Sounds to me like an XSLT challenge, rather than a FOP one. Hummm... interesting thing to work on when I've got some time to spend..
Cheers, Michiel $ -----Original Message----- $ From: Ramin Firoozye [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] $ Sent: zondag 11 november 2001 23:12 $ To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ Subject: Q: Generating indexes $ $ $ Greetings all, $ $ I've searched the fop-dev archive, combed through the draft spec, and $ trawled around Google, but haven't found an easy way to solve $ the 'Index $ Generation' problem. $ $ I'm trying to generate a traditional end-of-book index using $ FOP (version $ 0.20.2). $ The idea is that in the XML document source the author can $ specify something $ like: $ $ <doc> $ ... $ The moose<index entry="Animal" /> frolics with the <index $ entry="Animal" $ />squirrel in the field. $ ... $ The <index entry="Animal" />geese smiled at the Kayaker. $ ... $ </doc> $ $ >From this, you want to end up with something like: $ $ A $ ---------- $ Animal 12, 18, 20 $ 25, 39 $ $ Ant 1, 15 $ ... $ $ Anyway, I've got most of it worked out in my head (and it hurts (:-) $ especially the bit about multiple page-number-citations $ referencing a single $ index entry). It all is so godawful gnarly and I thought I'd $ ask to see if $ anybody has figured out an easier way to do this in XSL:FO. $ $ Any tips or references would be appreciated. $ $ Thanks, $ Ramin $ --- $ Ramin Firoozye - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Wizen Software, San Francisco, CA. $ --- $ $ $ --------------------------------------------------------------------- $ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
