Re: processing instruction for htmlhelp.default.topic?

Hi Jirka,

thanks so much for your help! I'll test this out and let you know. 
Copying the list for the benefit of all...

Best regards,

--Scott

Jirka Kosek wrote:
> Scott Hudson wrote:
>
>> IHAC that has many different docbook chunks for their Help content. 
>> They want to be able to specify the default
>> help topic, but are using the Arbortext editor and engine. There 
>> isn't an easy way to pass the parameter
>> during processing. Is there an XML PI that could be applied in the 
>> content indicating which section should be used as
>> the default topic? Any ideas how to easily specify the default topic 
>> for HTML Help?
>
> Currently there is no such PI. But if you will add the following into 
> your customization layer, you will be able to mark section which 
> should be default topic by placing <?default-topic?> inside this 
> section. It is untested code, but it should/could work.
>
> <xsl:param name="htmlhelp.default.topic">
>   <xsl:call-template name="make-relative-filename">
>     <xsl:with-param name="base.dir">
>       <xsl:if test="$manifest.in.base.dir = 0">
>          <xsl:value-of select="$base.dir"/>
>       </xsl:if>
>     </xsl:with-param>
>     <xsl:with-param name="base.name">
>         <xsl:apply-templates 
> select="/[not(//processing-instruction('default-topic'))] | 
> //processing-instruction('default-topic')/parent::*" 
> mode="chunk-filename"/>
>     </xsl:with-param>
>   </xsl:call-template>
> </xsl:param>
>
> HTH,
>
>             Jirka
>


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