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On 8/13/14 8:33 AM, Theresa de Valence wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:53EB8554.6000502@bstw.com" type="cite">On
8/12/2014 3:11 PM, Scott Prentice wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Don't open any of them from the file
system. You have two choices ..
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from the Structure Tools menu choose "Edit Application
Definitions to
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edit your "local" structapps file (this is most likely what you
should
<br>
be using) .. OR .. from the Structure Tools menu choose "Edit
Global
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Application Definitions". The app definitions in the "local"
file are
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typically those that you create for your own use. The "global"
app
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definitions are those for apps provided by Adobe.
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I recommend that people never modify the default apps .. either
create
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your own from scratch (for advanced users only), or clone the
default
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apps and give them a new name and modify those (the most likely
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scenario). You will mess up the apps (everyone does), and it's
important
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to have the default unmodified apps to go back to for testing.
In
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general you should be able to have all the apps "installed" and
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available for use at the same time.
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<blockquote type="cite">The structapps.fm file which I did
open has 3 varieties of DocBook in it
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(SGML DocBook, XML DocBook, DocBook2.2.1). How do I choose
which DocBook
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file to start with?
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I'd start by using DocBook (or DITA) out of the box, totally
unmodified.
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Which one, SGML or XML?
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XML for sure, and personally I'd use DITA. DITA for 3 reasons .. 1)
the implementation of DocBook support has problems, and that may
cause you trouble down the line, 2) you'll likely find more options
for DITA support in the techcomm space, and 3) I like DITA better
than DocBook :)<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:53EB8554.6000502@bstw.com" type="cite">
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<blockquote type="cite">Get comfortable with that and then try
making any needed modifications
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(after cloning the apps). You don't have to use the entire
model, just
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use the bits that you need and ignore the rest. If you're just
learning
<br>
how this all works, starting off by trying to modify things is
just
<br>
going to cause huge amounts of grief.
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Do I understand correctly that to clone the app, I "Edit Global
<br>
Application Definitions" then copy/paste the section of
structapps.fm with the Application name "DocBook" from the
demarking line to the demarking line (line across the page) and
give it a new name like "TDocBook"
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or is there more to it than this?
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Do I also find the ..\docbook\app\ directories and copy contents
to new directories?
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There more to it. You need to create a new structure app definition
(and probably create it in the "local" app definition file not the
"global" one), but you also have to clone the app files themselves
(at least the template, which contains the EDD). This topic
described cloning the default DITA-FMx apps. The process will be
different for the default FM apps, but the basic concept is the
same.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://docs.leximation.com/dita-fmx/2.0/?ditafmx_cloningtapps.html">http://docs.leximation.com/dita-fmx/2.0/?ditafmx_cloningtapps.html</a><br>
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The important thing is that you have to edit the EDD within the
template to change the app name in there. If you just edit the name
of the app in the structure app definition, it'll seem like it's
working, but won't really work. You'll open a file with "your" app,
but once it's open, the app name inside the EDD will define how it's
saved, and it'll use the default app instead of yours .. very
confusing.<br>
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As for Entity locations Public ID and Filename (local), do I
rename these (in the cloned area) to reflect the new name and
directories?
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<blockquote cite="mid:53EB8554.6000502@bstw.com" type="cite">What
else do I need to do?
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This will depend on what you're modifying. Your app definition can
continue to point to the default DTDs and entity definitions, if
you're not modifying them, but if you are, then you have to copy
those files into your new app folder (or whereever), and point to
them there. These questions are hard to answer without knowing what
you're changing. This is why it's best to use the default apps first
and learn how it all works before modifying anything.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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...scott<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:53EB8554.6000502@bstw.com" type="cite">Thanks
very much,
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Theresa
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