Indexing Multiple Books?

[Art Campbell]

My first choice would be to set it in the meta file numbering
properties for each chapter file.
Unless you're already using it for something, use the Volume Number
setting/variable to set a text string for all chapters of a component
book. Then use <$volnum> to pull it into each listing. So you'd
probably end up with something that looked like <$volnum> <$pagenum>
to pull both variables in.

Art

On 8/3/06, Patrick Nolan <pnolan at opsware.com> wrote:
> Art, this is great information.
>
> I have a question.
>
> Where do I set the book title prefix for the index entries? In the index
> marker itself inside the books, or would I set it on the reference page
> so when the index is generated, we end up with <book_name - page#>
> (Admin - 35).
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Patrick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:52 AM
> To: Patrick Nolan
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: Indexing Multiple Books?
>
> Yes and no. Each book file is just a container for the chapters; it
> doesn't actually change them. ;- )
>
> You want to be sure to mimic the chapter-page numbering style of the
> source book in the meta-book. Chapter 1 in Admin can still carry the
> label Chapter 1and the following chapters will still take their
> incremental numbering increase from it. And the page numbering setup
> should stay the same. Only difference is you restart book-level
> numbering with Chapter 1 from the Installation Guide and so on
> throughout the metabook
>
> This also makes it easier to set the book label prefix -- unless you're
> already using it, you can pick up the Volume numbering <$volnum>
> variable and set it to text using the string you decide to use for each
> book's prefix.
>
> Just as a BTW, the chapter numbering in the original books will still be
> valid when you operate from the original book file. You're not changing
> anything in THAT book; you're setting all the new properties in an
> entirely separate book file that just happens to contain the same
> chapters. The chapter files don't know about a particlar book's settings
> if you work on them outside that book.
>
> Art
>
> On 8/1/06, Patrick Nolan <pnolan at opsware.com> wrote:
> > Art,
> >
> > What I don't understand is, if I create a new book and add all the
> > indexable chapters, wont these chapters lose their pagination? I.e.,
> > wouldn't they get a new pagination from the new book?
> >
> > -Patrick
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:33 AM
> > To: Patrick Nolan
> > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> > Subject: Re: Indexing Multiple Books?
> >
> > I think it's in the manual somewhere, but all you need to do is create
>
> > a meta-book that contains all the indexable chapters from your doc set
>
> > member books. Nesting books isn't supported. Only extra step is when
> > you generate the index, you'll probably need to include a prefix to ID
>
> > the book before the page citation -- Admin 301, Install 3-14, etc.
> >
> > The metabook is also useful for updating / synching all formats and
> > applying any other changes you want to ripple into multiple books.
> >
> > Art
> >
> > <snip>
> > > In other words, they are asking for a master, multi-volume index for
>
> > > all the books.
> >
>
> --
> Art Campbell
> art.campbell at gmail.com
>   "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent
>                and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
>                              No disclaimers apply.
>                                      DoD 358
>


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Art Campbell                                             art.campbell at gmail.com
  "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent
               and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
                             No disclaimers apply.
                                     DoD 358