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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] How to insert "placeholder" in my documentation


Hi Dave !

Thx for your quick reply.

Yes i think this could help, but there is one problem.

My customer name is saved in a .propertie file externally.

In my documentation for example i have a file

- index.xml
- chapter1.xml
- chapter2.xml    ... and so on

When i now want to use &customer_name in chapter1.xml i must define the
<!ENTITY customer_name "Loves My Product"> in the header of my
chapter1.xml , am I right ?

If it is so, there is my problem. The .properties file where the
customer name is stored is generated right before i convert my docbook
files.

And so, the line <!ENTITY customer_name "customer name from .propertie
file"> has to be generated in a certain way.

Do you know what i mean ?

And so my question is how to do such things in docbook ?

Thanks for your help !

~manuel



Dave Cushman wrote:
> Manuel,
>
> It sounds like you are trying to include entities.  For instance, you
> would define the entity <!ENTITY customer_name "Loves My Product">,
> then call for it in your document with &customer_name;.  When you
> convert, anywhere there is a call for &customer_name; the text "Loves
> My Product" will appear.  Does this help?
>
> Dave
>
>
> On Mar 22, 2008, at 9:19 AM, Manuel Wallnoefer wrote:
>
>> Hi all !
>>
>> First of all i want to say that i'mnew to dockook. It's cool stuff, now
>> i'm working on my master theses and there i have to generate my
>> documentation with docbook.
>>
>> My problem now is, that in my docu , there must be some "placeholder" in
>> the text, which are filled with a certain property at compile time.
>>
>> These variable fields are something like the name of the customer, or
>> the logo of the customer and so on ...
>>
>> I have a .propertie file wher all my variables are stored. Now i have to
>> bring them "into" my docbook docu.
>>
>> A lot of variable things i solved with profiling attributes. But such a
>> thing like placeholders i couldn't find up to now.
>>
>> Whats the best way to do this ?
>>
>> Thanks for help !
>>
>> ~manuel
>>
>>
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