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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 ThomsSent: Monday, July 22, 2013 5:02 PMTo: Bob StaytonSubject: Re: [docbook-apps] Generating e-pub and html indexesA 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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