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Re: [docbook-apps] QandA chunking


On Friday 18 July 2003 19:03, Bob Stayton wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 07:54:41PM +0100, Dave Pawson wrote:
> > At 18:12 18/07/2003 +0100, CPH wrote:
> > >Hi all,
> > >         I've converted my FAQ to the QandA format.
> > >However previously I was using sections to chunk my document.
> > >However now I'm trying to figure out what I should use to get the same
> > >behaviour using QandA ?
> > >For the list I found at
> > >http://www.dpawson.co.uk/docbook/styling/custom.html#d1669e721
> > >I cannot find a tag which I can insert between a QandASet and a QandADiv
> > >to enable chunking.
> > >
> > >Am I on the wrong track again ?
>
> If you are using the stock stylesheets, I've found it
> easiest to put each qandaset into an actual section
> element.[1]  That way they get into the table of contents
> and can be easily chunked with chunk.xsl.
>
> To get chunk.xsl to chunk at qandadiv boundaries would
> require customization of the chunking templates, which
> is challenging at least.
>
> [1] http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/QandAchunking.html

The problem I have with this solution is that I thought that I could move from 
my previous use of sections to teh QandA tags. But I see that if I wan 
chunking I have to keep my sections. 
So then it is not very clear to me what advantage QandA tags will give me ?

Thanks
CPH

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