On 03/21/2013 09:49 PM, Pierce Tyler wrote:
If I include a section (with an id) more than once in a book--and I use
the 'use.id.as.filename' conversion parameter--in the resulting .html I
get one file that matches the original .xml filename, but the others
have a system-generated name. Example: the original 'section.xml' used
twice in a book becomes 'section.html' and 'section.jaenu.html' in the
.html output.
Looking at the reference "Docbook XSL: The Complete Guide" I see in the
chapter 'Modular DocBook files' that it should be possible to avoid this
situation. Quoting from that book: "Put your second XInclude inside its
own |section| element with a different ID value. And avoid the original
ID value by selecting the children of the |section| element with an
XPointer expression."
My problem is I cannot figure out how to put my second XInclude inside
its own section element (as described) by using the XML Editor
interface. I know there must be a way but I can't seem to figure it out.
Any suggestions appreciated.
--> Use Options|Preferences, Edit section and select "Allow advanced use
of XInclude". This is done once for all.
You may want to also check "Warn about advanced use of XInclude"
(recommended).
See http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/editOptions.html
--> [1] Open the document containing the source section element (whose
contents is to be included in a target section element).
[2] Select the source section element.
[3] Select all its child nodes using Select|Select All Children
(keyboard shortcut: Esc Down_Arrow).
See http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/selectMenu.html
[4] Use Edit|Reference|Copy as Reference (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Shift-C)
See http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/referenceMenu.html
[5] Open the document containing the target section element. The target
section element has an ID which is different from the one of the source
section element.
[6] Select all its child nodes as explained in [3].
[7] Use Edit|Paste (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl-V).
Note that this generates standard, though quite avanced, XInclude. Example:
---
<section id="copy">
<xi:include href=""
xpointer="xpointer(id('modular_documents')/node())"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</section>
---
We doubt that software other than XMLmind XML Editor can cope with this
avanced use of XInclude. That is, you'll have to limit yourself to using
XMLmind XML Editor (or command-line utility convertdoc) to transform
your document to other formats.
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