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Re: Tables and PDF customizations

Thu, 2013-04-25 02:44
Should do it. J

Tables and PDF customizations

Wed, 2013-04-24 22:54
I have a lot of tables on which the writers did not specify the colsep and rowsep attributes. Rather than adding them to source with a value of "1", is there a

Re: build script vs. Ant build file

Wed, 2013-04-24 18:36
I think this answers the question. Rather than doing everything in an Ant build file, or doing everything in a shell script, divide the work. Have generalized

Eclipse help plug-in issue when using conref, keydef/ref and keyword

Wed, 2013-04-24 17:56
Hi, To use 'variables' that are dependent on the Eclipse build that I'm running, I've set up conrefs in a ditamap like this:

Re: Best practice for ids for context sensitive help in DITA?

Wed, 2013-04-24 15:14
On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:06:17 -0000, "despopoulos_chriss" ... ROFLMAO! No, for a programmer like you, with 30 or 40 years experience, it's just something to

Re: Servicing Tool List

Wed, 2013-04-24 15:11
Hi "hairy writer" DITA 1.2 has a "machinery task topic" specialization which can contain a "support equipment list":

Re: Best practice for ids for context sensitive help in DITA?

Wed, 2013-04-24 14:59
... I don't think you can call "traces" support... ... That is what I meant by "support". Do you get the map file you will need for any kind of CSH from

Re: HTML Help Customization

Wed, 2013-04-24 14:57
Hi, Create or change your CSS to alter the styling for your HTML output. The one called is usually common-ltr.css (in resource folder). For CSS help, try W3C

Re: Best practice for ids for context sensitive help in DITA?

Wed, 2013-04-24 14:51
... Yes, the map file Shane talked about, and that we (and every other Help-tool provider) uses in one format or another depending on the help system produced.

Re: Best practice for ids for context sensitive help in DITA?

Wed, 2013-04-24 14:50
On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:18:52 -0400, Shane Taylor ... That's actually what happens, in both OmniHelp and MS HTML Help. (It's handled

Re: Servicing Tool List

Wed, 2013-04-24 14:16
You can put the tool in a PH element and add an @id to the element. If you do this in the Tools Required topic, you can create a

Re: Servicing Tool List

Wed, 2013-04-24 14:13
Also pretty new so you might get some better ideas later! 1) Try some tests. It is pretty easy to try things out if you keep your topics small and use maps to

Re: dita ot fop: footnote callout appears on the far right

Wed, 2013-04-24 14:06
Interesting. FWIW, I use RenderX. - Severin

Re: [ANN] Webinar: Overview of SuiteHelp 3.1 RECORDING

Wed, 2013-04-24 13:29
Hi, We apologize for the technical difficulties experienced yesterday getting into the webinar and we're happy that most of you were able to join us after the

Servicing Tool List

Wed, 2013-04-24 13:22
Hi All, I'm a noob so please bear with me. I want to describe a procedure for the servicing of a product. In that procedure I want to refer to tools specific

Re: dita ot fop: footnote callout appears on the far right

Wed, 2013-04-24 09:39
Great solution, Severin. I also discovered, that the problem does not occur if I switch the formatter to AntennaHouse. Thanks, Pawel From:

Re: build script vs. Ant build file

Wed, 2013-04-24 08:17
If this is the case, it would probably be equally easy or easier to just handle the logic in the code that calls the Ant scripts, i.e. your shell scripts etc.

Re: Best practice for ids for context sensitive help in DITA?

Wed, 2013-04-24 08:06
Jeremy, I don't agree with your last statement -- I don't see a major effort to work CS Help into a system. In my home-grown system I just whomped up a

Re: build script vs. Ant build file

Wed, 2013-04-24 06:43
In my setup the name of the map file and the ditaval file are the same, exept the extension. And in my build files I'm then using

Re: build script vs. Ant build file

Wed, 2013-04-24 05:29
If the naming scheme is consistent, i.e -v_.ditamap .ditaval You could create an Ant file that constructs the args.input
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