Re: [docbook-apps] Newbie: How to divide a book to chapters?

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

You can use XInclude and olinks to set up a system of modular
DocBook files that work with any editor. See this reference
for more information.

http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/ModularDoc.html

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kemal Ozan" <kmlioz@hotpop.com>
To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 12:10 PM
Subject: [docbook-apps] Newbie: How to divide a book to chapters?


> I am sure this is a very simple one, but couldn't figure out
> so far...
>
> I want to maintain the chapters of a book in different
> xml files. So I have a master book.xml (simplified):
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <?xml-stylesheet href="DOCBOOK.CSS" type="text/css"?>
> <!DOCTYPE book SYSTEM "Docbookx.dtd"
> [<!ENTITY chapter1 SYSTEM "chapter1.xml">]>
> <book>
> &chapter1;
> </book>
>
>
> And the chapter1.xml:
>
> <chapter>...</chapter>
>
>
> When I open book.xml with MorphonXml editor, it loads
> book.xml and chapter1.xml, shows them in one tree view...
> excellent...
>
> I use Morphon because, using docbook.dtd and docbook.css, it
> gives you proper tag choices and formats the document as you
> type. Awesome bonus for a docbook newbie.
>
> Now the problem: Naturally I want to load only chapter1.xml
> to the editor, not the whole book. In order to benefit
> Morphon's goodies though, I still have to say it that I am
> using docbook.dtd and docbook.css. So I put these lines to
> the top of chapter1.xml:
>
> <?xml-stylesheet href="DOCBOOK.CSS" type="text/css"?>
> <!DOCTYPE book SYSTEM "Docbookx.dtd"
>
> And that gives two kinds of errors: 1- chapter1.xml is not
> valid because the root element of docbook must be "<book>"
> 2- book.xml is not valid because chapter1.xml is inserted
> into book.xml with the lines above. And you can't have a dtd
> declaration in the middle of an xml file...
>
>
> So how do you guys do this stuff? Please don't say use
> emacs/vi... ;)
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
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