[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: LibLouisUTDML, macro nodes

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 21:09:02 -0500

there is a table that lists all styles and semantic actions. 
examine_document.c looks up the first column of each line in a 
semanti-action file in this table. The table indicates whether the entry 
is a style or action. It also indicates whether the entry is a macro. I 
don't remember function names offhand, but examine_documentj.c is the 
place to begin looking.

John

On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 10:09:08PM +0100, Michael Whapples wrote:
> But how does the name get associated to nodes in the document?
> 
> If matching it with a entry in the first column of a semantic action
> file, surely that associates it to a semantic action.
> 
> Michael Whapples
> On 17/06/2014 20:32, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >All you have to do is put a line like
> >
> >style [name]
> >
> >in a configuration file. Of course you will want to add settings like
> >linesBefore, firstLineIndent, leftMargin, emphasis, etc.
> >
> >In a semantic action file you simplly give the name of the style in
> >the first column. Styles can be nested. This might be done, for example,
> >on the title page of a book, where the outermost style might have the
> >format centered and the nested styles might have linesBefore and
> >linesAfter.
> >
> >John
> >
> >
> >On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 06:17:14PM
> >+0100, Michael Whapples wrote:
> >>Please explain further, I don't understand how to create a style
> >>which is not associated with a semantic action.
> >>
> >>Michael Whapples
> >>On 17/06/2014 16:07, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >>>The documentation has several examples of macros.
> >>>
> >>>Not all styles are associated with semantic actions. This is true only
> >>>of predefined styles. The user can create new styles independent of any
> >>>semantic action. Several users have done so.
> >>>
> >>>John
> >>>
> >>>On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 02:47:51PM +0100, Michael Whapples wrote:
> >>>>I was thinking might it be of any use for the problems we are trying
> >>>>to solve?
> >>>>
> >>>>What quite do you mean when you say combine semantic actions and
> >>>>styles, these do not seem mutually exclusive anyway (eg. a node with
> >>>>a style is also associated with a semantic action).
> >>>>
> >>>>Michael Whapples
> >>>>On 17/06/2014 14:41, Keith Creasy wrote:
> >>>>>John mentioned it to me some time ago. It is undocumented and largely 
> >>>>>untested. I think its main purpose is to let you combine actions and 
> >>>>>styles.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I'll have to see if I can find the message he sent to me describing it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>>From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> >>>>>[mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael 
> >>>>>Whapples
> >>>>>Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 9:27 AM
> >>>>>To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] LibLouisUTDML, macro nodes
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Hello,
> >>>>>Whilst looking at the LibLouisUTDML source code I keep finding 
> >>>>>references to nodes having macros. What is a macro node and how to use 
> >>>>>this feature?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I did a search of the liblouisutdml documentation for the word macro and 
> >>>>>nothing came up.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Michael Whapples
> >>>>>For a description of the software, to download it and links to project 
> >>>>>pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >>>>>For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> >>>>>project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >>>>For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> >>>>project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >>For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> >>project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> 
> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com

-- 
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
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