Re: [docbook] (non hot-linked) olink reference to book in PDF format

[davep <davep@dpawson.co.uk>]

On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 20:38:23 -0800
Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> The book at xml.web.cern.ch is the early first draft of my book
> DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide. The cern version is quite out of
> date. Please use this 4th Edition instead:
> 
> http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/index.html
> 
> I have asked Cern to take down that version, but have not reached the 
> right person, I guess.

They had copied the entire XSL FAQ at one time. 

http://xml.web.cern.ch/XML/docbook.html#DOCBOOKFAQ  Now removed. 

http://xml.web.cern.ch/XML/olddocs.html  lists the set of files they
have copied. Disgusting

The name at the bottom of the page is michel.goossens@cern.ch  

DaveP


> 
> Regarding your question, are you using DocBook 4 or 5?  If 5, then
> your templates need to include the DocBook namespace on element
> names, such as d:book.  See this page for more information:
> 
> http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/CustomDb5Xsl.html
> 
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> bobs@sagehill.net
> 
> On 2/2/2014 7:08 PM, natk wrote:
> > (I originally mistakenly posted this to docbook-apps)
> >
> > I've looked into this further, and I have managed to customise the
> > xref text using the gentext templates. My next question is how do I
> > format the xreftext?
> >
> > I've read and tried to implement the Customising Cross Reference
> > Style section from:
> > http://xml.web.cern.ch/XML/www.sagehill.net/xml/docbookxsl/GeneralCustoms.html
> >
> >
> > by adding the following template to my FO customisation layer:
> >
> >    <xsl:template match="book" mode="insert.title.markup">
> >      <xsl:param name="purpose"/>
> >      <xsl:param name="xrefstyle"/>
> >      <xsl:param name="title"/>
> >
> >      <xsl:choose>
> >        <xsl:when test="$purpose = 'xref'">
> >          <fo:inline font-style="italic">
> >            <xsl:copy-of select="$title"/>
> >          </fo:inline>
> >        </xsl:when>
> >        <xsl:otherwise>
> >          <xsl:copy-of select="$title"/>
> >        </xsl:otherwise>
> >      </xsl:choose>
> >    </xsl:template>
> >
> > but this template does not seem to be having any effect. Any tips
> > as to what I am doing wrong here?
> >
> > I can see that the chapter and appendix xreftext are italicized
> > (from the standard templates in xref.xsl), but I can't get the same
> > thing to happen for the book elements.
> >
> > Nat
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to link between books (without hot-links).
> >
> > The text that is generated for everything but the top-level books
> > is fine. It renders Refer to <olink targetdoc="bookDocId"
> > targetptr="section"/> as Refer to Section x,y, "Title" in Book
> > Title.
> >
> > But when I olink to the book itself: Refer to <olink
> > targetdoc="bookDocId" targetptr="bookId"> there is no fo:inline
> > element, it just renders the book title: Refer to Book Title.
> >
> > Is there some configuration or customisation that I can do to get
> > this to render as something like Refer to Document "Book Title".
> >
> > I'm using docbkx 2.0.15 which uses version 1.78.1 of the
> > stylesheets.
> >
> > Nat
> >
> 
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