Hi Robert,
I wasn't sure how to respond to this message when you said:
Both methods, of course, are over my head.
Are you familiar with the process of creating a customization layer for
DocBook XSL? If not, that process is described here:
http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/CustomMethods.html#CustomizationLayer
If so, are you familiar with the use of attribute-sets? If not, those are
described here:
http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/AttributeSets.html
You can customize the attribute-set named 'xref.properties' in your
customization layer to set the bold property:
<xsl:attribute-set name="xref.properties">
<xsl:attribute name="font-weight">bold</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:attribute-set>
You can add whatever XSL-FO properties are appropriate for inline text. See
a good reference on XSL-FO for documentation on such properties.
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
[email protected]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Nagle" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:34 PM
Subject: [docbook-apps] make bold all the xref labels? (Customizing xref
style)
I'm trying to figure out how to make bold all the xref labels in my
printed PDF.
IN Chapter 15 of the XSL book p264 4th edition, there is a section on
Customizing Cross Reference Typography.
http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/CustomXrefs.html#CustomXrefStyle
But I'm not sure what it means or how to actually implement it.
Two methods are suggested. The first is using the insert.title.markup
mode (whatever that is). The second method (which is more global) lets
you use the xref.properties set. Both methods, of course, are over my
head.
Let's try the second method, which seems easier.
What is xref.properties? The example given lists name="color" and a
test for it. I don't recognize the name="color" attribute here. What
other attributes could you use here? Is there some kind of reference
for what can go inside xref.properties?
The earlier example in the same section shows a stylesheet
customization that looks inside sect1 or section and whenever it sees
an xref, it inserts an FO statement when the $purpose="xref":
<xsl:template match="sect1|sect2|sect3|sect4|sect5|section"
mode="insert.title.markup">
<xsl:param name="purpose"/>
<xsl:param name="xrefstyle"/>
<xsl:param name="title"/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$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 I don't understand purpose='xref' here. What is purpose and how
would a writer specify this? Did this template just create
name="purpose" out of thin air or is this something already described
in a stylesheet? In fact, the first part of this doesn't make sense at
all to me; can anyone explain what is going on with purpose and
mode="insert.title.markup" (I recognize xrefstyle and title but not
the rest).
Thanks for your help.
Robert
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