Re: DocBook Graphics: Use complete filename in fileref attribute?

[tom thomas-harding name (Thomas Harding)]

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 09:29:46PM +0100, Steffen Macke wrote:
> > No! The tags includes an attribute with file format,
> > and the stylesheets can handle that (default.graphic.files.extension
> > param or somethink like). adding file extension will break the ability
> > to choose file format as building pdf/ps.
>
> Shouldn't this be done using the mediaobject?
>
> http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/GraphicSelection.html

Good point, while I don't know if dblatex _and_ jw can handle that.

FYI, the command-line used to build html is that one: xsltproc \
--stringparam graphic.default.extension png ../$(htmlstyle) ../$<

with /doc/[lang]/html.xsl as htmlstyle and (finally) /doc/[lang]/dia.xml
as target.

I _voluntary_ keeped html.xsl lang defined, to allow translators to
handle locale "printing rules" settings (eg: formal.title.placement
differs slightly from one lang to other).

Last, GNOME Yelp perfectly handles the absence of graphic extention ;)

One thing I didn't done is the htmlhelp (and makefile.msc) build, which
can be done by the Norman Walsh's docbook stylesheets too, I think with
the same parameters. Mainly because I didn't find any /working/ htmlhelp
archive builder in the Free Software area (and, yes, M$ ones shipped for
free is good enough: I tried it at work), and also because I didn't get
a read of other makefile.msc to get the syntax.

On the other hand, xslt processing is too installation-dependant on
Windows to makes that ;) I written a HOWTO in French for my job I can
publish, but my English expression is so bad I do not want to translate
it myself...


Regards,
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