On 09/13/2018 04:57 PM, Vic Steadman wrote:
While I personally prefer to avoid inline links/references in favour of using
"related information" at the end of each topic, I am bound by what my customers
want. And what customers want is often inline references and associated tooltips.
I therefore request an enhancement to process the <shortdesc> element as a
tooltip when a document set is published to a web format.
It should process the <shortdesc> from individual topics from wherever they are
referenced (topicref, glossref, keyref etc.). Any <shortdesc> inserted as part of
topicmeta in a topicref should override the parent topic description. (though I cannot
immediately think of an example of where I might need this.
OK. We'll try to implement the following feature:
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Use the <shortdesc> of a <keydef> to generate a "tooltip" when this
<keydef> is used to create a link.
Example, the "XDR" keydef:
---
<keydef format="html" href="http://www.xmlmind.com/docrep/"; keys="XDR"
scope="external">
<topicmeta>
<linktext>XMLmind Document Repository</linktext>
<shortdesc>XMLmind Document Repository is a <i>web-based</i>
document
store featuring <i>automatic</i>, <i>transparent</i>,
<i>versioning</i>. It is a compromise between the simplicity of a
shared folder and the power of a revision control system (CVS,
Subversion, etc). This compromise between simplicity and power
aims to
be well-adapted to the needs of the technical writer.</shortdesc>
</topicmeta>
</keydef>
</topichead>
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Example, using the "XDR" keydef in <ph> (but also <cite>, <keyword>,
<dt>, <term>, <xref>):
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<strow>
<stentry><ph keyref="XDR"/></stentry>
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in the next version of XMLmind DITA Converter
(http://www.xmlmind.com/ditac/), because this obviously makes sense.
We cannot promise to do more.
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