/ Sebastian Rahtz <> was heard to say:
| Gary Lawrence Murphy writes:
| >
| > Is there an equivalent backend process for DocBook XML to produce a
| > work in sections the way we can generate large LaTeX books by
| > collecting cross references and index material in the aux files?
| > I'd like to be able to re-compile one chapter independently of all
| > others, but have its external references resolve.
|
| I have wondered about this, and it strikes me as a fairly complex
| task. It would have to mean doing all the cross-referencing by means
| of an intermediate data file, instead of direct generation. Then
| during each run you'd have to update portions of the external data
| file. It could obviously be done, but its not going to be a barrel of
| laughs.
If you can stomach organizing your linking around olinks, there's
support, uh, for HTML at least, for this in the DSSSL stylesheets.
Be seeing you,
norm
--
Norman Walsh <> | In a universe of electrons and
http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/ | selfish genes, blind physical
Chair, DocBook Technical Committee | forces and genetic replication,
| some people are going to get hurt,
| other people are going to get
| lucky, and you won't find any
| rhyme or reason in it, nor any
| justice.--Richard Dawkins
