SGML: psgml-dsssl.el: generate skeleton DSSSL style specs

Subject: psgml-dsssl.el: generate skeleton DSSSL style specs

Date: 16 Oct 1996 07:32:16 -0400

From: David Megginson <dmeggins@uottawa.ca>

Newsgroup: comp.text.sgml


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For people who create SGML documents using the free psgml editor under
Gnu Emacs, I have uploaded a copy of a small utility to my personal
http directory.  You will find it at

  http://www.uottawa.ca/~dmeggins/psgml-dsssl.el
[above address obsolete; see now:

      http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/dmeggins/software.html

This is tested under PSGML 1a12, but may run under earlier versions.
When you have an SGML document loaded into a psgml buffer and type

  M-x sgml-dsssl-make-spec

a skeleton DSSSL style spec will appear in the temporary buffer
"*DSSSL*" containing element-constuction rules for all of the elements
which _could_ appear in the current document, whether they actually
appear or not (actually, I think that I miss inclusions, but you
shouldn't use those anyway :-).  The software tries to make
intelligent choices about the default flow-object class for each rule,
considering the context where the element appears and its content.

You may consider this either alpha software or a prototype, depending
on your preferences.  Enjoy.


David

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David Megginson                 ak117@freenet.carleton.ca
Microstar Software Ltd.         dmeggins@microstar.com
University of Ottawa            dmeggins@uottawa.ca
        http://www.uottawa.ca/~dmeggins


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Subject: New version of psgml-dsssl.el

Date: 19 Oct 1996 13:30:38 -0400

From: David Megginson <dmeggins@uottawa.ca>



I have placed a new version of psgml-dsssl.el on my web site -- the
only change is an increase in the value of max-lisp-eval-depth so that
complex DTDs like DocBook will not produce an error.  You can find the
new version at the URL

  http://www.uottawa.ca/~dmeggins/psgml-dsssl.el

[Now (1997-11-13):

    http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/dmeggins/psgml-dsssl.el

As I mentioned in my earlier posting, this small package works
together with the PSGML editor in XEmacs or Gnu Emacs to produce a
skeleton DSSSL style spec automatically for the current document's
DTD.  It is already somewhat configurable, but I will be happy to
consider requests for changes or improvements.

All the best,

David