Questions tagged [docbook-5]

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Chunking in DocBook 5 limits TOC depth and makes it skip numbers?

I have a DocBook V5.0 document that used to be one .docbook file containing the entire book. At that point, the generated TOC looked fine. Now, I have chunked the input into 4 different .docbook files and also want chunked output. After this…
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using font awesome in Docbook generated HTML

What steps should I take in creating a placeholder in docbook xml files that will use font awesome fonts in the generated HTML output. Looking for xslt examples that use font awesome fonts in HTML output generated from DocBook.
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DocBook Generation for HTML help page: How to?

I've been reading DocBook Documentation but I don't really get to understand how to do it. If you see this website, they contain just what I want, a treeview and a search index, it's using the same documentation for that tool, webdocs for…
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DocBook 5 rendering without abbrev tag

My DocBook 5 document contains glossentry tags that contain abbrev tags. The abbrev tags do not seem to contribute anything whatsoever to the rendered HTML. I'm new to DocBook and XSLT. Where do I need to start looking to change this? I've been…
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Multi-`glossterm` `glossentry` getting mashed together in HTML title attribute output

(I'm looking for a workaround for Con 3 of Attempt 1 of this question.) I have a DocBook 5 doc where some glossentry tags contain multiple glossterm tags. The HTML output for xref tags having a linkend attribute equalling the xml:id of a glossentry…
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"Entity 'larr' not defined" in DocBook 5

xsltproc complains "Entity 'larr' not defined'" when I try to use a plain left arrow (←, i.e. ←) which I don't see in any of the DocBook 5 entity lists. What do I need to include to get it to work? My current XSL is:
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Markup-less way to title and link abbrevations/acronyms to glossary entries

Background: I'm writing a DocBook 5 document (and including in it some already-written text) with the intention of generating HTML from it. I would like to get the semantic markup correct from the beginning so I don't need to re-do it later, but…
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docbook webhelp part toc blocked by possibly a div block

When generating webhelp from ant script the toc for part element is blocked by a box. This box appears to be connected with toc in left pane. When toc pane is resized the box in main window also resizes. Anyone experience this and know how to fix.…
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Numbering of figures in DocBook

I'm using the Maven docbkx plugin to generate a PDF. I would like the figures to be numbered as usual sequentially from 1, ignoring any chapters, sections etc. This doesn't work, as I turned on hierarchical numbering of sections with the…
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How do you add a numbered or bulleted list in a table cell entry or line breaks

Docbook 5 trying to add a simplelist or single lines of text in a table row cell entry but cannot find the secret combination of allowed elements. Is it possible?
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How to declare the xlink namespace to validate a Docbook 5 link?

Might I use xl:
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or do I have to use xlink:
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What is the correct xlink namesapce to use in Docbook 5?

If I have the following Docbook 5 XML:
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Add tabs and enters on docbook

How can I add tabs or enters in a docbook file? I am writing a documentation of a server commands, and I need to use tabs and enters in the docbook file, I think the para tag will not work in my case. below is an example of what im trying to…
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Processing DocBook with MSBuild or XBuild

I use to process DocBook and generate PDF/HTML with a Maven plugin (docbkx)... and I'm wondering how to process DocBook with MSBuild or XBuild. Has anyone already tried it? Does it work?
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Is there a independent maven artifact used as a docbook generate tools

Actually there is a maven plugin docbkx-maven-plugin which can generate pdf, html or other format in the maven project, but the problem is you need to configure more about xsl template, css, or if you want to highlight the source code, support other…
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