Re: incrementing item numbers in docbook

Thanks Bob! I will read this 3 or 4 times and try some things out. It already makes more sense after the second reading! :) I’m a programmer, but new to XSLT and DocBooks. I haven’t fully wrapped my head around the various layers involved. If I can’t figure it out from your notes here I’ll reply back. 

Thanks again!

Paul

> On Jan 18, 2018, at 1:38 PM, Bob Stayton <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Paul,
> This will require customization of templates in certain modes.  In general, titles are generated using a template in a mode applied to the element like section. That way it can find the title if it is a child of section or a child of info.
> 
> Numbered titles are generated by applying mode="object.title.markup" to the section.  This mode engages the gentext files like common/en.xml to look up the appropriate gentext template like
> 
> <l:template name="section" text="%n. %t"/>
> 
> It fills in %n by applying templates in mode="label.markup" and it fills in %t by applying-templates in mode="title.markup".  So you could customize the template for section in mode="title.markup" to first generate your lab label for sections that are labs, and then add the title if you want it.
> 
> Autonumbering is done in XSLT using the <xsl:number> instruction, setting appropriate attributes for what to count and when to reset the number sequence.
> 
> Ask if you need more help with the details.
> 
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> [email protected]
> 
>> On 1/13/2018 6:17 PM, Paul Faulstich wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I am creating a modular document with chapters and sections. Some of the sections are labs.  I'm hoping to auto-number the labs, so I end up with something like this:
>> Book
>> * Chapter 1
>> ** Section 1
>> ** Section 2: Lab 1.1
>> ** Section 3
>> ** Section 4: Lab 1.2
>> ** Section 5: Lab 1.3
>> * Chapter 2
>> ** Section 1
>> ** Section 2: Lab 2.1
>> ** Section 3: Lab 2.2
>> etc.
>> How do I autonumber the Lab titles?
>> Many thanks!
>> Paul
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