Re: [docbook-apps] Modular DocBook IS WORKING!

["Betty Ing" <ingbe@mcmaster.ca>]

Dick,

If there is not such a primer already, it would be an opportunity for
someone to pursue...

Many thanks for the tips!

Betty


On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 13:23:21 -0600
 "Dick Hamilton" <rlhamilton@frii.com> wrote:
> Betty,
> 
> I'm glad it's working.
> 
> Regarding your question, usually, Bob Stayton's book has
> the kinds of detailed examples you need. This may be the
> rare exception.
> 
> Other places to look for information include Dave Pawson's
> DocBook FAQ (http://www.dpawson.co.uk/docbook/) and the
> DocBook WIKI (http://wiki.docbook.org). Finally, you can
> often get good information searching the docbook mailing
> list archives (http://docbook.org/help). Turns out that
> none of them contains the exact command line you need (or
> at least, I couldn't find it in a quick search), but most
> of the time you can get a good head start, and of course
> the list, as you've seen, will also respond.
> 
> All that said, I think there is a need for a primer/cookbook
> for DocBook to cover some of these basic things.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Dick Hamilton
> 
> Managing Writers: A Real World Guide to Managing Technical
> Documentation
> http://xmlpress.net/managingwriters.html 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Betty Ing [mailto:ingbe@mcmaster.ca] 
> > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 12:40 PM
> > To: Dick Hamilton; docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> > Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Modular DocBook IS WORKING!
> > 
> > 
> > Dick,
> > 
> > Thank you for including your command line, which is where my
> problem
> > lies. One of the first people who responded to my post asked me
> about
> > xinclude for the style sheets, but since I'm new to DocBook, I
> didn't
> > realize that it also serves as a switch for the xsltproc 
> > command. Using
> > your command line, I was also able to obtain html with correct
> section
> > navigation. Despite the errors, I previously did obtain html output
> as
> > well, but just without section navigation.
> > 
> > Fyi, I'm running Windows XP Version 2002 SP3. Libxslt, which
> includes
> > xsltproc.exe is 1.1.24. DocBook-xsl style sheets are 1.74.0
> > (2008-06-02).
> > 
> > We built a GUI to run the style sheets and will need to modify it
> to
> > accommodate switches. For now, it's just the command line.
> > 
> > Since it has taken some time to resolve my problem, where would I
> have
> > found a complete example for what I was trying to accomplish? I
> didn't
> > think that integrating a few sections into a chapter would pose any
> > major problems, but that was not the case. For the newly initiated,
> > complete tested examples are the best, rather than excerpts here
> and
> > there depending on certain options. These options can follow once
> we
> > have a working example.
> > 
> > On this note, thanks to you and the others who have helped in
> solving
> > my modular DocBook problem.
> > 
> > Betty
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:25:07 -0600
> >  "Dick Hamilton" <rlhamilton@frii.com> wrote:
> > > Betty,
> > > 
> > > I was able to take the files you attached to this message
> > > (i.e., the ones with the syntax errors fixed), along with
> > > the original Chapter.xml file, and successfully build html
> > > output using xsltproc.  I used the following command line:
> > > 
> > > xsltproc --xinclude path-to-stylesheets/html/chunk.xsl
> Chapter.xml
> > > 
> > > where path-to-stylesheets is the directory that contains the
> > > standard stylesheets. I was running on Linux, with the latest
> > > stylesheet distribution.
> > > 
> > > To help debug the problem, can you post some additional
> > > information about your environment? In particular, OS,
> > > version of the docbook stylesheets, version of xsltproc?
> > > 
> > > Also, are you running the stylesheets from inside xmlmind,
> > > from the command line, or in some other way?
> > > 
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Dick Hamilton
> > > Managing Writers: A Real World Guide to Managing Technical
> > > Documentation
> > > http://xmlpress.net/managingwriters.html 
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Betty Ing [mailto:ingbe@mcmaster.ca] 
> > > > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:52 AM
> > > > To: Thomas Schraitle; docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org; Betty
> Ing
> > > > Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Modular DocBook still not working
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hi Thomas,
> > > > 
> > > > You are correct that I should be validating all the files
> before
> > > > applying a style sheet. SectionA and SectionB do validate now
> with
> > > > XMLmind. Chapter.xml does not contain any fatal error; however,
> > > there
> > > > is an Info pop-up obtained on validation. I have attached the
> > > pop-up
> > > > and the two revised sections. Chapter.xml has not changed
> (still
> > > 2001
> > > > date for XInclude).
> > > > 
> > > > After the transform, I'm still getting the initial 
> > errors, that is:
> > > > 
> > > > -----
> > > > 
> > > > Element include in namespace 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude'
> > > > encountered in chapter, but no template matches.
> > > > 
> > > > Element include in namespace 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude'
> > > > encountered in chapter, but no template matches.
> > > > 
> > > > Writing index.html for chapter
> > > > 
> > > > -----
> > > > 
> > > > What next???
> > > > 
> > > > Betty
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:45:17 +0200
> > > >  Thomas Schraitle <tom_schr@web.de> wrote:
> > > > > Hi Betty,
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Thanks to Remko, Camille, and Thomas for your suggestions.
> I
> > > have
> > > > > since
> > > > > > modified SectionA and SectionB accordinly; Chapter is 
> > still the
> > > > > same as
> > > > > > before.
> > > > > >  
> > > > > > I am still getting the following errors:
> > > > > > [...]
> > > > > > What else am I still missing? Suggestions are welcome.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Your XML files are still invalid. I've attached a diff
> between
> > > old
> > > > > and new
> > > > > version. Hope that helps you. If you have question, don't
> > > hesitate.
> > > > > :-)
> > > > > 
> > > > > Before you can apply any stylesheet, make sure your whole 
> > > > document is
> > > > > valid.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Tom
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> >
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