Re: [docbook-apps] entities in processing instructions

[Laszlo Kovacs <Laszlo.Kovacs@Sun.COM>]

Sounds like the approach I need. Thanks a lot. I will try this out.

Laszlo

Jirka Kosek wrote:
> Laszlo Kovacs wrote:
> 
>> I am trying to implement a glossary in Javahelp that does not use 
>> Docbook glossary entities and does not use the Javahelp glossary 
>> feature either. The main reason being that javahelp.xsl does not 
>> convert Docbook glossaries into Javahelp glossaries (it converts them 
>> into html, but that is not enough in this case).
>>
>> The plan is to use an xml processing instruction like:
>>
>> <?glossary-entry text="pda" definition="personal digital assistant" ?>
> 
> 
> But you can still use DocBook glossary markup for marking-up data and 
> then customize stylesheets to generate output, you want.
> 
>> Then I write an xsl template that translates this to an <object> tag 
>> that uses some java code I wrote that will open a window when the text 
>> is hovered with the definition in it.
> 
> 
> You can mark your glossary terms with glossterm, like.
> 
> <para>....<glossterm>pda</glossterm>...</para>
> 
> Then, at the end of your document, just put glossary with term definitions:
> 
> <glossary>
> <glossentry>
> <glossterm>pda</glossterm>
> <glossdef>
> <para>Personal digital assistent</para>
> </glossdef>
> </glossterm>
> ...
> </glossary>
> 
> Then you can add following template into your customization layer in 
> order to not process glossary:
> 
> <xsl:template match="glossary"/>
> 
> And the add customized template for glossterm, that will generate object 
> element you need:
> 
> <xsl:template match="glossterm">
>     <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>     <object ...>
>       ...
>       <!-- You can access term definition with -->
>       <xsl:value-of select="//glossentry[glossterm = 
> string(current())]/glossdef"/>
>     </object>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> HTH,
> 
>                 Jirka
>