Visual debugger for stylesheets
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDavid Martin Lauzon, Christina P. Lau
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDavid Martin Lauzon, Christina P. Lau
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A visual Debugger for stylesheets assists a user of stylesheets debug the stylesheets by: allowing the user to set breakpoints on the stylesheet; running to, and stopping at, the breakpoints; single stepping through each template rule as the rule is fired (both forward and backward); evaluating the template rule on the fly; showing the relationship between each template rule and the source document that provides the data; supporting stylesheets that call external programs written in Java or JavaScript; supporting stylesheets that include or import other stylesheets; supporting XML documents that use the “?xml-stylesheet” processing instruction to include stylesheets; supporting multiple debug sessions; and allowing the user to edit the stylesheet or source document and then allowing the debugger to be relaunched.
A method of providing support for stylesheet debugging, said method comprising:
A computer readable medium containing computer-executable instructions which, when performed by a processor in a computer system, cause said computer system to:
A stylesheet debugging system comprising:
A computer readable medium containing computer-executable instructions which, when performed by a processor in a computer system, cause said computer system to:
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