Petr Nalevka wrote:
>
> I have implemented a simple command to insert DocBook cross references
> using xref.
>
> Here is the code:
> <command name="db5.insertXref">
> <macro repeatable="true" undoable="true" label="Insert XRef">
> <sequence>
> <pass>
> <command name="insert" parameter="into
> {http://docbook.org/ns/docbook}xref
> <http://docbook.org/ns/docbook%7Dxref>"/>
> </pass>
> <command name="insert" parameter="into
> {http://docbook.org/ns/docbook}xref
> <http://docbook.org/ns/docbook%7Dxref>"/>
>
> <set variable="idList" expression="//@xml:id"/>
> <get expression="$idList" />
>
> <command name="pick" parameter="'Select crossreference linkend'
> false %_" />
> <command name="putAttribute" parameter="linkend %_" />
> <command name="insertString" parameter=" " />
> </sequence>
> </macro>
> </command>
>
> It works fine, but in a modular document environment it of course shows
> only ID from the current document fragment. If I rather use the
> attribute list dialog and click the "List of values" I get a much better
> list which includes also all xml:ids from included fragments. Would it
> be possible to implement such a comprehensive pick using the XXE commands?
>
> Even better would be to get xml:ids not only from the current fragment
> and all included fragments but also from "Preceding" fragments recursively.
>
Command putAttribute knows that linkend is an IDREF attribute. It will
automatically display the list of all IDs if you do not pass it an
attribute value.
See http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/commands/putAttribute.html
Your macro can be rewritten as follows:
---
<command name="db5.insertXref">
<macro repeatable="true" undoable="true" label="Insert XRef">
<sequence>
<command name="insert" parameter="into
{http://docbook.org/ns/docbook}xref"/>
<command name="putAttribute" parameter="linkend" />
<command name="insertString" parameter=" " />
</sequence>
</macro>
</command>
---
Note that the <pass> is definitely not needed. Your sequence will not be
executed if the schema does not allow an xref to be inserted at caret
position.
