DOCBOOK-APPS: Using the GNU autotools (autoconf/automake) with DocBookXML

2003-03-09 Thread John Levon
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 01:28:20AM +, John Levon wrote: > I have things working now, and will post documentation of what I did so > the archives can find something for "autoconf". Here it is : http://movementarian.org/docs/docbook-autotools/ Not exactly great stuff, but it does work. john

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: srcdir/objdir issues and including variableusability issues with xsltproc

2003-03-09 Thread John Levon
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 02:47:19PM -0800, Alex Lancaster wrote: > I understand, and it's why I am suggesting the catalog.in extraction > as a possible generic solution. I have things working now, and will post documentation of what I did so the archives can find something for "autoconf". > JL> I

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: srcdir/objdir issues and including variableusability issues with xsltproc

2003-03-09 Thread John Levon
On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 05:33:03PM -0800, Alex Lancaster wrote: > LSB (Linux Standard Base) and distro packaging become more precise on This is moving very far away from my original point. It is not just the location of the docbook stylesheets I need to deal with, as I have mentioend already - I

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: srcdir/objdir issues and including variableusability issues with xsltproc

2003-03-08 Thread John Levon
On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 07:07:44AM -0800, Alex Lancaster wrote: > Fine, I see that now. So you are currently using autoconf to help with > the build to autodetect xsltproc etc. is that right? Right. > OK, but I was trying to guess what system that you are actually using > so that I could tailor

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: srcdir/objdir issues and including variableusability issues with xsltproc

2003-03-08 Thread John Levon
On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 12:45:46PM +, John Levon wrote: > OK I've just tried it again with : > > XML_CATALOG_FILES=xsl/catalog.xml:/etc/xml/catalog xsltproc -o \ Just to clarify, I tried with the documented space separator as well -seems my xsltproc is too old to handle two

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: srcdir/objdir issues and including variableusability issues with xsltproc

2003-03-08 Thread John Levon
On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 04:20:20AM -0800, Alex Lancaster wrote: > case it's not a direct contradiction. If you are talking about the > users installing the basic tools on the system as well, then clearly > extra configuration is necessary, but you can hide it from the user No, I am talking about

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: srcdir/objdir issues and includingvariableusability issues with xsltproc

2003-03-08 Thread John Levon
On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 11:33:28AM +0100, Jirka Kosek wrote: > catalog file to XML_CATALOG_FILES environment variable which is used by Sorry, Alex, I should have read the entirety of what you linked to. Thanks Jirka. However, it does not work : [EMAIL PROTECTED] doc]$ export XML_DEBUG_CATALOG=1

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: srcdir/objdir issues and including variableusability issues with xsltproc

2003-03-07 Thread John Levon
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 09:25:37PM -0800, Alex Lancaster wrote: > http://www.sagehill.net/xml/docbookxsl/Catalogs.html > > and more specifically to locate XSL stylesheets: > > http://www.sagehill.net/xml/docbookxsl/Catalogs.html#d0e1733 I'm aware of catalogs. They aren't a solution because us

DOCBOOK-APPS: srcdir/objdir issues and including variable usabilityissues with xsltproc

2003-03-07 Thread John Levon
I've found this stuff to be entirely impenetrable. Is there some good reason why a sensible, simple include and variable substitution system isn't available ? Here is my setup. I have a tarball which contains a docbook .xml document and some small .xsl files (which I need as the standard docbook

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Mozilla Site Navigation toolbar hack

2002-06-05 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 02:28:11PM -0400, Norman Walsh wrote: > Since the Mozilla folks have removed the site navigation bar in recent > releases, I dug around until I figured out how to put it back. > See http://nwalsh.com/hacks/mozilla/ Just a small clarification: the link toolbar is still ena

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: Bibliography abstracts are suppressed in output

2002-05-29 Thread John Levon
On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 12:15:27PM -0400, Norman Walsh wrote: > | in bib entries. Or is there some other method I should be using ? > > No, you'll just need a small stylesheet tweak to render them. XSL or DSSSL? XSL (sorry I didn't say). Yes, I'd appreciate a hint on how to modify the template

DOCBOOK-APPS: Bibliography abstracts are suppressed in output

2002-05-28 Thread John Levon
I am in the process of writing a HOWTO, one major component of which is an annotated bibliography, containing elements such as : kerneltop http://www.xenotime.net/linux/kerneltop/";> Kerneltop Periodic profile statistics for the kernel ba

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Newbie troubles with Docbook/XML + XHTML

2002-05-04 Thread John Levon
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 02:56:12PM -0500, David Cramer wrote: > Add: to Jeff's Subtle ! I'd tried :) thanks john -- "ken kesey wrote 'one flew over the center of the cuckolded lizard man, who strayed from his mistakes when he is a madeup word.'" - Mega HAL

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Newbie troubles with Docbook/XML + XHTML

2002-05-04 Thread John Levon
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 11:41:42PM +0200, Steffen Maier wrote: > > Works a treat, thanks /very/ much. Now the only problem I have > > left is the xmlns thing, and I suppose a low-tech sed solution > > will do for that. > > What does "the xmlns thing" look like? Is it introducing a wrong namespac

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Newbie troubles with Docbook/XML + XHTML

2002-05-03 Thread John Levon
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 05:11:37PM +0100, John Levon wrote: > > However, you can write a customization template to handle this (note that I > > didn't get the XHTML DOCTYPE - I'm too lazy to look it up, and I don't have > > it memorized) > > Works a

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Newbie troubles with Docbook/XML + XHTML

2002-05-03 Thread John Levon
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 08:32:54AM -0400, Jeff Beal wrote: > However, you can write a customization template to handle this (note that I > didn't get the XHTML DOCTYPE - I'm too lazy to look it up, and I don't have > it memorized) Works a treat, thanks /very/ much. Now the only problem I have le

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Newbie troubles with Docbook/XML + XHTML

2002-05-02 Thread John Levon
On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 10:37:42PM -0500, David Cramer wrote: > I don't know about #1--doesn't seem like the xmlns should be a problem, Well for one it bloats the filesize. Is validator.w3.org incorrect in rejecting it as valid XHTML ? Note that I /don't/ get the xmlns on every tag with chunk.x

DOCBOOK-APPS: Newbie troubles with Docbook/XML + XHTML

2002-05-02 Thread John Levon
moz xhtml 286 xsltproc --version Using libxml 20413, libxslt 10010 and libexslt 703 xsl-stylesheets-1.48-3 installed at /usr/share/sgml/docbook xsltproc http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/xhtml/docbook.xsl in.xml I get a couple of problems : 1) http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";>