Re: [docbook-apps] [HELP] How can I get rid of the output of the <revhistory /> tag in the EPUB output

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

Hi Shlomi,
Yes, the dbtoepub is the script to generate epub2 output using the 
stylesheets in the "epub" directory.

If you are using DocBook 5 and the namespaced stylesheets, then any custom 
templates that specify an element name must attach the namespace prefix to 
the element name.  See this section of my book for details:

http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/ProcesingDb5.html#Db5Xslt

So your empty template should use match="d:revhistory", where the d: prefix 
is bound to the DocBook 5 namespace.

But I looked at docbook-epub-preproc.xslt and it does not import the stock 
epub/docbook.xsl file.  I don't understand how it produces any useful output 
at all.  Are you use that is the file you use?

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net

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From: "Shlomi Fish" <shlomif@shlomifish.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 10:30 AM
To: "Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>
Cc: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] [HELP] How can I get rid of the output of the 
<revhistory /> tag in the EPUB output

> Hi Bob,
>
> thanks for returning to me. See below for my responses.
>
> On Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:59:00 -0700
> "Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > More details are needed to determine the problem.
>
> let me answer them one by one.
>
> > What numbered version of DocBook XSL are you using?
>
> Close to latest docbook-xsl-ns-snapshot from
> http://docbook.sourceforge.net/snapshot/ .
>
> > Are you using DocBook 5 and the the docbook-ns stylesheets, or DocBook4 
> > and
> > the non-namespaced stylesheets?
>
> I'm using DocBook 5 and docbook-ns.
>
> > Are you processing a book or article?
>
> Technically, the story is an article. You can find it at:
>
> https://github.com/shlomif/Human-Hacking-Field-Guide/blob/master/HHFG/text/human-hacking-field-guide--english.db5.xml
>
> > Is the revhistory element located in an info element or in the body of 
> > the
> > document? (revhistory can appear in a para, for example)
>
> Inside an <info></info>
>
> > Are you using the epub or epub3 stylesheet?
>
> The EPUB ones I think. I can try using the EPUB 3 too.
>
> > How are you importing it and customizing it
>
> I use this:
>
> ruby
> -s 
> /home/shlomif/Download/unpack/file/docbook/docbook-xsl-ns-snapshot/epub/bin/dbtoepub
> -s docbook-epub-preproc.xslt -o human-hacking-field-guide--english.epub
> human-hacking-field-guide--english.db5.xml
>
> Where docbook-epub-preproc.xslt is:
>
> https://github.com/shlomif/Human-Hacking-Field-Guide/blob/master/HHFG/text/docbook-epub-preproc.xslt
>
> > (sorry, I don't have time to reverse engineer your whole build setup).
>
> Sure, I'm happy to provide assistance.
>
> Sorry for losing patience several times before - I think I figured out 
> what the
> problem is, and I was doing something wrong, but it's too bad the 
> toolchains
> did not crash and burn and eat my dog when I did it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Shlomi Fish
>
> > Bob Stayton
> > Sagehill Enterprises
> > bobs@sagehill.net
>
> [SNIPPED]
>
>
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