Re: [docbook-apps] Multiple TOC's from a single DocBook XML set ofbooks? One listing just the books, another listing the books with volumes,chapters and articles?

[Aleksey Tsalolikhin <atsaloli.tech@gmail.com>]

Thanks very much for your answer, Bob!

What if I didn't care at all about how the data is presented?  I don't care if
the book TOC is on the same page as the detailed TOC; I don't care if there
are page numbers or not.

I just want a listing of the content; top-level and detailed.  Any way
to do that
with XML alone?

Truly,
-at


On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> I don't think you can completely avoid delving into XSL to get this done.
>  Currently there is no option in the stylesheets to generate such a book
> list.  The way you accomplish this depends somewhat on how you want it
> presented.
>
> I can't see how you could do it with XML in the set element.  You could
> create xrefs to reference the book ids, but where would you put such xrefs?
>  The content model of set is very simple.  Also, if you wanted the book list
> in PDF output to have page numbers with dot leaders, then xrefs would not be
> sufficient.
>
> I presume you want the book toc on the same page as the regular toc in PDF
> output. Since the toc has its own page-sequence, you will have to break into
> that template in order to get a book toc on the same page.
>
> I think you will have to customize the template named set.toc in
> fo/autotoc.xsl for FO output, or html/autotoc.xsl for HTML output.  I can
> provide more details if you decide to try that.
>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> bobs@sagehill.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aleksey Tsalolikhin"
> <atsaloli.tech@gmail.com>
> To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 3:23 PM
> Subject: [docbook-apps] Multiple TOC's from a single DocBook XML set of
> books? One listing just the books, another listing the books with volumes,
> chapters and articles?
>
>
>> Hi.  I keep my sys admin documentation in a set of DocBook XML books.
>>
>> The default TOC gives me all the books and book parts and chapters and
>> articles and this is fine.  I don't need to do anything maintain or
>> futz with the TOC, which is great, 'cause I'm the only sysadmin in my
>> shop and don't have time to mess with it, anyway.
>>
>> Is it possible to add a top-level TOC, to precede this full TOC?
>>
>> I just want the books listed; not the parts of the books; nor the
>> chapters nor articles inside the books.  This is for a quick
>> orientation to the contents; THEN I want the full TOC to follow.
>>
>> Is there any way I can do this inside the DocBook XML?  For example,
>> in my set.xml ?
>>
>> BTW, my set.xml consists of "setinfo" and lots of include statements,
>> one per book:
>>
>> <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude";  href="book1.xml"
>> />
>>
>> etc.
>>
>> I hope to avoid having to delve into stylesheet or templates or
>> whatever.  I just want to define a 2nd TOC in the XML itself.  I want
>> this 2nd TOC to appear both in my HTML and PDF outputs.   Is this
>> possible?  If not, what would I have to do to get the 2nd TOC?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Aleksey
>>
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