On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 11:13:37AM +0400, Vitaly Ostanin wrote:
> Bob Stayton wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 07:06:26PM +0400, Vitaly Ostanin wrote:
>
> <skipped>
>
> > applies. Do you mean you want xref to be able to declare
> > some fallback text if the generated text is not available?
>
> Yes, but not generated text - if target 'id' not available.
>
> >>In DocBook DTD "idref" attributes point to "id" which must exist,
> >>right? It's possible to add element, which will control situation
> >>when "id" not exist in current edition ? "id" may be visible
> >>after join of documents.
> >
> > That's true, and you don't find out until you vaildate the
> > joined document. I don't know of another tool that can check
> > across includes or system entities for ID/IDREFs.
>
> I need fallback element for xref to stop errors when target 'id'
> not available (when I edit separated document). After join of
> document all 'id' must be available.
You get the error message when you edit the separated
document? That's an editor issue, not a stylesheet issue.
>
> May be to add parameter to stylesheets, which will control errors
> for not available id's ?
You can also replace <xref> and <link> with <olink> for
links within a document. That enables you to treat
them as separate modules, and you won't get ID/IDREF
errors when editing.
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