Re: [docbook] Arbitrarily start section numbering?

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

[moving this over to the docbook-apps mailing list where stylesheet issues 
are discussed]

Yes, this can be done with a small customization:

<xsl:param name="start.numbering.at" select="0"/>

<xsl:template match="section" mode="label.markup">
 <xsl:choose>
   <xsl:when test="$start.numbering.at != 0 and not(ancestor::section)">
     <xsl:value-of select="$start.numbering.at"/>
   </xsl:when>
   <xsl:otherwise>
     <xsl:apply-imports/>
   </xsl:otherwise>
 </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

The 'label.markup' mode is used to generate a number for an element. In this 
case, it only applies to top level sections. Or you could test to see if it 
is the root element by using not(ancestor::*).  Nested sections are numbered 
from there because each level of section number is generated by first 
computing the ancestor numbers, so the first subsection would be 6.2.1.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net

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From: "Joshua Wulf" <jwulf@redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 10:02 PM
To: <docbook@lists.oasis-open.org>
Subject: [docbook] Arbitrarily start section numbering?

> Can I give an argument to xsltproc to have the docbook style sheets 
> transform my section with an arbitrary section number, rather than 
> starting at "1"?
>
> I'd like to be able to do this, in essence:
>
> xsltproc --output myrenderedsection.html \
>  --stringparam start.numbering.at 6.2 \
>  html/docbook.xsl section.xml
>
> - Josh
>
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