From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Toft To: Eric Lee Green Cc: docbook-tools-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Book split to several books Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 06:36:00 -0000 Message-id: References: <00071511261800.24882@ehome.inhouse> X-SW-Source: 2000/msg00278.html On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Eric Lee Green wrote: > On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Peter Toft wrote: > > Now I have to split the book into 4-5 parts, but I like > > feedback on how to do this in an optimal way. My > > problem is that I have many cross-references which will > > suffer from the split. > > > > I have looked into using which presumably > > enables me to keep correct cross-references, but I > > really would like to compile the sub-books > > individually now - currently it takes too much time to > > make PS, PDF, and HTML. > > Unfortunately your two goals (seperate compilation, extensive cross-references) > are incompatible. Splitting your document into parts or multiple files on disk > is easy enough -- "Docbook -- The Definitive Guide" tells you how to do that Agree - no problem - I have 13 files at the moment. > within the first few pages. But if you want cross-references, or a common > index, well, the document processing system is going to have to chew through > each of the documents to find all of those references. Hrrm - my idea could be that book-A makes a summary file, book-B the same .... and book-N can use check cross-references to the other books by reading these summary files (with the relevant labels) - which then have to be available. It could be cool, that book-N automatically could have Take a look into being expanded to Take a look into the book "Peter Toft; Linux for the cool dudez - section 3.1" if the label hardcoreLinux is found in book-A BR -- Peter Toft, Ph.D. [pto@sslug.dk] http://www.sslug.dk/~pto "You don't win a battle by asking, `Will we win?' You win it by doing your best to win" - Richard M Stallman ----> Visit http://petition.eurolinux.org <---