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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Use of titleabbrev in list of figurea and tables
On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 01:49:25PM +0200, Joachim Ziegler wrote: > Bob Stayton wrote: > >>Hmm, maybe I don't quite understand the meaning of title and titleabbrev > >>here. Especially in figures with "scientific content", I often have a > >>large explanation of what is depicted in the figure. In LaTeX, I do that > >>with > >> > >>\caption[short explanation]{very long explanation} > >> > >>There, the list of figures only shows the [short explanation], because > >>the {very long explanation} were just too long. > >> > >>Maybe <title> and <titleabbrev> is not what I need? But what else then? > > > > > > Yes, I think you are looking for something more like > > a caption for such explanations. The mediaobject element > > inside figure will take a caption element. > > Also, a table element will take a textobject element > > after the title and before the tgroup element. > > I haven't tried these so I don't know how they > > format. > > The <textobject> inside <table> is ignored in FO output. That is a bug and should be fixed. I think it is the right mechanism for what you want to do. > In HTMl output, a link called "D" (why "D"?) appears. Following this > link, a new browser window pops up which shows the text inside the > <textobject> I think D is for Description. This linking mechanism follows that used for the longdesc attribute for the HTML img element. In the HTML 4.0 DTD, longdesc is commented as a "link to long description (complements alt)". > I have a table with nonttrivial information. How do I markup additional > explanations about the content? Everything in <title> appears when I > make an <xref> to this table and is listed in the table of contents. > Shouldn't <titleabbrev> be used instead? Yes, and it will when the stylesheets are next released. Like I said, I think the textobject is the right element, but the fo stylesheets need fixing. You could file a bug report to get it working. -- Bob Stayton 400 Encinal Street Publications Architect Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Technical Publications voice: (831) 427-7796 The SCO Group fax: (831) 429-1887 email: bobs@sco.com
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