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[docbook-apps] Customizing applethelp.xsl: A few questions
- From: David Shevitz <dshevitz at singlestep dot com>
- To: docbook-apps <docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:34:55 -0700
- Subject: [docbook-apps] Customizing applethelp.xsl: A few questions
Hello all,
I have recently gotten my process for converting my DocBook XML files
into Web-based help working, using the applethelp.xsl stylesheet. The
output is good, but there are some customizations I would like to make.
Since I'm relatively new to DocBook, XML, and all this stuff, I thought
I'd post what I'm think of doing and see if I'm either: (1) asking too
much, or (2) asking to do stuff that is quite difficult to do.
Here are the customizations I'm thinking about:
1. Control the names of the HTML files that are created. Ideally, I'd
like them to have the same name as the top-level heading in the file.
For example, if the highest level headnig is "Section 1," I'd like the
filename to be Section 1.html. (Hm. Would the space prove problematic?)
2. Control when new HTML files are created. For example, I'd like to
create new HTML pages for both Section 1 headings and Section 2
headings. (Right now, it appears it creates a new page for every Section
1 heading only).
3. Create buttons that lead users to the home page, as well as allow
them to navigate either to the previous page or the next page. If #2 is
not feasible, these buttons might have to be in a separate frame, so
they remain visible to the user... or perhaps they could just be added
above each heading somehow...
Anyway, I didn't want to spend hours/days trying to get these
customizations in place without first checking to see if they were even
possible. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Many thanks,
Dave Shevitz
Lead Technical Writer
Singlestep Technologies
http://www.singlestep.com
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