Re: [xep-support] Re: can't list multiple page references for index terms

From: Susan Korgen (skorgen@intersystems.com)
Date: Fri Apr 30 2004 - 07:07:26 PDT

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    Many thanks.

    How do I obtain the standard Docbook stylesheets created by Norman Walsh?

    At 03:20 PM 4/30/2004 +0400, you wrote:
    >Hello Susan,
    >
    >Your previous message to this list bounced because of attached file.
    >The policy of this list is to reject messages more then 40000
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    >
    >The stylesheets you refer to were proprietary stylesheets used by
    >RenderX to format XEP documentation written in a subset of Docbook.
    >The aim of 'index.xsl' module was to support Docbook indexes, however it
    >was rather experimental and we have never actually used it much. We
    >shipped it only with several XEP versions up to XEP 3.4.
    >Note that those stylesheets were not intended to be used as example
    >and we do not provide any guarantee that they there bugs-free nor we
    >support them in any form.
    >
    >Starting from XEP 3.5 we completely give up use of the proprietary
    >stylesheets and decided to use standard Docbook stylesheets created by
    >Norman Walsh. This allowed us to use the full set of Docbook elements
    >and to avoid problems with maintaining our own set of stylesheets.
    > >From that time on, XEP distribution contains only customization
    >stylesheets which are supposed to work with standard Docbook XSL
    >stylesheets.
    >
    >I have added an empty index element (<index/>)to the end of your
    >document (before </book>) in order to trigger Index generation and
    >processed this document with standard Docbook stylesheets - the index
    >was successfully generated. I'd rather suggest to switch to the
    >standard Docbook stylesheets. You can use your own customization layer
    >(as we did now) in order to achieve desired appearance. Customization
    >techniques are thoroughly described in Bob Stayton's excellent book
    >"DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide" (http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/)
    >
    >
    >Best regards,
    >Alexander Peshkov mailto:peshkov@renderx.com
    >RenderX
    >
    >
    >SK> I've had a response to my email (not from RenderX) that says there
    >SK> is both too much and not enough information for anyone to work
    >SK> on the problem.
    >
    >SK> I would be delighted to correspond with anyone who can tell me a
    >SK> better way to describe my problem, so that a solution can be found.
    >
    >SK> Indexing is difficult, so I assume any solutions would be of general
    >interest.
    >
    >SK> My assumption has been that there is a simple syntax error in
    >SK> my index_xep.xsl file that a knowledgeable person would spot quickly.
    >
    >SK> My hope is that since my file is based on one I downloaded from RenderX,
    >SK> there is someone at RenderX who understands it better than I do.
    >
    >SK> We have been RenderX customers for nearly a year now and this is our
    >SK> first serious problem in using the product. I hope I can get some help.
    >
    >SK> If anyone would like to call me rather than send email,
    >SK> my number is 617-577-3642.
    >
    >SK> Susan
    >
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