Re: [docbook-apps] Question about HTMLHelp book node: can I makeit display content instead of TOC?

[Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz>]

Taro Ikai wrote:

> Currently, the stylesheets seem to put <preface> and <chapter>s 
> at the same level of the navigation tree, and diplsay the table of 
> contents
> for the <book> node itself.

Yes, the structure of ToC follows the structure of your DocBook XML file.

> Instead, I would like to the <book> node to display the contents of 
> <preface>, and remove the <preface> node from the navigation tree.
> I don't need the table of contents in the right-hand pane because
> the navigation tree serves the same purpose.
> 
> Has anyone done this? If so, please share your experience and/or 
> technique.

There is no out-of-the box support for this. But at least you can turn 
off generation of book ToC by parameter $generate.toc. You can also 
select page which will be opened as default in HH using parameter 
$htmlhelp.default.topic. In your case you should set this parameter to 
the filename of preface -- typically pr01.html. You will get almost what 
you have described. Using $htmlhelp.hhc.show.root also might help in 
your situation.

				Jirka

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