Re: [docbook-apps] How to insert "placeholder" in my documentation

[Dave Cushman <dave@cushmanroad.com>]

Manuel,

You can include your .propertie file like so in the header of your  
main file (the one with <!DOCTYPE ...) :

<!ENTITY % prop_file SYSTEM ".propertie.xml">  (be sure to make the  
SYSTEM path correct)
%prop_file;

This will then allow you to call for any entity defined in  
the .propertie file.

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

Dave

On Mar 22, 2008, at 11:28 AM, Manuel Wallnoefer wrote:

> Hi Dave !
>
> Thx for your quick reply.
>
> Yes i think this could help, but there is one problem.
>
> My customer name is saved in a .propertie file externally.
>
> In my documentation for example i have a file
>
> - index.xml
> - chapter1.xml
> - chapter2.xml    ... and so on
>
> When i now want to use &customer_name in chapter1.xml i must define  
> the
> <!ENTITY customer_name "Loves My Product"> in the header of my
> chapter1.xml , am I right ?
>
> If it is so, there is my problem. The .properties file where the
> customer name is stored is generated right before i convert my docbook
> files.
>
> And so, the line <!ENTITY customer_name "customer name from .propertie
> file"> has to be generated in a certain way.
>
> Do you know what i mean ?
>
> And so my question is how to do such things in docbook ?
>
> Thanks for your help !
>
> ~manuel
>
>
>
> Dave Cushman wrote:
>> Manuel,
>>
>> It sounds like you are trying to include entities.  For instance, you
>> would define the entity <!ENTITY customer_name "Loves My Product">,
>> then call for it in your document with &customer_name;.  When you
>> convert, anywhere there is a call for &customer_name; the text "Loves
>> My Product" will appear.  Does this help?
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On Mar 22, 2008, at 9:19 AM, Manuel Wallnoefer wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all !
>>>
>>> First of all i want to say that i'mnew to dockook. It's cool  
>>> stuff, now
>>> i'm working on my master theses and there i have to generate my
>>> documentation with docbook.
>>>
>>> My problem now is, that in my docu , there must be some  
>>> "placeholder" in
>>> the text, which are filled with a certain property at compile time.
>>>
>>> These variable fields are something like the name of the customer,  
>>> or
>>> the logo of the customer and so on ...
>>>
>>> I have a .propertie file wher all my variables are stored. Now i  
>>> have to
>>> bring them "into" my docbook docu.
>>>
>>> A lot of variable things i solved with profiling attributes. But  
>>> such a
>>> thing like placeholders i couldn't find up to now.
>>>
>>> Whats the best way to do this ?
>>>
>>> Thanks for help !
>>>
>>> ~manuel
>>>
>>>
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