Thanks - I'll keep hacking it using your suggestion. I had already added the directory generator for the content but I can see your idea wrt to getting this into the tabs.xml file.
On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 21:21:31 +0000, Ross Gardler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ross Gardler wrote: > > Andy J wrote: > > > >> Has anyone done something to populate a tab from an aggregation of > >> files in a directory? I read in the documentation > >> (http://forrest.apache.org/docs/linking.html#menu_generation) about > >> using an alternative tab generation method to select by directory - > >> but I don't want that methodology for every tab, just one. That is, > >> what I'm trying to do is have one tab that gets its entries from all > >> the files in a certain directory, e.g.: > >> > >> <foolist label="Foos" href="foos/" tab="foolist"> > >> <!-- picks up all entries in foos/ and does their transformation > >> as per the pipeline --> > >> <summary label="Summary" href="foos/"/> > >> </foolist> > >> > >> If I understand the documentation, it's pretty clear on how to create > >> a pipeline for processing the object files themselves into XML but I'm > >> not sure how I'd go about getting the tab setup. > >> > >> Could anyone offer anything with the tabs and/or sitemap entry? > > > > > > This is not currently possible, although it has been discussed before as > > a possible enhancement. If you fancy having a go at creating this > > functionality that would be cool. Here are a few pointers: > > > > - tab.xml is processed in tabs.xmap > > - cocoon provides a directory generator > > http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/userdocs/generators/directory-generator.html > > > > Try something like: > > > > > > <map:select type="exists"> > > <map:when test="{project:content.xdocs}tabs.xml"> > > <!-- process as per current behaviour --> > > </map:when> > > <map:otherwise> > > <!-- use directory generator to read directory, transform > > with XSL an serialise --> > > </map:otherwise> > > </map:select> > > Just realised this is too simple, I'm rushing to get through mail > backlogs and not thinking it through properly. The above will only > create the <!-- picks up all entries in foos/ and does their > transformation as per the pipeline --> part of your requirement. It will > not allow you to include this in an existing tabs.xml file. In order to > do this you need to have the tabs.xml file include the relevant entries. > The best way to do this would be to use XInclude so you would have > something like: > > <xi:include href="do/generateDirTabs/ROOT_DIR"/> > > Then use the cocoon directory generator linked to above to generate the > XML file to be included at this point. > > Note that this is well beyond the scope of the user mail list, this is > now developer stuff. If you want to pursue this further please move the > discussion to the dev list. > > Ross > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.8 - Release Date: 03/01/2005 > >
