Thanks Nick! <olink> vs. <link xlink:role="http://docbook.org/xlink/role/olink"> is indeed what makes the difference. I was I guess mistakenly expecting them to work in the same way.
In my example, your solution works fine both using xsltproc, fop, and the stylesheets directly and also using docbkx-tools with <olink targetdoc="book" targetptr="chapter">link to book's chapter</olink>, but not with <link> having xlink:role="http://docbook.org/xlink/role/olink". I guess the workaround is then to transform all the links with olink roles into <olink> before processing the output. Regards, Mark On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Wood Nick <nick.w...@ncia.nato.int> wrote: > Mark, > > > > Then I doubt the <xsl:param name="activate.external.olinks" select="0" /> > will work. Have you tried linking using <olink targetdoc=”foodoc” > targetptr=”foochap />, if you haven’t there are some additional actions > required such as generating the target data files. > > > > I have a sample (on an internal network) if you need it. > > > > Regards > > > > Nick > > > > *From:* Mark Craig [mailto:mark.cr...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 04, 2014 10:16 AM > *To:* Wood Nick > *Cc:* Bob Stayton; DocBook Apps > > *Subject:* Re: [docbook-apps] Coloring only internal links in FO? > > > > Hi Nick, > > > > The sample uses <link> with xlink:role set: > > > > > > <link xlink:href="book#chapter" > > > > xlink:show="new" > > > > xlink:role="http://docbook.org/xlink/role/olink">chapter</link> > > > > > > Regards, > > Mark > > > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Wood Nick <nick.w...@ncia.nato.int> wrote: > > Mark, > > > > Are you using the olink element in your source document, as I seem to > recall in a post on the docbkx user forum that you was using link instead? > > > > Regards > > > > Nick > > > > > > *From:* Mark Craig [mailto:mark.cr...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 03, 2014 9:41 PM > *To:* Bob Stayton > *Cc:* DocBook Apps > *Subject:* Re: [docbook-apps] Coloring only internal links in FO? > > > > Hello again, > > > > On the docbkx-tools list, Cedric suggested I try to reproduce the symptom > of color showing up when <xsl:param name="activate.external.olinks" > select="0" /> without using docbkx-tools, but instead using the 1.78.1 > stylesheets directly. > > > > That's actually easier said than done. > > > > With > https://github.com/markcraig/DOCS-47/commit/6b5ca793474887655dcfe95d585a8e0cbf5af9e5 > I can generate PDFs that do include olinks, and the inter-book olink does > turn out blue. But I'm not sure the olinks are getting resolved correctly. > > > > Where could I find a simpler example to read so I can see how turning off > activate.external.olinks does deactivate the coloring? > > > > Regards, > > Mark > > > > On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 11:34 PM, Mark Craig <mark.cr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Bob, Chris, > > > > At least I see what the expected behavior is. > > > > No doubt a problem somewhere in my own code. > > > > Mark > > > > > > On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 7:53 PM, Bob Stayton <b...@sagehill.net> wrote: > > Hi Mark, > Unless I'm misunderstanding what you are trying to do, > it should already work that way. That is, if you are setting > activate.external.olinks to zero, then the external olinks should render as > plain text and not be formatted with the xref.properties attribute-set. > The xref.properties attribute-set is only applied when fo:basic-link is > being output with @internal-destination, or if the element is an actual > xref which also generates that output. > > I just tried it with 1.78.1 and setting: > > <xsl:param name="activate.external.olinks" select="0"/> > <xsl:param name="current.docid">shortbook</xsl:param> > > > > <xsl:attribute-set name="xref.properties"> > <xsl:attribute name="color">#47a</xsl:attribute> > </xsl:attribute-set> > > In my PDF, the internal olinks are colored, but my external olinks are not > (and are not active). > > Bob Stayton > Sagehill Enterprises > b...@sagehill.net > > > > On 5/2/2014 12:07 AM, Mark Craig wrote: > > Hello, > > What is the right way with the 1.78.1 stylesheets to color only internal > links in FO? > > I'd like to deactivate external olinks in PDF output with > activate.external.olinks, and then leave external links the same color as > surrounding text, but keep color on internal links (and URLs) because > without visual cues it can be difficult to notice that they're active. > > At present I'm using the following customization, loosely based on > http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/OlinkFormatting.html: > > <xsl:attribute-set name="xref.properties"> > <xsl:attribute name="color">#47a</xsl:attribute> > </xsl:attribute-set> > > This makes all the links blue... unfortunately including deactivated > external olinks. > > I have tried setting olink.properties, too, with #000 as the color, but I > still see blue text in the PDF output for all links, including deactivated > external links. > > Asking authors to add more attributes to external links is something I'd > like to avoid. > > Thanks in advance for your time and your help. > > Regards, > Mark > > > > > > >