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

[Shlomi Fish <shlomif@shlomifish.org>]

Hi Bob,

On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:52:07 -0700
"Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net> wrote:

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

Ah, OK.

> 
> 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

Thanks! I'll remedy it.

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

OK, thanks. Will do.

> 
> 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?

==> "Are you sure that is the file you use?"

Yes, I'm positive. It does appear to produce something, and if I put invalid
XML inside the .xslt, then xslt fails spectacularly, but maybe it's one of
xsltproc's quirks and things it ignores and moves on to without failing
spectacularly.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

> 
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> bobs@sagehill.net
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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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