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Re: Simple example to generate a TOC in a DVI and a PDFfile
- To: Ross Smith <ross at uprizer dot com>
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Simple example to generate a TOC in a DVI and a PDFfile
- From: "Juan R. Migoya" <jmigoya at ingeteam dot es>
- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 08:11:41 +0100
- Cc: docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Organization: ITSA
- References: <HJEEKBOOCDHJJHKJLFFKAEJPCCAA.ross@uprizer.com>
If you are using Laex, you should run it two or three times to
get the correct ref. numbers.
Regards,
Juan R. Migoya
Ross Smith wrote:
>
> I have spent several days trying to create a DVI and a PDF file that
> contains a Table of Contents (TOC), to no avail.
>
> Does anyone know where I could find very simple example (or instructions) to
> create a DVI/PDF that contains a TOC?
>
> The best I've ever done is create a DVI where the table of contents contains
> proper page numbers for the first page, but all other page numbers say '???'
> or '-999'. dvi2ps won't even attempt to convert the resultant file,
> spitting out a hundred errors.
>
> I have made numerous attempts with several different source files, using the
> collateindex.pl script, but still have come up empty handed.
>
> When outputting to HTML, I do get an index, so I know I'm doing something
> right.
>
> I have used the phpdoc and Linux Documentation Project files to try to build
> on what others have done, but both of these are *way* to complicated. I
> can't get either of these to build.
>
> My environment:
>
> RedHat 7.0 (and/or Debian 2.2 Potato)
> DocBook 4.1
> DocBook XML 4.1.2
> DSSSL 1.60
> OpenJade 1.3
> JadeTex 2.20
>
> aTdHvAaNnKcSe,
>
> Ross Smith
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