On mar, 2016-11-15 at 10:05 +0100, Hussein Shafie wrote: > Excuse me to insist on this, but we really, really, don't want you to > loose your time with our product: > > --> If you are really used to work successfully with <xref > xlink:href="#foo">, which seems to be the case given what you wrote > below, then our product will get in the way. In such case, we strongly > recommend that you consider using another DocBook editor. <-- > Detailed explanations below. > > > > > On 11/14/2016 02:17 PM, Vincent Bossier wrote: > > > > > > There is one difference though: <xref xlink:href="#foo"> allows cross- > > referencing across different files. I use typically this when I work on a > > large > > document and store each chapter in a dedicated file. > > > I'm sorry but I don't understand what you wrote. > > To my knowledge, xlink:href="#foo" precisely means "link to foo" where > anchor "foo" is found in this file (just like with HTML). While > linkend="foo" means "link to foo" wherever anchor "foo" may be.
You are right, <xref linkend="foo"/> works well even across different files included from a top file with xinclude. The xlink:href stuff must be a left-over from previous experiments. Sorry for the time loss and thank you for you support. [snip] Vincent -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List xmleditor-support@xmlmind.com http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support
