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Re: Inserting external code into docbook


On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 03:06:55PM +0200, Joachim Ziegler wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2002 18:26 schrieb Bob Stayton:
> > Looking back in the archives, it seems that this is how you
> > do it with 4.1.2:
> >
> > <programlisting>
> >   <inlinemediaobject>
> >     <imageobject>
> >       <imagedata fileref="myfunc.c" format="linespecific"/>
> >     </imageobject>
> >   </inlinemediaobject>
> > <programlisting>
> 
> Yes, this is valid with 4.1.2
> 
> But why isn't there an easier mechanism/markup for verbatim inclusion of text 
> files? I suppose that this is something which occurs frequently. (?)

There is an easier way, and it was adopted in the 4.2 DTD:

<programlisting><textobject><textdata  fileref="mycode.c" /></textobject>
</programlisting>

I can't explain why something like it was not added earlier. 

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