On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 1:59 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > David: > > This is great. I will try it out and let you know. > Thank you very much for the nudge! > > /Gregorio > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Cramer <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Cc: Kasun Gajasinghe <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Jul 7, 2010 4:07 pm > Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] TOC on every page of DocBook HTML Chunked > output > > Sure, and welcome to the GSOC2010 Webhelp project test team! ;-) > > Your first task will be to test the installation instructions: > > http://www.thingbag.net/docbook/gsoc2010/doc/content/ch02s01.html > > For step 3 "Download the package", you'll have to get the code from > subversion. Use a subversion client to check out the following: > > svn co > https://docbook.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/docbook/branches/webhelp/xsl/webhelp > > > Email Kasun and me with any questions. > > Thanks, > David > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]?>] > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 07, 2010 2:49 PM > *To:* David Cramer; [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [docbook-apps] TOC on every page of DocBook HTML Chunked > output > > David: > Yes this is exactly what I am looking to do! Well the collapsable TOC and > the Search menu there are extras above the scope of what I am looking for - > but I am sure that would more than welcome if I could get that to happen. > > It sure looks good, and I am sure Kasun put a heck of a lot of effort into > that.... and yes I looked at the source and it is exactly what I would like > (no frames/iframes).... only thing I still haven't a clue how to do that. I > have messed around with putting the toc in frames, and I really don't want > that - nor do I like it. > I can only guess it was extensive customizations, and nothing in the > standard stylesheets. > Is there anyway I can get a nudge in the direction of how I could go about > generating something similar with my docbook XML? > > It really is outstanding work! > > Hello Gregorio, Thanks and welcome to the team. You'd be the first user of WebHelp! :-)
WebHelp can get to work with few further modifications that will allow all users to use it out-of-the-box like other DocBook StyleSheets, but we have to do further testing on what works and what needs to be improved. We will be working hard to get things done as quickly as we can. You are more than welcome if you plan to contribute to it, such as fixes you could do or feature additions (code is at docbook svn branch which David mentioned). The planned time schedule can be found here: http://wiki.docbook.org/topic/WebHelpGsoc2010 regards, /KasunBG ~~~*******'''''''''''''*******~~~ Kasun Gajasinghe, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Blog: http://kasunbg.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/kasunbg > > Thanks, > /Gregorio > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Cramer <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Sent: Wed, Jul 7, 2010 3:14 pm > Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] TOC on every page of DocBook HTML Chunked > output > > You mean something like this? > http://www.thingbag.net/docbook/gsoc2010/doc/content/ch01.html > > That happens to be a GSOC project that Kasun Gajasinghe is working on right > now :-) (Note: I'm his gsoc mentor) > > Each page in the webhelp is a single html page. The toc and search tabs are > divs. There are some interesting problems Kasun had to address. For > example, when you go from page to page using the Next button or > crossreferences, you want the toc to preserve its state. So Kasun stores the > state of the toc in a cookie and restores it when you get to the next page. > Likewise with the search. If you did a search and click on a link in the > results, you still want to see the same results on a new page. With all that > going on, performance is an issue for large docs. We're using the Definitive > Guide as our test case for that and have gotten things working pretty well > considering the size of the document: > http://www.thingbag.net/docbook/gsoc2010/defguideout/content/ch01.html > > The code is in subversion on the webhelp branch if you want to play with > it. > > Currently, Kasun is working on adding stemming and Chinese and Japanese > support to the search. This is a very challenging portion of the project, so > wish him luck! If anyone has expertise in the stemming or in tokenizing > CJKV, we'd love to hear from you :-) > > Btw., you may also be interested in the website customization, which is > also a gsoc project and similarly uses a <div> to produce a table of > contents. In the case of website, however, you're content is an instance of > a customized version of the DocBook schema that is optimized for creating > websites. > > David > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 07, 2010 1:40 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [docbook-apps] TOC on every page of DocBook HTML Chunked output > > Hello all: > > I saw a brief thread about this topic in the list here, but I still > don't understand how this can be easily accomplished. > > I am trying to get a persistent TOC to output on every page of my Chunked > DocBook HTML output. Preferably as a DIV alongside a div of the relevant > content. > I guess it would be somewhat like the page header or footer generated with > the standard stylesheets when creating chunked HTML. Only instead of being > at the top or bottom of each page I am looking for it to appear along the > left side, like a navigation bar showing the contents and of course linking > to them. > It seems to me like this is not a unique request, and someone could be > doing this without excessive customization. > Is there any way to accomplish this using the standard docbook tools?? > (stock stylesheets, xsltproc) > If so I would greatly appreciate a pointer in the right direction - even if > only to some further documentation. > I would really appreciate it! > Thanks in advance! > > /Gregorio > > >
