Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Request For Clarification: Indexterm processing in auto-index generation.

2008-03-13 Thread Dave Pawson
Bob Stayton wrote: FrameMaker's online help index uses this format: cats [1] dogs [1] [2] where the [1] is the hot text that takes you to the point destination. All entries have [1], and any duplicates get more numbers. It is pretty obvious that those are not page numbers. Just another

Re: [docbook-apps] [docbook] PDF Convertion faults

2008-03-13 Thread fingerli
-I don't understand what you mean by breakup. With breakup i mean hyphenation. Sorry bout my worse english. :) - This works when I try it. Does your XML file declare the xl namespace? It works in PDF and HTML Help but in Java Help they don't work. - the formatting with CSS doesn't work. Is

Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Request For Clarification: Indexterm processing in auto-index generation.

2008-03-13 Thread Dave Pawson
Norman Walsh wrote: I wonder if *both* would be a better compromise. Using square brackets to indicate hot text, suppose there's one index term in the section with section title, two in the section with other section title, three in the section with third section title and one again in the

RE: [docbook-apps] Re: Request For Clarification: Indexterm processing in auto-index generation.

2008-03-13 Thread Cavicchio_Rob
Dave Pawson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My basic point is that the author should identify duplicates (perhaps from viewing the presented format) and do something about it. I disagree with this, because it forces the author to presume a specific output format when creating the source. If

[docbook-apps] Re: Request For Clarification: Indexterm processing in auto-index generation.

2008-03-13 Thread Norman Walsh
/ Dave Pawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: | Norman Walsh wrote: | I wonder if *both* would be a better compromise. | Using square brackets to indicate hot text, suppose there's one index | term in the section with section title, two in the section with | other section title, three in the

[docbook-apps] Re: Request For Clarification: Indexterm processing in auto-index generation.

2008-03-13 Thread Norman Walsh
/ Dave Pawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: | Bob Stayton wrote: | FrameMaker's online help index uses this format: | | cats [1] | dogs [1] [2] | | where the [1] is the hot text that takes you to the point | destination. All entries have [1], and any duplicates get more | numbers. It is

Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Request For Clarification: Indexterm processing in auto-index generation.

2008-03-13 Thread Bob Stayton
Including the section titles should be made optional, if they are included at all. While they provide some context for selecting a reference, we don't use them in PDF indexes, and they clutter up the index considerably. Once you accept references to point destinations, the original reason for

[docbook-apps] Can't change style of retrieve-marker in header

2008-03-13 Thread rmatthews
Hi While tinkering with the header.content template I hit upon a problem where I can't control the style used to render a retrieve-marker. As the example shows below I can demonstrate the problem by outputting text and the marker text. But when rendered the header shows the text in a plain

Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Request For Clarification: Indexterm processing in auto-index generation.

2008-03-13 Thread Stefan Seefeld
Bob Stayton wrote: Including the section titles should be made optional, if they are included at all. While they provide some context for selecting a reference, we don't use them in PDF indexes, and they clutter up the index considerably. Once you accept references to point destinations,

[docbook-apps] Creating customized itemizedlist ...

2008-03-13 Thread Anagha Tongaonkar
Hello Folks, I am trying to add a parameter list, which will have a list of parameters. I added new element parlist by duplicating the existing element "itemizedlist" and I added, as it's member, an element "paritem" (duplicated the existing element "listitem"). I have created a customized

RE: [docbook-apps] Creating customized itemizedlist ...

2008-03-13 Thread Dick Hamilton
Anagha, The code you included below has a few problems: - I wouldn't combine the itemizedlist and parlist templates; Rather, I'd copy the itemizedlist template and turn it into a separate parlist template. - Then, you can replace matches for listitem with matches for paritem and not

Re: [docbook-apps] Creating customized itemizedlist ...

2008-03-13 Thread Anagha Tongaonkar
Hello Dick, Thank you for your reply. I will try it out this way. I am adding customized elements because, besides documentation, these need to be further processed in our applications. Regards, Anagha Dick Hamilton wrote: Message Anagha, The code you included below has a