How do I format text in between xsl:text tags?

Question

I have an xslt sheet with some text similar to below:

<xsl:text>I am some text, and I want to be bold</xsl:text>

I would like some text to be bold, but this doesn't work.

<xsl:text>I am some text, and I want to be <strong>bold<strong></xsl:text>

The deprecated b tag doesn't work either. How do I format text within an xsl:text tag?

Answer 1

Try this:

<fo:inline font-weight="bold"><xsl:text>Bold text</xsl:text></fo:inline>

• XSL-FO Tutoria: Inline Text Formatting
• XSL-FO inline Object

Answer 2

You don't. xsl:text can only contain text nodes and <strong> is an element node, not a string that starts with less-than character; XSLT is about creating node trees, not markup. So, you have to do

<xsl:text>I am some text, and I want to be </xsl:text>
<strong>bold<strong>
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>