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Is there a way to have only the root element chunk go to a different folder
than the other chunk files without resorting to a dbhtml dir processing
instruction?

With recent versions of Macintosh OS X, it's typical to have the root
element (index.html) in a top-level folder, and the rest of the html files
in a subfolder. I've got this partially working by putting the output in the
subfolder using base.dir and then using a customized dbhtml-dir template
that puts sets the output directory to the parent only when the current
element being processed is book:

<xsl:template name="dbhtml-dir">
...
<xsl:if test="local-name(.) = 'book'">
<xsl:text>../</xsl:text>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

This works for all the pages but index.html -- for this root element chunk
the links are incorrect -- the links in the index.html page (toc, etc.) are
pointing to the parent folder of index.htm, rather than index.htm's
subfolder that contains the rest of the chunked files. The links of the
files in the subfolder appear to all be correct, even the links that point
to the root page.

Is there some more specific customization I could apply for the first page
that would properly handle these links?

Thanks,
Ken

I've since removed the dbhtml-dir customization and in its place customized
the chunk-filename mode (chunk-code.xsl) instead:

<xsl:template match="*" mode="chunk-filename" priority="1">
...


<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="local-name(.) = 'book'">
<xsl:text>topfolder/</xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:text>topfolder/subfolder/</xsl:text>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
...
</xsl:template>

Ken


On Feb 14, 2008 4:30 PM, Ken Morse <kenneth.morse@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a way to have only the root element chunk go to a different
> folder than the other chunk files without resorting to a dbhtml dir
> processing instruction?
>
> With recent versions of Macintosh OS X, it's typical to have the root
> element (index.html) in a top-level folder, and the rest of the html files
> in a subfolder. I've got this partially working by putting the output in the
> subfolder using base.dir and then using a customized dbhtml-dir template
> that puts sets the output directory to the parent only when the current
> element being processed is book:
>
> <xsl:template name="dbhtml-dir">
> ...
> <xsl:if test="local-name(.) = 'book'">
> <xsl:text>../</xsl:text>
> </xsl:if>
> </xsl:template>
>
> This works for all the pages but index.html -- for this root element chunk
> the links are incorrect -- the links in the index.html page (toc, etc.)
> are pointing to the parent folder of index.htm, rather than index.htm's
> subfolder that contains the rest of the chunked files. The links of the
> files in the subfolder appear to all be correct, even the links that point
> to the root page.
>
> Is there some more specific customization I could apply for the first page
> that would properly handle these links?
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
>