Hi Hussein,
Thank you very much for your reply and good proposals.
I did not use "Force Deletion" from the Edit menu, however if this
function has a keyboard shortcut, then I might have done it by mistake.
As regards to "wrapping" consecutive elements, to be able to "copy as
reference", my idea is as follows:
<para xml:id="parWrap">
<para>
Paragraph 1
</para>
<para>
Paragraph 2
</para>
<figure>
<title>
.....
</figure>
</para>
and then I should be able to refer to the two paragraphs and the one
figure all-together by using the ID "parWrap".
I see that it is not possible (and recommended) to wrap these 3 elements
using a "para", however I have tried now using an "InformalExample", and
it works. Is this the recommended way to do this, i.e. grouping and naming
consecutive elements for external references.
Best reg. Kaj.
-----Original Message-----
From: Hussein Shafie [mailto:huss...@xmlmind.com]
Sent: 4. juni 2013 12:58
To: Kaj Hjøllund Jensen
Cc: 'xmleditor-support@xmlmind.com'
Subject: Re: [XXE] Edit / Reference / Copy as reference is grey
On 06/04/2013 09:15 AM, Kaj Hjøllund Jensen wrote:
>
> Thank you very much for your reply, -this explains very well what the
> problem is, however it does not explain how xml-mind has allowed this
> text without a para. I only used XML-mind to edit the document, and I
> am the only author. Can it have happened during some copy/paste
operation ?
>
In principle, this is almost impossible to achieve:
* May be your document was initially structurally invalid (that is,
severely invalid) and in such case, XMLmind XML Editor puts temporarily
itself in a ``lenient'' mode. It automatically switches from ``lenient''
mode to its normal ``strict'' mode once all validity errors have been
fixed by the user.
OR
* May be you have used "Edit|Force Deletion" (
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/editMenu.html )
because you were stuck. This caused the document to become structurally
invalid and XMLmind XML Editor automatically entered the ``lenient''
mode.
> I have corrected the full document now, and there were many places where
> text had been inserted without being enclosed by a paragraph. Now, only
> after fixing all occurrences, "Copy as Reference" works again. I will
keep
> a look in the future, to get a clue how I got this plain text inserted,
> and let you know.
See above.
>
> My next challenge is that I would like to "Wrap" some paragraphs and
> figures together inside a paragraph, so that I am able to reference it
all
> together with a "copy as reference".
> I have marked the elements to be wrapped, but when I select to Wrap, the
> "Para" is not an option. Which wrapping element can I chose for this
> purpose ?
I'm sorry but I don't understand "some paragraphs and figures together
inside a paragraph".
If a paragraph contains anything other than inline elements and inline
images, then it is not a paragraph any more.
The fact that the DocBook 5 schema (a mistake IMHO) allows to insert
figures, lists, tables, etc, inside a para does not mean that you have
to do it.
When you want to add a figure, list or table (i.e. a ``block'') to your
document, please use the DocBook toolbar or "Insert After" or "Insert
Before" for that. Please do not use "Insert".
The DocBook 5 elements expected to contain images, captions, etc, are:
* http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/informalfigure.html
* http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/figure.html
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