Re: docbook: link [was: Bug 455400]

[thomas harding laposte net (Thomas Harding)]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 05:01:49PM -0700, Mark Dexter wrote:
> Hi. I'm try to link to a specific section in a different xml file in
> DocBook. The specific example is: I'm inside usage-objects-basic.xml and am
> trying to link to a specific section in usage-objects.xml.
>
> I can link to the top of the document with the following:
>
> For tips on editing text, see
>    <link linkend="objects-chapter"> Entering Text</link>.
>
> where usage-objects.xml has <chapter label="4" id="objects-chapter">
>
> I can't figure out how to link to a specific section in usage-obejcts.xml,
> and I can't find any examples on the web. If anyone knows, please let me
> know. Thanks. Mark

Links are done on "id" attributes, (hopefully) not matter what element
it is.

Simply give an id to the specifific element you want to link to,
eg <sect3 id="my-section">; then do the link as typed above.

-- 
Thomas Harding