It's not an XXE bug, it's a feature of the docbook design. I forget all the reasons for it, but it was definitely a deliberate decision, not an accident. I believe that the issue is discussed at length in the docbook mail archive (http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook/ ), if you want to check it out for yourself.
A more technical person can correct me, but I suspect that inserting sections in any old place complicates the programming side of things (like XSL style sheets) a lot. And programmability is the point of XML, I think. Speaking as a tech writer who has lived with docbook for several years), it has not proved to be a very severe restriction and may even have improved my writing :-). Ciao, Denis On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 15:37, Michel Kergoat wrote: > Hello! > I see this issue as an "intellectual bug". > I do not understand why one could not insert a <section> between two > <para> excepted maybe an overdose of "computer cartesianism". > Are there (shouldn't it be) some authors in the docbook's commities ? > I say this because I do sometimes take my head between my hands asking > why I could not do something that is natural with my mind... And I can > not choose between xxe or docbook's fault at first tight. > But keep smiling, I'm still using xxe and docbook and they are better > and better, and I think I write well with... > > Now, the "killer" question : we are several asking for a "layout mode", > that is, an easy and productive way to work at the layout of a (docbook) > document. As I did mail this list, you seems to find this interesting > and a good / reasonable wish. What is it on, if something is, whith this > issue? > Cheers > Michel:-) > > Denis Bradford a ?crit: > > >I believe that docbook does not allow subsections in the position you > >want, and that it must be the last element in the parent section. It > >does take some getting used to, but you have to organize your content > >accordingly. So, you cannot have any content after the subsection > >(except another subsection). For example: > > > ><section> > > <para></para> > > <section> > > <para></para> > > </section> > > <section> > > <para></para> > > </section> > ></section> > > > >Good luck, > >Denis > > > >On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 06:44, Carmona Perez, David wrote: > > > > > >>Thanks, > >> > >>The problem is that I had: > >> > >><section> > >> <para> > >> </para> > >><!-My position is here--> > >> <para> > >> </para> > >></section> > >> > >>And the DTD forbids adding a section in the middle of two para's. The > >>program doesn't warn you of this. If I remove the last para everything is > >>ok. > >> > >>-------- > >>David > >> > >>-----Mensaje original----- > >>De: David Cramer (Tech Pubs) [mailto:dcramer at motive.com] > >>Enviado el: domingo, 28 de septiembre de 2003 18:20 > >>Para: Carmona Perez, David; xmleditor-support at xmlmind.com > >>Asunto: RE: [XXE] Sub-sections problem > >> > >>It takes a little getting used to, but once you do it makes sense and you > >>see it's a graceful solution to the "wysiwyg v. control of markup" problem. > >>Use the node path bar to select the last child of the section and then > >>"Insert after": > >> > >><book> > >> <title>Foo</title> > >> <chapter> > >> <title>Blah</title> > >> <section> > >> <title>blah</title> > >> <para>Use the node path bar to select this para and > >> do an insert after to insert a section</para> > >> <!-- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --> > >> </section> > >> </chapter> > >></book> > >> > >>Be sure to read the 'being productive' page in the help > >><http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/docs/user/userguide4.html>. > >> > >>David > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Carmona Perez, David [mailto:DPerezCar at fcc.es] > >>Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 6:35 AM > >>To: xmleditor-support at xmlmind.com > >>Subject: [XXE] Sub-sections problem > >> > >> > >>Hi all, > >> > >>I'm evaluating the XMLMind editor, for creating DocBook documentation, but > >>have a I can't inserting a <sect2> element inside a <sect1> element. It > >>simply doesn't appear in the list. > >>The same happens with adding a <section> element inside a <chapter> element. > >> > >>I've used the DocBook | Book template. > >> > >>Does anyone know the cause? > >>Thanks in advance for any answer. > >>-------- > >>David > >> > >>-- > >>XMLmind XML Editor Support List > >>xmleditor-support at xmlmind.com > >>http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support > >> > >> > > > > > >-- > >XMLmind XML Editor Support List > >xmleditor-support at xmlmind.com > >http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support > > > > > > > >
