Re: FrameMaker Release 7.2

[Michael Heine <senex32@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I still want endnotes and a CMS system. Sorry for bargin' in, I couldn't
resist. (Then again, InDesign doesn't do Sideheads or Paragraphs Across
Columns, so who am I to complain?)

Cheers,
Mike

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Michael Heine
Winnipeg, MB
Canada


On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Lynne A. Price wrote:

> At 02:40 AM 9/16/2005, Steve Whitlatch wrote:
>
> >Your posts are always of the highest value. I'll try to learn from what
> >you've
> >written, and if I get the time I'll put some effort into learning to write
> >FDK clients. But for now, the new XSL import-export capabilities in
> >FrameMaker have my attention. Can you tell more about these new capabilities?
> >Yes, I still want to eliminate the need for an FDK client completely. Can you
> >shed any light on what that might take for DocBook XML.
>
> Steve,
>    If I remember correctly, the DocBook FDK client:
>
> a) Combines sequences of white space characters into a single space
> b) Maps between the DocBook IndexTerm model and FM index markers (with
> limited support for font changes)
> c) Changes Ulink elements to text insets of type text
>
> Certainly the first two can be done with XSLT. Some variation of the last
> one might also be possible, using text insets of type text (I'd have to
> think more about special characters, though).
>
>
> >Also, do you know if these new XSL import-export capabilities are well
> >documented? I need good documentation. My background is in technical writing,
> >not programming. I only program when I must.
>
>
>    While we'll all have to wait to see the documentation that comes with
> the new release, I expect there will be documentation on how to invoke XSLT
> from FM but nothing documenting XSLT itself. After all, XSLT is something
> that you will now be able to use with FM but since it exists outside of FM
> it should be documented outside of FM.
>
>          --Lynne
>
>
>
>
> Lynne A. Price
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> Specializing in structured FrameMaker consulting, application development,
> and training
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