While I think it is technically possible, using the style sheet to create a TT file really isn't practical. You would be better off creating a TT and writing a script that would read the XML, applying it to the TT file. Using the XSLT sheet to create a TT file would be difficult to implement and prone to maintenance nightmares IMHO ;-)

Is there a particular reason why you want to use XSLT to create a TT file?

I didn't say that I want to use XSLT to create a TT file. I have existing XSL file and I like to convert it to a TT file. I like to work with TT rather than XSL file in the long term. So I am looking for some sort of help to make TT file from XSL file.
--Artist

Sorry. I misread your original post. Since XSLT can be rather complex, my recommendation would be to do it by hand.

Don't rely on a script that performs XSLT -> TT as they are radically different. Creating a generic script that would take an arbitrary XSLT style sheet and produce a TT template file that produces the same arbitrary output, would be very involved. Creating a script for specific XSLT style sheets that produce very similar output may be worth it if you have dozens or hundreds of style sheets to convert to TT.

Jason L. Froebe

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You are currently using XML and XSLT to create HTML and PDF versions of your XML file. You want to know if you can get rid of the XSLT process and just use Template Toolkit to turn your XML in PDF and HTML?

For the HTML output, sure you can do that. It should be fairly simple.

For the PDF output that'd be a little hard. TT Templates are more form-like, where PDF syntax is more of a language (IIRC similar to PS). But you could use one of the many utilities to convert the HTML to PDF. Though, that may not look the way you want.