks.No error checking done on the validity of <QNAME> nor <XPATH>. This is equivalent to providing --param <QNAME> <XPATH> via command line.)
     add param <QNAME> "<XPATH>"   (Must not contain double quotation marks in <XPATH>)
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Command : Base
Summary : Print the base for this node
Usage:

     base
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Command : Break
Summary : Break at a template, at a location in a stylesheet or xml file loaded by xsldbg, or at the current node. 

Shortcut name: b
xsldbg will try to guess the complete URL given a
     file name without a path specified.
     a file name in the same directory as the "top" stylesheet loaded
     a file name relative to the current working directory of xsldbg
Ie if you have loaded a stylesheet file of ../en/xsldoc.xsl you can do this
break -l xsldoc.xsl 26
Usage:

     break -l <FILENAME> <LINENO>   (To set breakpoint at specified file, line number)
     break -l <URI> <LINENO>   (To set breakpoint at specified URI, line number)
     break <TEMPLATENAME>   (To break at named template.)
     break *   (To break at any template found.)
     break   (To break point at current node. Yes that includes xml data nodes!)
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Command : Bye
Summary : Exit processing stylesheet as soon as possible.
Usage:

     bye
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Command : Cat
Summary : Print the result of a xpath expression on relative current node.
Usage:

     Usage : cat <XPATH>   (To view a variable or parameter)
     Usage : cat $<QNAME>
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Command : Cd
Summary : Change to the path specified by a xpath.
Usage:

     cd <XPATH>
     cd -t<TEMPLATENAME>   (To changes current SOURCE node to a be xsl template with name <NAME>, but does execute source command)
     cd -s<XPATH>   (An absolute xPath to node within stylesheet)
     cd <SHORTCUT> <XPATH>
     Where SHORTCUT can be either
     
     << = preceding-sibling::node()
     >> = following-sibling::node()
     <- = ancestor::node()
     -> = decendant::node()

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Command : Chdir
Summary : Change the working directory
Usage:

     chdir <PATH>   (A relative or absolute path for operating system)
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Command : Continue
Summary : Continue running stylesheet, stopping at any break points found.

Shortcut name: c
Usage:

     continue
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Command : Data
Summary : Switch to displaying the current node in xml data. Or change xml data used
Usage:

     data   (Switch to the current document node.)
     data <DATA>   (To change to a new xml data file.  A leading "~" is replaced by the $HOME environment variable value. Will need to use "run" command to process it)
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Command : Delete
Summary : Delete a template breakpoint

Shortcut name: d
Usage:

     delete   (To delete breakpoint at current node)
     delete <BREAKPOINT_ID>   (To delete breakpoint at specified break point number)
     delete -l <FILENAME> <LINENO>   (Delete at specifed file, line number)
     delete -l <URI> <LINENO>   (Delete at specifed URI, line number)
     delete <TEMMPLATENAME>   (To delete break point at named template.)
     delete *   (To delete all break points.)
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Command : Delparam
Summary : Delete a libxslt parameter
Usage:

     delparam   (Delete all parameters present)
     delparam <PARAM_ID>
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Command : Dir
Summary : Print list of nodes in a similary way to the dir shell command.


Usage:

     dir
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Command : Disable
Summary : Disable a breakpoint
Usage:

     disable   (To disable breakpoint at current node)
     disable <BREAKPOINT_ID>   (To disable breakpoint at specified break point number
     disable -l <FILENAME> <LINENO>   (Disable breakpoint at specifed file, line number)
     disable -l <URI> <LINENO>   (Disable breakpoint at specifed URI, line number)
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Command : Du
Summary : Print a summary of child nodes in a tree format.
Usage:

     du
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Command : Dump
Summary : Dump the gory details of this node
Usage:

     dump
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Command : Enable
Summary : Enable or disable a breakpoint (Toggle enable/disable/)

Shortcut name: e
Usage:

     enable   (To enable/disable breakpoint at current node)
     enable <BREAKPOINT_ID>   (To enable/disable breakpoint at specified break point number
     enable -l <FILENAME> <LINENO>   (Enable/disable breakpoint at specifed file, line number)
     enable -l <URI> <LINENO>   (Enable/disable breakpoint at specifed URI, line number)
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Command : Entities
Summary : Print list of external General Parsed entities used data file (document)

Shortcut name : ent
Usage:

     entities
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Command : Exit
Summary : Exit processing stylesheet as soon as possible.
Usage:

     exit
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Command : Frame
Summary : Print the stack frame at a given depth

