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Conference vaxuum::online_bookbuilding

Title:Online Bookbuilding
Notice:This conference is write-locked: see note 1.3.
Moderator:VAXUUM::UTT
Created:Fri Aug 12 1988
Last Modified:Mon Jul 15 1991
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:440
Total number of notes:2134

100.0. "Coding Questions for online processing" by DSM::BURACK () Tue Mar 21 1989 19:40

    Hi,
    
    I have a Language Reference manual for VAX DSM and DSM-11. Many
    of the files are shared and I use condition tags and <reference>
    tags to run this book.
    
    I use <reference>(DSM) in many head levels. Is this going to be
    a problem when running this book for the bookreader? The 
    online_cleanup.com program doesn't like it, so I will have to put
    in symbolic names myself.
    
    I use a local doctype called DECMED8. It has a tag called 
    <section> that is a local tag. What will I have to do to get
    this to work for the bookreader? Also, in general what do you have
    to do if you have local tags?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Ruth-Ellen
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100.1CLOSET::UTTWed Mar 22 1989 15:4025
    1. <reference> tags in <headn> tags. I've never tried this but see
    no reason why it shouldn't work. You should get a hot spot in the
    head, which is what you want, right?
    
    2. Probably you will need to add an SDML string function to your
    tag definition that would tell the online bookbuilding tools that
    this is a new kind of online 'chunk.' 
    
    In many cases, you don't have to worry about your tag definitions,
    unless they are some form of header tag. (You don't have to worry
    about them if your tag def calls a global SDML <HEADn> tag because
    they already know about online chunks.) 
    
    If your tag def invokes a TeX macro that you have defined for your
    doctype, the online design file would have to know about this
    macro and you may have to alter some format parameters (font specs,
    etc.)
    
    If you send me your tag definition (by mail, rather than cluttering
    up the notes conf), I will try to be more specific about what, if
    anything, you need to do.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Mary