Re: [docbook-apps] XSL customization

[Bob Stayton <bobs@sco.com>]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 10:52:02PM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote:
> I used DSSSL to transform DocBook/XML --> html before and I am trying
> to move to XSL now.
> I am having some problems when I try to customize the output.
> 
> 1. is there a way to produce multi-file output with xsltproc (like
>    docbook2html does by default)?

Yes, use chunk.xsl instead of docbook.xsl. It is in the
html subdirectory of the XSL stylesheet distribution.

> 2. I have a DSSSL customization layer (appended) which I don't know how
>    to convert to XSL.  I would greatly appreciate suggestions!
>    E.g., what is the format of the customization layer file?

See this doc:
http://www.sagehill.net/xml/docbookxsl/CustomMethods.html

> 
> 3. The refentry to *roff converter inserts just a single linebreak into
>    the synopsis line:
> 
> SYNOPSIS
>      clisp [-h] [--help] [--version] [--license] [-B lisp-lib-dir]
>            [-K linking-set] [-M mem-file] [-m mem-size] [-s stack-size] [-t te
mp-dir] [-L language] [-N locale-dir] [-Edomain encoding] [-q] [--quiet] [--sile
nt] [-interactive-debug] [-repl] [-w] [-I] [-ansi] [-traditional] [-p package-na
me] [-C] [-v] [-verbose] [--verbose] [-norc] [-i init-file...] [-c [-l] lisp-fil
e [-o output-file]...] [-x expressions] [lisp-file [argument...]]


I don't know how to fix this one.

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