Re: [xsl] Building a Manual with XML/XSL

Subject: Re: [xsl] Building a Manual with XML/XSL
From: "Antonio Gallardo" <agallardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 12:20:55 -0600 (CST)
You can also use forrest:

http://xml.apache.org/forrest/

Antonio Gallardo

S Woodside dijo:
> Use DocBook. It's used for manuals by everyone, and comes with very
> comprehensive and customizable XSLT to a bunch of formats.

>
> simon
>
> On Saturday, September 6, 2003, at 03:02 PM, Iván Montoro Ten wrote:
>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> This is my very first post to the list, so please forgive me if
>> I'm writing to the wrong place (and also forgive my poor english!)
>>
>> I'm building several manuals with XML for a product we make. I've seen
>> several frameworks for it, but I'm looking for something
>> easier, as a bare XML file and a XSL HTML transform (maybe later I'll
>> get PDF, but that's too much for me right now!)
>>
>> So, in the following scenario:
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> <manual>
>>   <chapter title="Begining with...">
>>     <sub1 title="To start...">
>>       <para>text text text</para>
>>       <sub2 title="What you need">
>>         <para>text text text</para>
>>       </sub2>
>>       <sub2 title="Doing it well">
>>         <para>text text text</para>
>>         <sub3 title="Don't forget...">
>>           <para>text text text</para>
>>         </sub3>
>>         <para>text text text</para>
>>       </sub2>
>>     </sub1>
>>   </chapter>
>> </manual>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> I've the basic skeleton for my document. I want XSL to transform this
>> in a basic <P></P>, <H1></H1>, <H2></H2> structure, but
>> I don't know how to iterate the subelements linearly, rather I
>> know how to xsl:for-each them. Is there any solution for this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Ivan Montoro
>>
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>>
>>
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