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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Generating e-pub and html indexes
Hi Paul,
I misunderstood what you meant by locator. As you said
in your earlier mail, setting the stylesheet parameter 'index.links.to.section'
to a value of zero creates an href that sends the link directly to the
point in the text where the indexterm was located. I don't think you can
get any more specific than that. So I think your last paragraph is
satisfied.
The hot link text displayed in the index is still the section
title, even though the link lands at the specific point. I thought you wanted to change the hot text, from the section title to
something like a page number, so I was asking about an example of what you want
the hot text to say instead of the section title, given that page numbers don't
exist in HTML output.
From: Pc Thoms
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 5:02 PM
To: Bob Stayton
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Generating e-pub and html
indexes A specific example I should not provide, as it is beyond my expertise, but
I have expectations and hopes for such. I am fairly competent in xml, but not
with xslt.
If the locators in a DocBook formatted xml file can point to the
<chapter/>, <section>, <para/>, <table/>, etc., within
the document, the more specific the reference between the locator and the
origination of the <indexterm/> so much the better. Preferably the
generated locator will point directly to the originating <indexterm/>
placed in the document, or the lowest hierarchical block element. Rather than
linking to the <chapter/>, which may contain hundreds, to thousands, of
words it would be better to link to the lowest hierarchical block element that
contains the <indexterm/>, such as a <para/> or <line/>
(DocBook-Publisher).
This should make the an <index/> locator link directly to specific
place in the text, that one would presumably be interested in once they click a
link.
Locators that link to the beginning of a <chapter/> or
<section/> that may contain 500+ words is not very useful. But a locator
that links one directly to the <section>, <para/>, <table/>,
or <line/>, would serve its’ readers well.
What I’m looking for is an index locator that has an “href” attribute that
links directly to an anchored point in an XHTML and E-Pub document.
Any assistance, and direction, is appreciated.
Paul |
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