Re: [docbook-apps] Customising Title Pages Tutorial?

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

Hi Paul,
Well, I'm not completely clear on what templates are inside each of your
customization files.
In general, the book.titlepage.recto template determines the order of
elements on the front titlepage, and any templates that match on individual
elements in mode 'book.titlepage.recto.auto.mode' will format that element
on that page.

The XSL module generated from the titlepage spec file contains a template
named 'book.titlepage.recto' among others.  If your file
'book.titlepage.recto.xsl' contains a template
with that name, then its import statement should after that of the module
generated from the spec file, otherwise it will have lower import precedence
and it won't be used.

It might be more clear if you follow the sequence of templates that are
called for the titlepages. I described the sequence here:

http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/TitlePagePrint.html#TitlepageSequence

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Moloney" <paul_moloney@hotmail.com>
To: "Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>; <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 3:08 AM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Customising Title Pages Tutorial?


> Hi Bob,
>
> That works now, thanks! (Initially it didn't, but then I changed
> the order in which I import XSLs in my customised layer).
>
> Just to clarify, I have two files which specify what appears on
> the front page:
>
> * book.titlepage.recto.xsl
> * mytitlepage.xsl (which is created from mytitlepage.xml, based on
>         titlepage.templates.xsl)
>
> Both of these are importing by my customised layer. I'm still confused
> as to what type of information belongs in each file. Does the first
> XSL just
> relate to the positioning of page elements (graphics, etc), while the
> second is used for styling? Or is there any defined split?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -pm
>
> http://oceanclub.blogspot.com
>
> "When you look in the mirror and despair and none of your
> clothes seem appropriate, relax, put the kettle on. It might suit
> you."
>
>