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RE: docbook: about paragraphs, cross-references, indexes
- To: Roy dot Gardiner at natwest dot com
- Subject: RE: docbook: about paragraphs, cross-references, indexes
- From: "Dave Brooks, BCS Systems" <dave at bcs dot co dot nz>
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:10:31 +1200
- Cc: docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org
At 10:34 12/04/01 +0100, you wrote:
>Yes; but only for entries marking a range of text. TDG also says "A single
>point is marked with an Indexterm placed in the text at the point of
>reference". This markup:
>
><INDEXTERM>
><PRIMARY>DocBook</PRIMARY>
><SECONDARY>Changes for <ACRONYM>V4.0</ACRONYM></SECONDARY>
></INDEXTERM>
>
>occurs in full over 40 times in TDG. Surely there must be a simpler way?
What about:
<!ENTITY IndexV4changes "<INDEXTERM>
<PRIMARY>DocBook</PRIMARY>
<SECONDARY>Changes for <ACRONYM>V4.0</ACRONYM></SECONDARY>
</INDEXTERM>"
>
and then just use &IndexV4changes; to generate the index entry.
Dave
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