Hi Lex,
there is already a provision for this in latest AsciiDoc. Refer to
manual chapter 24.1. Setting configuration entries.
You should be able to embed the configuration setting in the header
like:
:xref2-inlinemacro: <a href="#{1}">{2={1}}</a>
Cheers
Henrik
On Nov 30, 10:26 am, Lex Trotman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Stuart,
>
> I am occasionally running into the problem of one file in a group that
> needs slightly different configuration.
>
> For example, one file should not put XHTML autogenerated links in []
> so it has an asciidoc.conf containing:
>
> [xref2-inlinemacro]
> <a href="#{1}">{2={1}}</a>
>
> Now the file has to live in its own directory or the asciidoc,conf
> will apply to all the files in the directory.
>
> Instead could asciidoc have a method of handling file-specific
> configuration. My thoughts were:
>
> 1. the source file can specify a config-files attribute in its header
> to identify specific config files.
> 2. for some_file.txt look for some_file.conf in the same directory (-e
> uses ONLY infile.conf IIUC, thats not what I mean)
> 3. allow embedded configuration, maybe in a structured comment, eg for the
> above
>
> ///////////////////////////
> //configuration:
> [xref2-inlinemacro]
> <a href="#{1}">{2={1}}</a>
> /////////////////////////
>
> The advantage of 3 is that then only one file needs to be shipped
> around so the config can't get lost. The advantage of 1. and 2. is
> that large config changes don't intrude on the source.
> The advantage of 1. is that several source files can share the same
> config without all having to do so.
>
> So I'd prefer 1 & 3 (greedy, moi?? :-)
>
> A couple of notes regarding loading of config files section of the
> user guide (section 22.11) the line:
>
> <backend>.conf and <backend>-<doctype>.conf from location 4. 2,3.
>
> probably should not have the 2,3 on the end.
>
> The Where clause defines <infile> but its not used anywhere.
>
> Cheers
> Lex
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