Re: [docbook-apps] xrefstyle attribute; pagenumber; %p

["Bob Stayton" <bobs at sagehill dot net>]

Don't put the id on the title element.  Put it on the element that contains
the title. A title element does not output its id value to the XSL-FO.

Regarding the quotes, you can use single quotes to contain an attribute
value in XML, which leaves double quotes available to use in the value.

<xref linkend="FreedomCenterxref"
   xrefstyle='template:"%t" on page %p'/>

Hope this helps.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Whitlatch" <swhitlat@getnet.net>
To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 1:02 AM
Subject: [docbook-apps] xrefstyle attribute; pagenumber; %p


> Hello,
>
> I am using the "xref" element's "xrefstyle" attribute in an attempt to
> create customized xrefs. I'm following along with "Chapter 13. Cross
> references" in DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide.
>
> I have in some XML, for example:
>   <para>For detailed information on Freedom Center, see
>      <xref linkend="FreedomCenterxref"/> on page
>      <xref linkend="FreedomCenterxref"
>            xrefstyle="select: pagenumber"/>.
>   </para>
>
> Later on in the document, I have:
> . . .
> <title id="FreedomCenterxref">Freedom Center</title>
> . . .
>
> So, there is an id for the linkend.
>
> In my XSL customization layer (using the 1.65-0 DocBook XSL
> stylesheets), I have:
>   <xsl:param name="insert.xref.page.number">maybe</xsl:param>
>
> I don't think anything else in my customization layer is pertinent.
>
> Using xmllint, the document validates against the DocBook XML 4.3RC3
> DTD, and xsltproc creates the fo with no complaint.
>
> But FOP complains and errors out. The command:
> "fop -c /usr/local/fop/conf/cfg.xml -fo f2Arch.fo -pdf f2Arch.pdf"
> results in this error message at the point at which FOP reaches the
> xrefstyle attribute:
> page-number-citation must contain "ref-id"
>
> I grepped through the DocBook 4.3 DTD directory and the DocBook XSL
> 1.65-0 directory. No mention found of "xref-id".
>
> Maybe I have found an FOP bug? Maybe not!
> Suggestions? Comments?
>
> The xrefstyle attribute is just what I need. According to the
> documentation, it will allow me the freedom to create custom xrefs as
> needed. I is a good addition to DocBook.
>
> Also, I found that using
>
> <xref linkend="FreedomCenterxref"
>   xrefstyle="template:'%t' on page %p"/>
>
> produces the same error message from fop. (And how can I turn those
> single quotes into double quotes? Escaping like \"%t\" did not seem
> to work.)
>
> Leaving off the %p part makes everything OK, but of course I lose the
> pagenumber.
>
> xsltproc --version
> ***************
> Using libxml 20606, libxslt 10103 and libexslt 803
> xsltproc was compiled against libxml 20606, libxslt 10103 and libexslt
> 803
> libxslt 10103 was compiled against libxml 20606
> libexslt 803 was compiled against libxml 20606
> ******************
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve Whitlatch
>
>
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