Hi I have located the source of the problem: a restriction of DocBook that sections must always be "last" so no para element may exist outside and after a section.
Thanks, Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Brooks > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 11:43 AM > To: xmleditor-support at xmlmind.com > Cc: Peter Brooks (E-mail) > Subject: Re: XXE V2.0beta and Simplified DocBook > > Hi, > > This is almost certainly a newbie question, but so far I > haven't been able to locate an answer in the resources I have checked. > > I'm using Simplified DocBook with (the excellent) XMLmind XML > Editor V2.0beta, under Win2K and experiencing what may be a > bug with regard to attempting to nest Section elements. > Whether that bug arises somehow in Simplified DocBook or in > XXE I can't tell - hence my query here. > > It appears that if I create a handful of sections to map out > the (somewhat known) structure of a document in progress, > then create some content in one of the sections (as it is > provided to me), if I attempt to nest a section within that > section that now has content, it is not possible - the > section element is not offered in the list of allowed elements. > > If I go to one of the "empty" sections, where no content has > been developed, and attempt to nest sections, I can do so to > my heart's content :) > > One possible interim solution is to create all the nested > sections I can imagine, and then later delete those I end up > not needing, but that's not a satisfactory long term solution. > > If a section has para elements in it, I can still nest > sections, so the type of content seems to be important. It's > possible that the presence in a section of itemized or > ordered lists may be the sticking point, but so far the > pressure of looming deadlines has prevented me from > experimenting further. > > Anyone have any (polite) suggestions/ideas? > > Many thanks, > > Peter Brooks > Contract Technical Writer > >
