Re: [docbook] Multiple htmlhelp files

["Chris Chiasson" <chris@chiasson.name>]

I don't know if or how this pertains to chm files, but I think it is
impossible to xi:include the same content in a document more than once
if that included content has any elements with an id attribute.

On 3/16/06, Bob McIlvride <Bob.McIlvride@cogent.ca> wrote:
> Hi Viliam,
>
> We do more or less what you are talking about, but from a different
> perspective.  We create CHM files that have overlapping content--i.e.
> they contain some sections that are the same, and some that are unique
> to the particular product.
>
> We approach the problem by creating the exact output we need in HTML,
> and then just converting it to CHM, and not dealing with merging CHM
> files at all.
>
> We set up our Docbook source files based on a <set>, in which we can
> include or exclude various <book>s, depending on whether the product in
> question needs it.  Then, within each book, we include or exclude
> various <chapter>s depending on whether or not the product needs them.
> The same thing with <section>, <para>, or even individual lines of text.
>
> Since we are still using Docbook 4.x, we do all of our include/exclude
> using entities.  From what I understand, you can accomplish the same
> thing using xinclude.
>
> The principle is the same, though.  Set it up so that you specify and
> control the document(s) you need at the source, then generate individual
> output files for each specific product.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Viliam Búr wrote:
> > I am writing a documentation to a program that consists of more modules.
> > It is provided in more versions with different sets of modules. Customer
> > should receive only those parts of help s/he needs. One CHM file can be
> > automatically included in another as a sub-node. So I need to make
> > multiple CHM files from one document.
>
> Cheerio!
>
> Bob
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