On Dec 16, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

Using xml sounds ok to me (esp as you know how to do it) ... with xinclude you mean combining multiple files into one? It's what we do in all xml related projects here. There is actually an \xmlinclude command

\xmlinclude{main}{include}{filename|href|name}

this will include from elements with tags 'include' and one of the attributes mentioned. Do this as one of the first steps as it merges xml trees.

Hans

Hi Hans, thanks for your suggestion. Yes, I mean combining multiple files into one document. Sorry that I didn't see \xmlinclude, that's of course just what I was looking for. But after searching the list, I saw a couple old messages by Hans dan der Meer which made me realise I have no idea yet how to use it. Something like this? file chapter_1.xml <chapter> text </chapter> file </document> Would translate to \startxmlsetups xml:xi:include \startchapter \xmltext{#1}{chapter} \stopchapter \stopchapter Is that the basic structure, or am I misunderstanding the way this could be used? All best Thomas

On Dec 16, 2012, at 11:08 PM, Sietse Brouwer wrote:

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/xmlinclude

Wikified, but sans example for now. Thomas, could I leave that to you? Writing about things I don't understand is one thing, but producing working code that I don't understand is something I am happy to leave to the experts. ;-)

Cheers, Sietse

The horror :-) That was pseudo-code, and I have not the faintest idea if this works at all! But it's good you put this up on the wiki: it will create a disturbance in the space-time continuum which is so strong that Hans will have to tell us how it really works - otherwise, the Mayas may turn out to be right after all... All best Thomas

On 12/16/2012 10:07 PM, Schmitz Thomas A. wrote:

On Dec 16, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

...

Using xml sounds ok to me (esp as you know how to do it) ... with xinclude you mean combining multiple files into one? It's what we do in all xml related projects here. There is actually an \xmlinclude command

\xmlinclude{main}{include}{filename|href|name}

this will include from elements with tags 'include' and one of the attributes mentioned. Do this as one of the first steps as it merges xml trees.

Hans

Hi Hans,

thanks for your suggestion. Yes, I mean combining multiple files into one document. Sorry that I didn't see \xmlinclude, that's of course just what I was looking for. But after searching the list, I saw a couple old messages by Hans dan der Meer which made me realise I have no idea yet how to use it. Something like this?

file chapter_1.xml <chapter> text </chapter>

file

and then

file master.xml <document> </document>

Would translate to

\startxmlsetups xml:xi:include \startchapter \xmltext{#1}{chapter} \stopchapter \stopchapter

Is that the basic structure, or am I misunderstanding the way this could be used?

well, that bit of code is *not* going so save the world (1) master tex file \startxmlsetups xml:setups \xmlinclude{#1}{xi:include}{href} \xmlsetsetup{#1}{document|chapter}{xml:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:setups} \startxmlsetups xml:document \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:chapter \startchapter[title=\xmltext{#1}{title}] \xmlall{#1}{content} \stopchapter \stopxmlsetups \starttext \xmlprocessfile{main}{master.xml}{} \stoptext (2) master xml file (with balanced quotes) <document> </document> (3) proper chapters: <chapter> <title>one</title> <content>text</content> </chapter> and <chapter> <title>two</title> <content>text</content> </chapter> Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

On 12/17/2012 10:15 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:

well, that bit of code is *not* going so save the world

OK, after playing with it for a while now: 1. Is it possible to have the benefits of components, i.e. compiling just one chapter with crossrefs, pagenumbers etc. taken over from the main file? 2. Bibliography: I have trouble getting normal bibliography to work, so I guess it would be best to embark on putting the references into an xml file and then writing my own macros for that? Thanks a lot Thomas