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diff --git a/doc/xfpt.xfpt b/doc/xfpt.xfpt index d8f3c842f..552846cff 100644 --- a/doc/xfpt.xfpt +++ b/doc/xfpt.xfpt @@ -13,17 +13,31 @@ <bookinfo> <title>The xfpt plain text to XML processor</title> <titleabbrev>xfpt</titleabbrev> -<date>16 January 2006</date> +<date>22 March 2007</date> <author> <firstname>Philip</firstname> <surname>Hazel</surname> </author> <authorinitials>PH</authorinitials> -<revhistory><revision><revnumber>0.00</revnumber><date>16 January 2006</date><authorinitials>PH</authorinitials></revision></revhistory> -<copyright><year>2006</year><holder>University of Cambridge</holder></copyright> +<revhistory><revision><revnumber>0.01</revnumber><date>22 March 2007</date><authorinitials>PH</authorinitials></revision></revhistory> +<copyright><year>2007</year><holder>University of Cambridge</holder></copyright> </bookinfo> .literal off +. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// +. These lines are processing instructions for the Simple DocBook Processor that +. Philip Hazel has developed as a less cumbersome way of making PostScript and +. PDFs than using xmlto and fop. They will be ignored by all other XML +. processors. +. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// + +.literal xml +<?sdop + foot_right_recto="&chaptertitle;" + foot_right_verso="&chaptertitle;" +?> +.literal off + . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -494,10 +508,11 @@ the four modes. .section "The &*.macro*& directive" "SECTmacro" This directive is used to define macros. It must be followed by a macro name, -and then, optionally, by any number of arguments. These provide default values. -The following lines, up to &*.endmacro*&, form the body of the macro. They are -not processed in any way when the macro is defined; they are processed only -when the macro is called (see section &<<SECTcallingmacro>>&). +and then, optionally, by any number of arguments. The macro name can be any +sequence of non-whitespace characters. The arguments in the definition provide +default values. The following lines, up to &*.endmacro*&, form the body of the +macro. They are not processed in any way when the macro is defined; they are +processed only when the macro is called (see section &<<SECTcallingmacro>>&). Within the body of a macro, argument substitutions can be specified by means of a dollar character and an argument number, for example, &`$3`& for the third @@ -928,6 +943,18 @@ example: .index goose "wild chase" The chasing of wild geese... .endd +You can generate &"see"& and &"see also"& index entries by using &*.index-see*& +and &*.index-seealso*& instead of &*.index*&. + +If you want to generate an index entry for a range of pages, you can use the +&*.index-from*& and &*.index-to*& macros. The first argument of each of them is +an ID that ties them together. The second and third arguments of +&*.index-from*& are the primary and secondary index items. For example: +.code + .index-from "ID5" "indexes" "handling ranges" + ... <lines of text> ... + .index-to "ID5" +.endd The &*.makeindex*& macro should be called at the end of the document, at the point where you want an index to be generated. It can have up to two |