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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: chapter numbering
On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Wlodzimierz Skiba wrote: > Is chapters supposed to be counted per part ? I mean is this a bug or expected > behaviour that chapters are rendered with contignous numbering along whole > book without reset at begining of each part. I use following syntax: > > <book> > <part><title>Part</title> > <chapter><title>Chapter</title>...</chapter> > <chapter><title>Chapter</title>...</chapter> > </part> > <part><title>Part</title> > <chapter><title>Chapter</title>...</chapter> > <chapter><title>Chapter</title>...</chapter> > </part> > </book> > > and it is rendered as: > > I. Part > 1. Chapter > 2. Chapter > II. Part > 3. Chapter > 4. Chapter > > while I would expect > > I. Part > 1. Chapter > 2. Chapter > II. Part > 1. Chapter > 2. Chapter > > Did I missed something ? Is there a switch for switch this behaviour without > defining label="" for each chapter ? > > I use docbook XSL 1.57.0 with xsltproc. but, semantically speaking, i *would* expect the first formatting. a part is defined as just a division in a book, not a complete resetting of properties like chapter numbers. it sounds more like you want top-level elements of chapters and, within that, of sections. or, taking it one step further, define a set of books. rday p.s. as an example of what i expect <part> to do, i just pulled down my copy of "linux administration handbook". part I is labelled "basic system administration" and includes 12 chapters. part II is labelled "networking", and starts at chapter 13, just what i would expect.
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