Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Chunk filenames

[Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz>]

Dan York wrote:

> > How can I change chunk names of html files generated by Saxon using XSL DocBook
> > Stylesheet? I need msearch-ch01.html instead of ch01.html, etc...
> 
> You can set a parameter to use the id attribute as the filename.
> In your customization layer, add this line:
> 
>   <xsl:param name="use.id.as.filename" select="1"/>
> 
> Then make sure that each <chapter> and <sect1> tag include an id
> attribute (since those are the ones that will be chunked):
> 
>   <chapter id="msearch-ch01">
>   <title>My chapter</title>
>
> In most of my docs, my preference is to NOT put the 'ch01' in there...
> I use ids that are related to whatever is in the chapter, but that
> is mostly a matter of personal style. (And the fact that if I rearrange
> sections I do not want to go back through and manually change id strings.)

In that case, you can use second alternative which utilizes dbhtml PI:

<chapter id="whatevere_you_want_or_missing">
<title>My chapter</title>
<?dbhtml filename="msearch-ch01.html"?>
...
</chapter>

Now your filenames are not dependant on IDs.

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