Thanks for the thoughtful explanation, and for taking the time to test things; I'll explore the samples you sent over the next couple of days. Yes, it does seems that the design of <glossref> is imperfect – but any chance of producing WebHelp output with tooltips makes me want to explore all the possibilities.
I agree that the dita-users group does seem rather overloaded with oXygen, which is one of the reasons why I visit and post there rarely; when I do, it's usually because I have a theoretical question about *what does this element do / what's it for*, rather than a practical question. On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 9:40 AM, Hussein Shafie <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/26/2017 12:42 PM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: > >> Thanks for the quick response; let's continue the discussion 'face to >> face' rather than in the group … >> >> You explain that <glossref href="ONE.dita" keys="key_ONE"/> is strictly >> equivalent to: >> <topicref href="ONE.dita" keys="key_ONE" linking="none" print="no" >> toc="no" search="no"/> >> >> Read as such, I would hope that setting the print attribute in the >> glossref to yes would resolve the problem; but as you will already know, >> it doesn't. >> >> > I've retested <glossref> elements and it appears that you need to add not > only print="yes", but also linking="normal" to a <glossref> element to make > it really usable: > > --- > <glossref href="abs.dita" keys="abs" linking="normal" print="yes"/> > --- > > <glossref> default attribute value linking="none" means: > > "A topic cannot be linked to or link to other topics." > > See http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/dita/v1.3/errata01/os/comple > te/part2-tech-content/langRef/technicalContent/glossref.html > > When this is done, what follows: > > --- > <xref keyref="abs"/> > <term keyref="cde"/> > <abbreviated-form keyref="abs"/> > --- > > behave as specified by DITA 1.3. (Sample DITA files attached to this > email.) > > As explained in our doc (http://www.xmlmind.com/ditac/ > _distrib/doc/manual/limitations.html), the simplest is to avoid using > <glossref> elements (which seem to have a *faulty* *design*) and to stick > to <topicref> elements. > > > > --- > PS: Except for a few announces, we never post to the "dita-users" Yahoo > group because this group seems to be dedicated to the DITA-OT and to oXygen > Editor/Author, the market leader of DITA editors. XMLmind DITA Converter is > our in-house cleanroom design and as such, has no relationship whatsoever > with the DITA-OT. > > >
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