JW:HELP:DocBook in Frame 7, chapter styling

[Joseph Woodard <jwoodard@xxxxxxxx>]

Now that I have Frame 7, I can struggle to grasp a real implementation
of DocBook elements, something I've had to emulate with with Frame 5.5
until now. Frame seems like it should be an excellent XML editor, so
I'm trying to earn my pilot's license by studying Adobe docs and Sarah's
excellent "Framemaker 7" book.

I don't understand styling behavior with the elements 'Chapter' and
'Title'. Can anyone recommend a guru or publication? I have encountered 2
puzzles that have me scratching my head.

SETUP:

I use Frame 7 on Windows 98.
I've copied the XML application files for DocBook from
my Frame installation directory
C:\adobe\framemaker7.0\structure\xml\xdocbook\app
to a crash-and-burn directory:
C:\junk\docbook\xml\xdocbook\app

I set an environmental variable STRUCTDIR in my windows 'autoexec.bat'
file to point to the 'junk' directory:
set STRUCTDIR="c:\junk\docbook"
and rebooted to make sure STRUCTDIR was in the environment of all
executing programs. (STRUCTDIR forms the pathway to files in the XML
application, as described in the file 'structapps.fm' in that same
directory.)

I open a new document using the XDocBook template file named 'template'.

FIRST PUZZLE:

If I insert a chapter element. The EDD says that insertion of a
Chapter container element should automatically insert a Title child
element. It works! the Chapter contains a Title. However the Chapter
element is associated with an exceptional 'body' paragraph tag
using Chapter numbering and 36 point Times Roman, whereas the
chapter Title element is associated with a ChapterTitle paragraph
tag with no numbering and 36 point Times Roman.

Chapter numbering is difficult to maintain when the numbering is kept
in an exceptional body tag, rather than in the ChapterTitle tag. If I put
numbering in the ChapterTitle tag, I end up with two Chapter numbers, one
after the other.

I hope you're with me so far.

Section elements and associated Title child elements seem to work properly,
however. Each respective Title element contains the section numbering and
the parent Section element doesn't create any numbering.

QUESTION: how do I change the Chapter element's numbering? Do I have to edit
the EDD? Is there something I can more easily in Frame, then perhaps export
a new EDD?

SECOND PUZZLE:

If I change the Chapter element to an Appendix element, styling rules
in the EDD say that the Title of Sect1 changes association from a Sect1Title
paragraph tag to a Sect2TitleA tag. This changes its numbering so that
the first number is Alpha, corresponding to Appendix A, rather than Chapter
1, for example.

The same changes should occur in Title elements in Sect2, Sect3, Sect4, and
Sect 5, but don't. The styles rules in the EDD say it should work.

That is:

    Chapter 1 "title"
        1.1 "Sect1 title"
            1.1.1 "Sect2 title"
                1.1.1.1 "Sect3 title"
                    Section 3 paragraph body

Should change to

    Appendix A "title"
        A.1 "Sect1 A title"
            A.1.1 "Sect2 A title"
                A.1.1.1 "Sect3 title"
                    Section 3 paragraph body

But every section at and below Sect2 doesn't change paragraph tag, as
the EDD states so its numbering doesn't change as the Sect1 title tag
does when it changes from Sect1Title to Sect1TitleA.

QUESTION: is this a bug in the delivered docbook? How shoudl I fix it?

Pant, pant...

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 Joseph Woodard, (510)748-9811, 2050 Eagle Ave., Apt 1, Alameda, CA 94501
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===========================================================================
 Joseph Woodard, (510)748-9811, 2050 Eagle Ave., Apt 1, Alameda, CA 94501
 Email: jwoodard@best.com      On the web at http://jwoodard.best.vwh.net




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