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Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Current date?
Dave Pawson wrote:
<?dbtimestamp format="..."?>
for inserting current date. And
<?dbtimestamp format="..." cvsdate="$Date: ....$"?>
for inserting date taken from CVS tag?
Yes to the first one (assuming the wg came to that decision).
PIs doesn't affect DocBook DTD which is under the control of DocBook TC.
I meant implementing some quasi standard PI supported by DocBook XSL
stylesheets. Motivation was fact, that it is quite common to insert date
of generation/last modification automatically into processed documents
and this feature is not in stylesheets now. So everyone interested is
forced to reinvent the wheel for himself.
No to the second one.
Why? If you don't use CVS, just don't use this form of PI which can
extract timestamp from CVS timestamp.
Norm says he uses it for CVS dates, so that may be how
he uses it (I guess that implies that's how he gets it too?)
but please don't tell me how it *must* be used Jirka?
No one forces you to use these or any other PIs. If you want these
functionality, use thses PIs, else forget about them.
Today, if I want to use docbook styling, I use the latest version (or not).
If I don't like it I override it with a specialisation.
I guess that's what I'm asking for.
Here is the 'standard' way to say 'insert the date'.
If I don't want it I dont use it.
If I want it but want to mess with it, then I override the general
with my own customisation.
You can always customize template for processing PI as any other template.
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