Jeff Hooker wrote: > > In PMC's docbook 5 and DITA implimentations, we've standardized on every > entry element in a row having a para element. Tweaking the schemas for this > is simple, but tweaking the tableEdit commands have been more challenging. > When I look in the commands guide, I can see that the the cell= parameter > allows me to define the elements that qualify as a cell, but I cannot define > two elements as being a single requirement (cell = entry/para). At least, if > I can, I can't make it work. > > I would have expected to be able to override the standard parameters for > db5.tableEdit.tableSpecification by including my own in the local config > file, but I can't. At least, it seems that I can't. > > As it stands, even though the schema now forbids the existance of entry > elements without at child para element, the insert columns/insert rows > command will still insert them, which is a surprise, and leds to believe that > this must be template-driven somehow, because it isn't taking its cues from > the schema. >
* The CALS table editor is not parametrized by a user-specified table specification. Only the "generic, parametrizable, table editor" command is (see http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/commands/tableEdit.html). Instead (not surprisingly) the CALS table specification is hardwired in the code of the CALS table editor. * The CALS table editor assumes that an entry may contain text. This assumption is always correct in the case of *true* CALS tables. * It is overkill to modify the DocBook and DITA grammars to force entries to contain paragraphs. Please *remove* *these* *changes* because there is a simpler way to do that: element templates (http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/configure/elementTemplate.html) * If you add an element template such as this one to your DocBook 4 customization, all the editing tools, including the CALS table editor, will automatically create entries containing a para. DocBook 4 example: --- <elementTemplate name="withPara" selectable="override"> <entry xmlns=""><para></para></entry> </elementTemplate> --- Notice attribute selectable="override" which is needed for the table editor to automatically use an element template. Please use a similar element template for DocBook 5 and DITA. Of course, also do not forget to also modify your table element templates (if any). IMPORTANT: this requires XXE version >= 4.3.
