RE: Opening SGML
Serge, Did your customer give you a structured application with the SGML file? (The structured application consists of at least an EDD and application definition. It can also include Read/Write rules, and a template, and maybe even some other things.) If so, you'll need to use that. If not, you'll need to create one. Further to this, all you really need is the DTD for the original SGML (which may include an SGML declaration file and entity files, or not). You can quickly generate an EDD from the DTD in Frame. The imported SGML won't look pretty, but it will parse correctly. From that point you can refine the EDD and develop a structured application to convert various elements into Frame objects like markers, graphics, and tables. Drew Avis - Technical Writer QNX Software Systems Ltd. Ottawa, Ontario ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Basic question about Structured Frame
The question is this: if our documents were authored in Structured Frame, could we use the same topic at a heading 1 level in one document and at a heading 2 level in another document? If so, in a very general way (no need to write a small book!) how does this work? Hi Rick, it depends entirely on your DTD/Schema, but if designed correctly, it's easy to do. For example, assume your DTD has a section element, which contains a title and para: section titleMy Section/title paraSome content./para /section You could allow the section element to be used in other sections, or at the top level of a chapter: chapter section titleMy Section/title paraSome content./para section titleMy Second Section/title paraSome more content./para /section /section Using the level rules in your Frame EDD, you could format the title according to its level. For an example that implements this concept, see the recursive section element in DocBook: http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/section.html If you have a copy of Frame, you can open a new, blank DocBook document, and play around with nested sections to get an idea. Drew Avis - Technical Writer QNX Software Systems Ltd. Ottawa, Ontario ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Structured Frame saving XML
> Our source documents are in XML and we edit in structured > Frame. I have XSL processes running successfully on Open and > Save and I have no issues with the validity of the XML which > Frame is giving me. However I do have an issue with the > layout. Because our XML files are managed by a source control > system, I would like to minimize the differences between > revisions, and Frame's apparent perversity regarding > line-wrapping in particular is making this difficult. > > Is it following any rules at all? > Can we know what they are? > Can we change them? Hi Trevor, look at the "line break" and "preserve line breaks" rules in the Structure Application Developer's Guide manual for your read/write rules file. Drew Avis - Technical Writer QNX Software Systems Ltd. Ottawa, Ontario
Opening SGML
> Serge, > > Did your customer give you a structured application with the > SGML file? > (The structured application consists of at least an EDD and > application definition. It can also include Read/Write rules, > and a template, and maybe even some other things.) If so, > you'll need to use that. If not, you'll need to create one. Further to this, all you really need is the DTD for the original SGML (which may include an SGML declaration file and entity files, or not). You can quickly generate an EDD from the DTD in Frame. The imported SGML won't look pretty, but it will parse correctly. From that point you can refine the EDD and develop a structured application to convert various elements into Frame objects like markers, graphics, and tables. Drew Avis - Technical Writer QNX Software Systems Ltd. Ottawa, Ontario
Basic question about Structured Frame
> The question is this: if our documents were authored in > Structured Frame, could we use the same topic at a heading 1 > level in one document and at a heading 2 level in another > document? If so, in a very general way (no need to write a > small book!) how does this work? Hi Rick, it depends entirely on your DTD/Schema, but if designed correctly, it's easy to do. For example, assume your DTD has a element, which contains a and : My Section Some content. You could allow the element to be used in other sections, or at the top level of a chapter: My Section Some content. My Second Section Some more content. Using the level rules in your Frame EDD, you could format the according to its level. For an example that implements this concept, see the recursive section element in DocBook: http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/section.html If you have a copy of Frame, you can open a new, blank DocBook document, and play around with nested sections to get an idea. Drew Avis - Technical Writer QNX Software Systems Ltd. Ottawa, Ontario
