<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
          xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
          xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
          xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment"
          xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
          version="5.0" xml:id="l10n.gentext.use.xref.language">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>l10n.gentext.use.xref.language</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">boolean</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>l10n.gentext.use.xref.language</refname>
<refpurpose>Use the language of target when generating cross-reference text?</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
<src:fragment xml:id="l10n.gentext.use.xref.language.frag">
<xsl:param name="l10n.gentext.use.xref.language" select="0"/>
</src:fragment>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsection><info><title>Description</title></info>

<para>If non-zero, the language of the target will be used when
generating cross reference text. Usually, the <quote>current</quote>
language is used when generating text (that is, the language of the
element that contains the cross-reference element). But setting this parameter
allows the language of the element <emphasis>pointed to</emphasis> to control
the generated text.</para>

<para>Consider the following example:</para>

<informalexample>
<programlisting>&lt;para lang="en"&gt;See also &lt;xref linkend="chap3"/&gt;.&lt;/para&gt;
</programlisting>
</informalexample>

<para>Suppose that Chapter 3 happens to be written in German.
If <parameter>l10n.gentext.use.xref.language</parameter> is non-zero, the
resulting text will be something like this:</para>

<blockquote>
<para>See also Kapital 3.</para>
</blockquote>

<para>Where the more traditional rendering would be:</para>

<blockquote>
<para>See also Chapter 3.</para>
</blockquote>

</refsection>
</refentry>
