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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

252.0. "Cross-reference not working in popup note" by DECWET::OSHEA (Kate O'Shea) Fri Jan 05 1990 13:14

    The hardcopy manual I'm putting online has margin notes.  To emulate
    this online, I put the note inside a popup.  Some of these notes
    contain cross-references.  It appears that if the cross-reference is
    outside the chapter, it works fine (is hotspotted, and you can click on
    it and be taken there).  However, if the cross-reference is to another
    section _inside_ the chapter, the reference doesn't work (no hotspot).
    
    Here's the coding I used as a test:
    
    <condition>(online)
    <online_popup>(note)
    <note>
    You can change the way double-click commands work.  See
    the section <reference>(double_click) for more information.
    See <reference>(session_chap) for more information.
    <endnote>
    <endonline_popup>
    <endcondition>
    
    
    The reference session_chap is to another chapter, and is a hotspot. 
    The reference double_click is to a section in the current chapter, and
    does not have a hotspot.
    
    Is this a bug?
    
    Thanks,
    
    kate

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252.1need more info...VAXUUM::UTTFri Jan 05 1990 13:2313
    Kate,
    
    I replied to this  note in the BOOKREADER notes conf asking for some
    more information (i.e., what baselevel are you running, etc.). Does
    this happen all the time for these xrefs in <note>s? just the first
    time?
    
    <margin_note> is supported for online output. It may not suit your
    purposes but I thought I'd mention that since there was some
    confusion here in ZK at one time and people thought it was *not*
    supported.
    
    Mary
252.2DECWET::OSHEAKate O&#039;SheaFri Jan 05 1990 14:1824
    Mary:
    
    Joe forwarded me my posting in the Bookreader conference and asked me
    to post it here instead  -- so I never thought to look in the
    Bookreader conference for replies...sorry!
    
    We are running the Oct. 27 baselevel.  The note I'm having trouble with
    is the only popup note in the entire document that references a section
    inside the chapter.  All the other popup notes point the reader to
    another book, or contain a cross-reference to a different chapter.  So,
    yes, the problem note is the first popup note in that particular
    chapter, as well as the first in the book, that contains a
    cross-reference to a section inside the chapter.
    
    I'll try a test profile that contains just front matter and this
    chapter, and see if the cross-reference remains not hot.  Let you know
    shortly....
    
    Kate
    
    P.S.  I think I actually tried leaving the <margin_note> tags in the way 
    they were, but since the note is placed (generally) between a head and 
    the following text, it looks very strange and struck me as confusing to 
    the reader as it is sort of out of context.
252.3<unnumbered_heads>VAXUUM::UTTMon Jan 08 1990 08:0513
    Kate,
    
    The problem is with the <unnumbered_heads> tag in your file.
    I don't know (yet) why, but when it is used, hotspots to
    sections do not appear. I will look into this asap and see
    that it is fixed for 1.2B.
    
    I know of no workaround except to remove the <unnumbered_heads>
    tags.
    
    Thanks for finding this bug.
    
    Mary
252.4DECWET::OSHEAKate O&#039;SheaMon Jan 08 1990 12:564
    Thanks very much for looking into this for me, and for trying to get it
    fixed for 1.2B.  Much appreciated!
    
    Kate