Re: [docbook-apps] [REPOST] How do I generate the page number of an <anchor> in print?

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

I did respond.  See:

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-apps/200508/msg00245.html

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rune Enggaard Lausen" <rune@enggaard-lausen.dk>
To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 1:47 AM
Subject: [docbook-apps] [REPOST] How do I generate the page number of an
<anchor> in print?


> Hi.
>
> I'm taking the liberty of reposting a question I sent to the list on 24
> August. I didn't get any responses, so I hope someone would be kind
> enough to read it and - better yet :-) - answer it this time.
>
> Here we go:
>
> A tecnical writer at my company wants to generate a cross reference to
> an <anchor> in the middle of a long section. He wants the page number of
> the page "containing" the anchor to be generated in print output.
>
> Now, with normal references to, e.g., sections, I would just make him
> use <xref linkend="someID" xrefstyle="select: Page"/>. But, as is
> documented in Bob Stayton's excellent book, xref to an anchor is not the
> way out, which seems reasonable :-).
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can get the referenced page
> number in print and some other reasonable output in HTML/HTMLHelp output?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Rune Lausen
>
>
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