docbook-apps

Hi Robert,
I wasn't sure how to respond to this message when you said:

> Both methods, of course, are over my head.

Are you familiar with the process of creating a customization layer for
DocBook XSL? If not, that process is described here:

http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/CustomMethods.html#CustomizationLayer

If so, are you familiar with the use of attribute-sets? If not, those are
described here:

http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/AttributeSets.html

You can customize the attribute-set named 'xref.properties' in your
customization layer to set the bold property:

<xsl:attribute-set name="xref.properties">
<xsl:attribute name="font-weight">bold</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:attribute-set>

You can add whatever XSL-FO properties are appropriate for inline text. See
a good reference on XSL-FO for documentation on such properties.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Nagle" <idiotprogrammer@gmail.com>
To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:34 PM
Subject: [docbook-apps] make bold all the xref labels? (Customizing xref
style)


> I'm trying to figure out how to make bold all the xref labels in my
> printed PDF.
>
> IN Chapter 15 of the XSL book p264 4th edition, there is a section on
> Customizing Cross Reference Typography.
> http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/CustomXrefs.html#CustomXrefStyle
>
> But I'm not sure what it means or how to actually implement it.
>
>
> Two methods are suggested. The first is using the insert.title.markup
> mode (whatever that is). The second method (which is more global) lets
> you use the xref.properties set. Both methods, of course, are over my
> head.
>
> Let's try the second method, which seems easier.
>
> What is xref.properties? The example given lists name="color" and a
> test for it. I don't recognize the name="color" attribute here. What
> other attributes could you use here? Is there some kind of reference
> for what can go inside xref.properties?
>
> The earlier example in the same section shows a stylesheet
> customization that looks inside sect1 or section and whenever it sees
> an xref, it inserts an FO statement when the $purpose="xref":
>
> <xsl:template match="sect1|sect2|sect3|sect4|sect5|section"
> mode="insert.title.markup">
> <xsl:param name="purpose"/>
> <xsl:param name="xrefstyle"/>
> <xsl:param name="title"/>
>
> <xsl:choose>
> <xsl:when test="$purpose = 'xref'">
> <fo:inline font-style="italic">
> <xsl:copy-of select="$title"/>
> </fo:inline>
> </xsl:when>
> <xsl:otherwise>
> <xsl:copy-of select="$title"/>
> </xsl:otherwise>
> </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:template>
>
>
> But I don't understand purpose='xref' here. What is purpose and how
> would a writer specify this? Did this template just create
> name="purpose" out of thin air or is this something already described
> in a stylesheet? In fact, the first part of this doesn't make sense at
> all to me; can anyone explain what is going on with purpose and
> mode="insert.title.markup" (I recognize xrefstyle and title but not
> the rest).
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Robert
>
>
> --
> Robert Nagle
> htpt://www.robertnagle.info
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-help@lists.oasis-open.org
>
>
>