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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

135.0. "Disappearing <argdeflist>" by MARVIN::COBB (Graham R. Cobb (LES), REO2-G/M3, 830-3917) Mon May 22 1989 13:06

When I  process  my  document  using  ONLINE.REFERENCE and then view it with
BOOKREADER  I find that the <argdeflist> sections have disappeared! Needless
to say, this doesn't please the engineers who are trying to write code using
my interface.

The argument  lists  appear  fine when processed with SOFTWARE.SPECIFICATION
and  I  don't  think  there are any error messages from the ONLINE.REFERENCE
build.

This looks  like  a  bug  to  me  but maybe I am doing something wrong.  Any
ideas?

Graham
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135.1VAXUUM::UTTMon May 22 1989 17:078
    ????
    
    If you send me a *short* reference section with a disappearing
    argdeflist, I'll take a look at it.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Mary
135.2<dec_security>MARVIN::COBBGraham R. Cobb (LES), REO2-G/M3, 830-3917Tue May 23 1989 09:079
Well, when  I tried to produce a small example I discovered that the problem
seems  to  be  produced by Theo de Klerk's <dec_security> tag so it probably
can't be classified as a bug.

Now I  have  to find out how I can modify the tag definition so that it does
nothing  for the online doctype.  Is there a <string> variable that tells me
the doctype is ONLINE or something?

Graham
135.3VAXUUM::UTTTue May 23 1989 10:139
    Try including this line when you process your files:
    
    <ifdef>(_decw_topic\|<define>(dec_security\)&\)
    
    <_decw_topic> is an internal tag defined only for the online doctypes.
    So this says, if the doctype is an online doctype, define
    <dec_security> as null; otherwise, it's business as usual.
    
    Mary