Shortcut name: f
Usage:

     frame <FRAME_DEPTH>   (Depth is a number from 0 to the current depth of call stack)
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Command : Free
Summary : Free stylesheet and data        (Disabled see run)
Usage:

     free
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Command : Globals
Summary : Print a list of global stylesheet variables or parameters. Print the value of a global variable
Usage:

     globals   (Print list of all globaly available variables)
     globals <QNAME>   (Print the value of variable specified)
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Command : Help
Summary : Display help on command or overiew

Shortcut name: h
Usage:

     help   (Show overview of product)
     help <COMMAND>   (Show help about a command)
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Command : Load
Summary : Load the xsldbg's options user preferences from disk
Usage:

     load
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Command : Locals
Summary : Print a list of local stylesheet variables or parameters. Print the value of a local variable
Usage:

     locals   (Print list of all locally available variables)
     locals <QNAME>   (Print the value of variable specified)
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Command : Ls
Summary : List nodes in a brief format
Usage:

     ls
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Command : options
Summary : Print the values for xsldbg's option
Usage:

     options
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Command : Output
Summary : Specify the output file name

Shortcut name : o
Usage:

     output <FILENAME>   (A local file name. Which can have a "~" prefix on *nix and CYGWIN platforms. Or environment variables under RISC OS)
     output <URI>   (The <URI> must only use the "file://" protocol. This is then converted to a file name suitable for the operating system)
     output -   ( Send to standard output. Must only be used when using xsldbg's command line prompt )
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Command : Public
Summary : Print the value that a public ID maps via the current catalog

Shortcut name : pub
Usage:

     public "<PublicID>"
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Command : Pwd
Summary : Print the current working directory.
Usage:

     pwd
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Command : Quit
Summary : Exit processing stylesheet as soon as possible.

Shortcut name: q
Usage:

     quit
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Command : Run
Summary : Restart the stylesheet.

Shortcut name: r
Usage:

     run
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Command : Save
Summary : Save the xsldbg's options user preferences to disk
Usage:

     save
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Command : Search
Summary : Search a dataBase of all information gathered from stylesheets loaded

All output files are stored in, value of the "searchresultspath" option if set, or the same directory as the provided stylesheet. searchresults.xml is normally transformed by search.xsl, but will be transformed using searchhtml.xsl if the "prefrehtml" option is set.
When the search command is issued a xml file (searchresults.xml) will be created. You can then process this file with your own stylesheet to present data in a other ways. If "preferhtml" option is not set then searchresult.txt is printed to display.
Depending on the amount of data collected it might take a while to complete this command.
Usage:

     search <XPATH>   (See what xpath can be used see search.dtd. The deafault <XPATH> is '//search/*' )
     search -sort <XPATH>   (Tell search.xsl to sort the result before outputing it)
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Command : Set
Summary : Set the value of a variable
Usage:

     set <VARIABLE_NAME> <XPATH>
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Command : Setoption
Summary : Set an option for execution of stylesheet

You will need to use run command to active changes
Usage:

     setoption <OPTION_NAME> <INTEGER_VALUE>
     Where <OPTION_NAME> can be either
     
     debug   (If <INTEGER_VALUE> is true dump the tree of the result instead)
     catalogs   (If <INTEGER_VALUE> is true use the catalogs from $SGML_CATALOG_FILES or SGML$CatalogFiles for risc operating system
     html   (If <INTEGER_VALUE> is true the input document is an HTML file)
     docbook   (If <INTEGER_VALUE> is true the input document is SGML docbook)
     xinclude   (If <INTEGER_VALUE> is true do XInclude processing on document intput)
     preferhtml   (If <INTEGER_VALUE> is true the prefer html output for search results. : See search command)
     autoencode   (Try to use the encoding from the stylesheet)
     utf8input   (All input from user is in UTF-8.This is normaly used when xsldbg is running as a thread)
     gdb   (Run in gdb compatability mode)
     Where this means
     Print lots more messages. Increase the frequency of printing "Breapoint at ..."
     At most GDB_LINES_TO_PRINT lines will be printed when evalating expressions, followed by a "...". See options.h to change this value, the default is three lines of text
     Both local and globals will be printed when the "locals" command is issued
     When printing expresssions with cat/print. The evaluated value will be prefixed by "= " < EXPRESSION >
     The use of readline library is disabled as well as repeating last entered command

     nonet   (If <INTEGER_VALUE> is true refuse to fetch DTDs or entities over network)
     novalid   (If <INTEGER_VALUE> is true skip the DTD loading phase)
     repeat   (If <INTEGER_VALUE> is true run the transformation 20 times)
     profile   (If <INTEGER_VALUE> is true  dump profiling informations)
     timing   (If <INTEGER_VALUE> is true display the time used)
     noout   (If <INTEGER_VALUE> is true do not dump the result)

