Thank you so much for fast response and the very clear explanation. And thanks also for the final note about XSL Utility—which I do use in addition to ditac. This is all very helpful.
Dan McIntosh Sent from my iPhone > On May 30, 2025, at 2:39 AM, Hussein Shafie <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dan wrote: >> Is there a way to change or delete the default headers that appear in >> topics: For example, I’d like to edit or remove the word “Procedure” that >> appears below the title when I transform a Task (General) topic. Similarly, >> I’d like to change or remove the phrase “Table of Contents” that appears >> when converting a Map topic to PDF/HTML. >> I’ve been trying figure this out on my own for several days before inquiring >> with you how to accomplish this. I've looked through the ditac_toc.xsl and >> related files, but haven’t found where these phrases come from or how to >> change/remove them. I’ve already created a customization of the default >> fo.xsl stylesheet with some of my own attribute sets. Perhaps there are some >> stylesheet parameters I can apply to that to change or remove these phrases? > > --> Messages like “Procedure”, “Table of Contents” are defined in > xsl/common/messages/en.xml. Excerpts: > > --- > ... > <message name="context">About this task</message> > <message name="steps">Procedure</message> > ... > <message name="toc">Table of Contents</message> > <message name="figurelist">List of Figures</message> > ... > --- > > If you want to change some messages, you'll have to edit this file. > > > > --> Suppress some titles: > > ** TOC > > PDF: xsl/fo/ditac_toc.xsl: > --- > <xsl:template match="ditac:toc"> > <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="toc-container" id="{$tocId}"> > <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="toc-title"> > <xsl:call-template name="outlineLevel1"/> > > <xsl:variable name="title"> > <xsl:call-template name="localize"> > <xsl:with-param name="message" select="'toc'"/> > </xsl:call-template> > </xsl:variable> > > <fo:marker marker-class-name="topic-title"> > <xsl:value-of select="$title"/> > </fo:marker> > > <xsl:value-of select="$title"/> > </fo:block> > ... > --- > > HTML: xsl/xhtml/ditac_toc.xsl: > --- > <xsl:template match="ditac:toc"> > <xsl:element name="{$navQName}"> > <xsl:attribute name="class" select="'toc-container'"/> > <xsl:attribute name="id" select="$tocId"/> > > <h1 class="toc-title"> > <xsl:call-template name="localize"> > <xsl:with-param name="message" select="'toc'"/> > </xsl:call-template> > </h1> > ... > --- > > ** Procedure > > PDF: xsl/fo/task.xsl: > --- > <xsl:template match="*[contains(@class,' task/steps ')]"> > <xsl:call-template name="stepsContents"/> > </xsl:template> > > <xsl:template name="stepsContents"> > <xsl:param name="addTitle" select="'yes'"/> > > <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="steps"> > <xsl:call-template name="commonAttributes"/> > > <xsl:if test="$addTitle eq 'yes'"> > <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="steps-title"> > <xsl:call-template name="localize"> > <xsl:with-param name="message" select="'steps'"/> > </xsl:call-template> > </fo:block> > </xsl:if> > ... > --- > See also <xsl:template name="stepsInformalContents"> > > HTML: xsl/xhtml/task.xsl: > --- > <xsl:template match="*[contains(@class,' task/steps ')]"> > <xsl:call-template name="stepsContents"/> > </xsl:template> > > <xsl:template name="stepsContents"> > <xsl:param name="sectionTitleQName" select="'h3'"/> > > <xsl:element name="{$sectionQName}"> > <xsl:call-template name="commonAttributes"/> > > <xsl:if test="$sectionTitleQName ne ''"> > <xsl:element name="{$sectionTitleQName}"> > <xsl:attribute name="class" select="'steps-title'"/> > > <xsl:call-template name="localize"> > <xsl:with-param name="message" select="'steps'"/> > </xsl:call-template> > </xsl:element> > </xsl:if> > ... > --- > See also <xsl:template name="stepsInformalContents"> > > A simple way to remove these titles is to define attribute-sets: > > toc-title > steps-title > steps-informal-title > > and CSS classes: > > toc-title > steps-title > steps-informal-title > > in order to make these titles invisible. Attribute-set example: > --- > <xsl:attribute-set name="steps-informal-title"> > <xsl:attribute name="visibility">hidden</xsl:attribute> > </xsl:attribute-set> > > <xsl:attribute-set name="steps-title"> > <xsl:attribute name="visibility">hidden</xsl:attribute> > </xsl:attribute-set> > > <xsl:attribute-set name="toc-title"> > <xsl:attribute name="visibility">hidden</xsl:attribute> > </xsl:attribute-set> > --- > Note that visibility=hidden is not supported by all XSL-FO processors. > Fortunately it is supported by Apache FOP (PDF output). > > > > --- > PS: If you are using XMLmind XSL Utility and not directly ditac, the xsl/ > directory is found in xslutil_install_dir/addon/config/dita/ -- XMLmind DITA Converter Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/ditac-support
