Re: Customising XSL sheets - Figures

[Aidan Lister <aidanis@gmail.com>]

Hello again,

I seem to have worked this one out for myself.

A <textobject> isn't meant to be the caption, suprisingly, that's what
<caption> is for. The <textobject> will be converted to a new file if
it contains anything other than <phrase>, and <phrase> is used as the
alt on the displayed <imageobject>.

In the end, it looks like:

   <figure id="figure.7a" label="7a">
    <title>Anatolia</title>
    <mediaobject>
     <imageobject>
      <imagedata fileref="mars/data/figure07a-anatoliamap.jpg" format="JPG" />
     </imageobject>
     <textobject>
      <phrase>NASA location map</phrase>
     </textobject>
     <caption>
      <para>NASA location map for the surface depression called Anatolia.</para>
     </caption>
    </mediaobject>
   </figure>

A bit of tag soup, but for all intents and purposes does the job.

-- Aidan

On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:10:00 +1100, Aidan Lister <aidanis@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> When making use of the <figure> element, the <textobject> is placed on
> a separate page. I'd prefer it was just displayed under the figure.
> 
> I tried tracking it down through the XSL, but it jumps all over the
> place and I wasn't quite sure where it was happening.
> 
> Here's an example:
> 
>    <figure id="figure.7a" label="7a">
>     <title>Anatolia</title>
>     <mediaobject>
>       <imageobject>
>         <imagedata fileref="mars/data/figure07a-anatoliamap.jpg" />
>       </imageobject>
>       <textobject>
>        <para>NASA location map for the surface depression called
> Anatolia.</para>
>       </textobject>
>     </mediaobject>
>    </figure>
> 
> When parsed, this created a page called ld-id2859198.html and placed a
> link "[D]" under the figure rather than the text. I assume "ld" means
> "longdesc".
> 
> If there's a parameter to disable this, that would be great, otherwise
> any tips of which part of the style sheets to customise would be
> appreciated.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Aidan Lister
>