Re: [docbook] mediaobject fileref troubles

[Bob Stayton <bobs@sco.com>]

Text insertions are handled by a docbook XSL extension
function.  Graphics files are simply referenced in the
output, but a text file has to be filtered to escape
angle brackets and ampersands.  See this reference
to see what you need for text insertions:

http://www.sagehill.net/xml/docbookxsl/SolveProblems.html#ProgramListings


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On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 09:57:12PM +0200, Patrick Eisenacher wrote:
> Hmm, anybody any ideas?
> 
> Patrick
> 
> Patrick Eisenacher schrieb:
> > Heyho,
> > 
> > so far I used markup like the following to include graphics into my 
> > document:
> > 
> > <mediaobject>
> >     <imageobject>
> >         <imagedata fileref="Specification/ArchitectureClient.png" 
> > format="PNG" align="center" />
> >     </imageobject>
> > </mediaobject>
> > 
> > This worked fine for a graphic named "ArchitectureClient.png" residing 
> > in a subfolder named "Specification", which is contained in the same 
> > folder as my document. Ie, I used a path relative to the target 
> > document's folder to reference the graphic object.
> > 
> > Now, I wanted to do the same to include a textfile via the <textdata> tag:
> > 
> > <mediaobject>
> >     <textobject>
> >         <textdata fileref="Specification/LicenseOffer.xml">
> >     </textobject>
> > </mediaobject>
> > 
> > Unfortunately, this doesn't work.
> > 
> > I see an xlink in the generated html, but the textfile gets not included:
> > 
> > <div class="mediaobject">
> > <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" type="simple" show="embed" 
> > actuate="onLoad" href="Specification/LicenseOffer.xml"></a>
> > </div>
> > 
> > So probably, the browser can not resolve the path to the textfile. I 
> > read that I have to set xml:base if I want to use xlink with relative 
> > paths. But where and how do I set it? And how do I set xml:base to the 
> > current directory of my document? Or am I doing something else wrong? If 
> > I have to set xml:base indeed, this seems to be an inconsistent 
> > behaviour in the usage of <mediaobject>. Perhaps some info should be 
> > added to TDG.
> > 
> > I also tried referencing my text file via an absolute path, but that 
> > didn't help neither. Same result :o( How would I have to specify the 
> > absolute path to "C:\Programme\Specification\LicenseOffer.xml"? I guess 
> > the path gets processed by the browser and not by the xsltprocessor, right?
> > 
> > I tried the following alternatives, but to no avail (I'm using Cygwin 
> > for processing docbook):
> > C:\Programme\Specification\LicenseOffer.xml
> > file:///C:/Programme/Specification/LicenseOffer.xml
> > file:///cygdrive/c/Programme/Specification/LicenseOffer.xml
> > file:////cygdrive/c/Programme/Specification/LicenseOffer.xml
> > /cygdrive/c/Programme/Specification/LicenseOffer.xml
> > 
> > Can anybody please help?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Patrick
> 
> 
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