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Subject: Re: [docbook] maintaining customized docbook xsl files
On 10/11/07, Dick Hamilton <rlhamilton@frii.com> wrote: > Anthony, > > If you already have a customization layer, then you can > simply include the replacement file in your customization > layer using: > > <xsl:include href="myfiles/foo.xsl"/> > > If you haven't got a customization layer yet, Bob Stayton's > DocBook XSL book has a section on how to create customization > layers at this URL: > > http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/CustomMethods.html#CustomizationLayer > > The basic idea is to create a local xsl file that imports > the standard xsl stylesheet, then adds your customizations. > Those customizations can be put directly in your local xsl > file, or can be included from another file as shown above. > > Then, instead of calling your xsl processor with the standard > xsl stylesheest, you call your local xsl stylesheet, which in > turn pulls in the standard sheets. Bob's description at the > URL above goes into detail and gives you some examples that > should make things clearer. BTW, If you're going to be doing > a lot of DocBook XSL work, his book is worth every penny. > > Hope that helps. > > Dick Hamilton > > P.S. I'm copying this to the docbook-apps list, which is where > this kind of question should normally go. > Thanks, coupled with xsl:apply-imports and/or xsl:apply-templates, it gives me everything I need to override or extend docbook xslt. I'll add his book to my wishlist :) -- Anthony Ettinger Ph: 408-656-2473 var (bonita, farley) = new Dog; farley.barks("very loud"); bonita.barks("at strangers"); http://chovy.dyndns.org/resume/ http://utuxia.com/consulting
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