Re: Customizing docbook.xsl tests=HTML_20_30,USER_AGENT_MOZILLA_UAversion=2.50

[Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>]

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/ Sorin Marti <mas@semafor.ch> was heard to say:
| Hi all,
|
| I'd like to generate HTML output with docbook and I want to make my
| own layout (e.g. link colors, background color, etc.)
| I have an example file (test.xml) and a stylesheet (stylesheet.xsl)
|
| If I use the docbook-toys (v.0.61.0) like this:
|
| db2html test.xml
|
| I get my document as expected but withot my changes.
|
| my stylesheet looks like that:
| ######
| <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
| <xsl:stylesheet
| xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
| version="1.0"
| xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
|
| <!-- Original DocBook Stylesheet -->
|
| <xsl:import
| href="/usr/share/sgml/docbook/docbook-xsl-stylesheets-1.53.0/html/docbook.xsl"/>
|
| <!-- My Style (just a dummy test) -->
|
| <xsl:template match="preface">
|    <h1>HERE COMES THE PREFACE</h1>
| </xsl:template>

Note, you've completely replaced the preface. You might be happier with:

 <xsl:template match="preface">
    <h1>HERE COMES THE PREFACE</h1>
    <xsl:apply-imports/>
 </xsl:template>

| </xsl:stylesheet>
| ######
|
| my xml file look like:
| ######
| <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC
| "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN" "/usr/share/sgml/db41xml/docbookx.dtd">
|
| <?xml-stylesheet
|    type="text/xsl"
|    href="file://home/mas/projekte/docbook/stylesheet.xsl"?>
|
| <book id="How-to" lang="de">
|
|   <bookinfo>
|    <title>Docbook HowTo</title>
|    <author><firstname>Sorin</firstname><surname>Marti</surname></author>
|    <copyright><year>2001</year><holder>SEMAFOR Informatik & Energie
| AG</holder></copyright>
|    <releaseinfo>Version 0.1</releaseinfo>
|    <date>28. April 2003</date>
|   </bookinfo>
|
|   <preface>
|    <title>Preface</title>
|     <para></para>
|   </preface>
|
| <!-- some test chapters go here -->
|
| </book>
| ######
|
| I expect that in the preface section should appear the text I inserted
| in my stylesheet but it doesn't.
|
| If I use DocBook-utils (v.0.6.6 (jw version 1.1)) like:
|
| docbook2html test.xml
|
| I get lots of errors:
| ########
| Using catalogs: /usr/share/sgml/html/catalog,
| /usr/share/sgml/docbook/dsssl-stylesheets-1.77/dtds/html/catalog,
| /usr/share/sgml/docbook/dsssl-stylesheets-1.77/html/catalog,

Well, docbook2html is trying to use DSSSL and you're using XSL.

| Is something wrong with my installation or is my way absolutely wrong?
| Please help me.

I'm not sure what the appropriate "xsl" wrapper is, but you can always
run the stylesheet by hand using your favorite XSLT processor.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>      | The fact of having been born is
http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/ | bad augury for
Chair, DocBook Technical Committee | immortality.--Santayana
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