<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><para lang="en">See also <xref linkend="chap3"/>.</para> </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>