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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] xrefstyle attribute; pagenumber; %p



Thanks Bob! 

All your suggestions worked, as usual.


On Wednesday 17 March 2004 10:22 am, Bob Stayton wrote:
> Don't put the id on the title element.  Put it on the element that
> contains the title. A title element does not output its id value to
> the XSL-FO.
>
> Regarding the quotes, you can use single quotes to contain an
> attribute value in XML, which leaves double quotes available to use
> in the value.
>
> <xref linkend="FreedomCenterxref"
>    xrefstyle='template:"%t" on page %p'/>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> DocBook Consulting
> bobs@sagehill.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Whitlatch" <swhitlat@getnet.net>
> To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 1:02 AM
> Subject: [docbook-apps] xrefstyle attribute; pagenumber; %p
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am using the "xref" element's "xrefstyle" attribute in an
> > attempt to create customized xrefs. I'm following along with
> > "Chapter 13. Cross references" in DocBook XSL: The Complete
> > Guide.
> >
> > I have in some XML, for example:
> >   <para>For detailed information on Freedom Center, see
> >      <xref linkend="FreedomCenterxref"/> on page
> >      <xref linkend="FreedomCenterxref"
> >            xrefstyle="select: pagenumber"/>.
> >   </para>
> >
> > Later on in the document, I have:
> > . . .
> > <title id="FreedomCenterxref">Freedom Center</title>
> > . . .
> >
> > So, there is an id for the linkend.
> >
> > In my XSL customization layer (using the 1.65-0 DocBook XSL
> > stylesheets), I have:
> >   <xsl:param name="insert.xref.page.number">maybe</xsl:param>
> >
> > I don't think anything else in my customization layer is
> > pertinent.
> >
> > Using xmllint, the document validates against the DocBook XML
> > 4.3RC3 DTD, and xsltproc creates the fo with no complaint.
> >
> > But FOP complains and errors out. The command:
> > "fop -c /usr/local/fop/conf/cfg.xml -fo f2Arch.fo -pdf
> > f2Arch.pdf" results in this error message at the point at which
> > FOP reaches the xrefstyle attribute:
> > page-number-citation must contain "ref-id"
> >
> > I grepped through the DocBook 4.3 DTD directory and the DocBook
> > XSL 1.65-0 directory. No mention found of "xref-id".
> >
> > Maybe I have found an FOP bug? Maybe not!
> > Suggestions? Comments?
> >
> > The xrefstyle attribute is just what I need. According to the
> > documentation, it will allow me the freedom to create custom
> > xrefs as needed. I is a good addition to DocBook.
> >
> > Also, I found that using
> >
> > <xref linkend="FreedomCenterxref"
> >   xrefstyle="template:'%t' on page %p"/>
> >
> > produces the same error message from fop. (And how can I turn
> > those single quotes into double quotes? Escaping like \"%t\" did
> > not seem to work.)
> >
> > Leaving off the %p part makes everything OK, but of course I lose
> > the pagenumber.
> >
> > xsltproc --version
> > ***************
> > Using libxml 20606, libxslt 10103 and libexslt 803
> > xsltproc was compiled against libxml 20606, libxslt 10103 and
> > libexslt 803
> > libxslt 10103 was compiled against libxml 20606
> > libexslt 803 was compiled against libxml 20606
> > ******************
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Steve Whitlatch
> >
> >
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