Re: [docbook-apps] Re: sorting bibliography by authors

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

Well, you should not have to sort them manually.  The xsl:sort code that
Yoshihiro Toda posted should work, as I have used something similar to it
before.  Perhaps you could send me your customization and a sample file
off-list and I'll run it through a debugger.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Deepak K. Shrestha" <d888pak@netscape.net>
Cc: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 4:07 AM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Re: sorting bibliography by authors


> I have no idea about this elisp thing.
>
> Does this mean I have to sort out my bibliography manually and enter
> them in order I want? What if I have to make another entry? then I have
> to sort the whole thing myself and determine the correct position for
> that new entry. Isn't there a nice way of doing this?
>
> If it cannot be accomplished through customization layer it's ok for me.
> Since I already have hundreds of entry in my bibliography, I think I
> need some sort of utility which will do the sorting for me. I am sure
> people had written thesis in docbook and I am also sure there must be
> some nice way of sorting things out like this.
>
> Any advice?
>
> Deepak K. Shrestha
>
>
> Michael Smith wrote:
> > Yoshihiro Toda <ystoda@yahoo.co.jp> writes:
> >
> >
> >># BTW, is there any way to define `advice' (in elisp sense) in XSLT?
> >
> >
> > What does "advice" in elisp do? It's sort of way to add or change
> > parts of a function, without redefining the whole function right?
> >
> > If so, I don't think there is no equivalent in XSLT (not in XSLT
> > 1.0 at least). If you are using a customization layer that imports
> > a certain template and you want to change what any part of what a
> > template does, you have to redefine the whole template in your
> > customization layer.
>
>