     And where value is true if it is NOT equal to zero
     And where value is false if it IS equal to zero
     stdout   Print all error messages to stdout. Normally error messages go to stderr.
     setoption <OPTION_NAME> "<STRING_VALUE>"   (Must not contain double quotation marks in <STRING_VALUE>)
     setoption <OPTION_NAME> <STRING_VALUE>   (Must not contain any spaces, nor double quotation marks in <STRING_VALUE>)
     Where <OPTION_NAME> can be either
     
     data   (Data file's URI)
     source   (Source file's URI)
     output   (Output file's SystemID )
     docspath   (Path to use when looking for documentation)
     catalognames   (The names of the catalogs to use when the catalogs option is set. Value will be lost if set before setting catalogs option)
     encoding   (What encoding to use for standard output)
     searchresultspath   What path is to be used when storing the results of searching. If this is not set then xsldbg will use the path of the stylesheet

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Command : Shell
Summary : Execute shell command
Usage:

     shell <TEXT>   (<TEXT> is the text to be passed to operating system for execution)
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Command : Showbreak
Summary : To display list of template break points.

Shortcut name: show
Usage:

     showbreak
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Command : Showparam
Summary : Print the libxslt parameters present
Usage:

     showparam
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Command : Source
Summary : Switch to displaying the current node in stylesheet. Or change stylesheet used
Usage:

     source   (Switch to the current node in stylesheet.)
     source <SOURCE>   (To change to a new source file.  A leading "~" is replaced by the $HOME environment variable value. Will need to use "run" command to execute it)
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Command : Step
Summary : Step until next stylesheet instruction.

Shortcut name: s
Usage:

     step
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Command : Stepdown
Summary : Step down to a newer "call frame".  

Shortcut name: down
Usage:

     stepdown   (step down one frame)
     stepdown <NUMBER_OF_FRAMES>   (step down specified number of frames)
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Command : Stepup
Summary : Step up to a older "call frame".  

Shortcut name: up
This is not an accurate command, xsldbg will stop as close as it can.
Usage:

     stepup   (step up one frame)
     stepup <NUMBER_OF_FRAMES>   (step up specified number of frames)
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Command : Stylesheets
Summary : Print out a list of stylesheets loaded

Shortcut name: style
Usage:

     stylesheets
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Command : System
Summary : Print the value that a system file maps via the current catalog

Shortcut name : sys
Usage:

     system "<SystemID>"
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Command : Templates
Summary : Print a list of available templates. Search for a template

Shortcut name: t
Usage:

     templates
     templates <TEMPLATE>   (Print details of template named <TEMPLATE> if it can be found)
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Command : Trace
Summary : Trace one execution of the stylesheet
Usage:

     trace
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Command : Tty
Summary : Open a terminal. Set the level of tty redirection.
Usage:

     tty <DEVICE_PATH>   (Where  <DEVICE_PATH> is a valid terminal on the operating system. Just tries to open the terminal
     tty <TTY_LEVEL>   (Set the level of tty redirection, where <TTY_LEVEL> is a valid level of input/output to use)
     Where level is
     0 = Default input/output
     1 = Terminal output of results of transformation, tracing and walking   (Default state when tty device has been opened. Not fully implemented yet.)
     2 = Full redirection to terminal   (Not implemented yet.)
     All other integer values are assumed to mean level 0

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Command : Validate
Summary : Validate the output file generated by stylesheet    (Disabled)
Usage:

     validate
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Command : Walk
Summary : Walk through code using a range of speeds
Usage:

     walk <SPEED>   (Use Ctrl-c to stop execution, <SPEED> is a value between 0 and 9. Where 0 means stop, 1 is very fast, 9 is very slow)
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Command : Where
Summary : Print a trace of templates calls (frame stack) and print the working directory.

Shortcut name: w
Usage:

     where
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Command : Write
Summary : To be completed
Usage:

     write


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