I've got a large (ca. 1000 page) SGML document that I'm reorganizing. One thing that has always bugged me is that I can't figure out a way to split up external file inclusion. What I'd like to do is have several subdirectories, and have the top-level document include files in these to fill out the <!ENTITY> declaration section in the DTD statement.
For example, what I'm having to do currently is something like: <!DOCTYPE set PUBLIC "-//Davenport//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN" [ <!ENTITY Book1Chapter1 SYSTEM "Book1/Chapter1.sgml"> <!ENTITY Book1Chapter2 SYSTEM "Book2/Chapter2.sgml"> <!ENTITY Book1Chapter3 SYSTEM "Book3/Chapter3.sgml"> <!ENTITY Book2Chapter1 SYSTEM "Book1/Chapter1.sgml"> <!ENTITY Book2Chapter2 SYSTEM "Book2/Chapter2.sgml"> ] But what I'd like to do is something like: <!DOCTYPE set PUBLIC "-//Davenport//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN" [ <!ENTITY Book1Files SYSTEM "Book1/files.sgml"> <!ENTITY Book2Files SYSTEM "Book2/files.sgml"> &Book1Files; &Book2Files; ] This would simplify things and also allow me to define alternate top-level documents, say if I just wanted to produce the printed version of one of the books: <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//Davenport//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN" [ <!ENTITY Book1Files SYSTEM "Book1/files.sgml"> &Book1Files; ] Is there any facility like this? Are there better ways to organize the <!ENTITY> declarations so they aren't such a pain? -- Paul Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Design Lead Partner Software, Inc. http://www.partnersoft.com
