Re: [docbook-apps] Customizing xref to a listitem

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

Hi,

I'm not understanding the context of this template.  I presume your input document has non-DocBook <jlistref> elements so the template matches on that element, right?  Then it generates DocBook <phrase> and <xref> elements.  Don't those appear in the FO and HTML outputs? That's what I would expect if this template appears in a DocBook XSL customization layer. Are you somehow subsequently processing these generated DocBook elements with additional templates?  Perhaps you can describe a bit more of how you are using this template.

 

In any case, there is an easier way to customize the text in cross references.  Have you tried customizing the gentext string used in the stylesheet?  That process is described here:

 

http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/CustomXrefs.html#XrefGentext

 

You would customize the @text attribute inside <l:template name="listitem"> in context <l:context name="xref">.  You would do this in your HTML customization layer and your PDF customization layer, using different text strings.

 

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Nancy Brandt

To: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org

Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 7:33 AM

Subject: [docbook-apps] Customizing xref to a listitem

Hi folks,

I am trying to customize references to listitems as follows:

<xsl:template match="jlistref">
<phrase status="print">
<xref>
<xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
<xsl:attribute name="linkend">
<xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
<xsl:value-of select="@ref"/>
</xsl:attribute>

<xsl:attribute name="xrefstyle">
<xsl:value-of select="'template:Step&#160;%n on page %p'"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</xref>
</phrase>

<phrase status="html">
<xref>
<xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
<xsl:attribute name="linkend">
<xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
<xsl:value-of select="@ref"/>
</xsl:attribute>

<xsl:attribute name="xrefstyle">
<xsl:value-of select="'template:Step&#160;%n'"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</xref>
</phrase>
</xsl:template>

So that when I compile a PDF, an xref will look like as follows:

refer to Step <number> on page <number>.

In HTML, though, it must be just: Step <number>

However, the template above does not affect anything. The reference appears as default.

Please, advise!

Thanks a lot in advance!

Nancy