Re: [docbook] Adding a new element to docbook

[Bob Stayton <bobs@sco.com>]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 12:56:19PM -0500, JABakken@dstsystems.com wrote:
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> Thank you both very much for your replies. I usually have problems when I
> try to use a public identifier (I get a "Connection refused" error
> message), so I switched to using a system identifier. Is that okay if I do
> that?
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> Here is now what mydocbk.dtd now looks like:
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> <!ENTITY % local.tech.char.class "|footer">
> <!ENTITY % local.divcomponent.mix "|footer">
> <!ENTITY % DocBookDTD SYSTEM "file:///C:/DocBook/DTD/docbookx.dtd">
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> %DocBookDTD;
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> <!ELEMENT footer (%para.char.mix;|%para.mix;)*>
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> Something is still amiss, though, because my output appears as follows:
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> This is only a sample.
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> <footer>This is the footer</footer>
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> My hunch is that it has to do with line 2 in my dtd. I wasn't quite sure
> where I was supposed to put that line, so I just guessed.

No, you need to customize the stylesheets
which currently don't recognize the footer element.


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