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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

314.0. "<PREFACE_SECTION> can't be cross-ref'd automatically" by VIA::EPPES (I&#039;m not making this up, you know) Wed Apr 11 1990 18:41

    This isn't too important, but I just discovered it and thought I'd
    mention it here...

    The <PREFACE_SECTION> tag only takes one argument, the title of the
    section.  It does not take a symbol argument; therefore, it can't be
    cross-referenced automatically in the Bookreader (the section title does
    show up in the table of contents, though).

    I don't know whether anyone ever cross-references a <preface_section>
    from the main body of the book; I suppose one might want to if one is
    using it for "Technical Changes and New Features" or something like that.
    Anyway, I just wanted to point this out.  It's not causing me any
    headaches, personally... :-)

							-- Nina
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314.1Yep, it should be...RAGMOP::UTTWed Apr 11 1990 20:1412
    Nina,
    
    I don't know that this has ever caused anyone any headaches, but
    it struck me some time back that the inability to cross refer to
    the preface was inconsistent. So it's on the list of things to
    make cross-referable-to, if I may coin YAUP (Yet Another Ugly
    Phrase), for V2.0. Other things on the cross-referable-to list
    are template (<routine>, etc.).
    
    Thanks,
    
    Mary
314.2thanksVIA::EPPESI&#039;m not making this up, you knowThu Apr 12 1990 18:213
    I knew you'd be on top of it, Mary!  :-)

						-- Nina
314.3What About Referencing <head1> tags in a Preface?TLE::ETZELMikeWed Aug 22 1990 11:5815
    In addition to a <preface_section>, will it be possible to 
    cross-reference a <head1> in the preface?
    
    The case in point is to refer to the "Associated Documents" in the
    Preface, which is not a <preface_section> but usually a <head1>.
  
    Such an attempt under V1.2B results in a .LOG file that contains:
    
    	BOOKWRITER ERROR--The following symbols are undefined:
            pgid =  13, offset =   1245, symbol = 'SEC_RELATED_DOC'
        %DVC-E-OUTPUTFAIL, error writing to output file
    
    BTW, has anyone considered the list of associated documents as a
    simple means of providing some cross-book (hypertext) capabilities in
    the future?
314.4Added to wishlist.RAGMOP::GRANTI&#039;ve saved $2626.50 since I quit smoking.Wed Aug 22 1990 15:025
    I'll add this to the wishlist.
    
    Thanks for the hypertext idea.
    
    Wayne