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Conference vaxuum::online_bookbuilding

Title:Online Bookbuilding
Notice:This conference is write-locked: see note 1.3.
Moderator:VAXUUM::UTT
Created:Fri Aug 12 1988
Last Modified:Mon Jul 15 1991
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:440
Total number of notes:2134

43.0. "Multiple index entries" by CURIE::HARTSHORN () Fri Dec 09 1988 14:58

When a multiple index entry is selected a pop-up window appears that 
lists the various topics that contain the selected index entry.  You 
may then select the topic and the BOOKREADER will take you to the 
index entry selected for the topic selected.

I have just put a book on-line that has the same index entry under 95 
different topics.   When I select this topic one of two things 
happens;  The BOOKREADER exits and gives me a stack dump, or a pop-up 
window appears but only lists 10 or so entries. 

I assume that the BOOKREADER's exiting is a bug and will one day be 
fixed.

Are there plans in the works to put scroll bars on these pop-up 
windows?  Or to do something else that will accommodate long lists
of associated topics?


Ken
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43.1future--not in V1STAR::KRAETSCHNeXt Window PleaseThu Dec 15 1988 14:2817
We do plan to do something more graceful with the popup beyond version 1
of the Bookreader.  However, v1 if virtually out the door and you won't
see any change for v1.  The Bookreader uses a DECwindows toolkit menu
widget for the list of topics.  I suspect we are running into some
limit within the toolkit.  Can you send me a pointer to the book so I
can take a look at it?

Meanwhile, your only option is to restructure the index so there are not
so many targets for each entry.  Personally, I find indices with more than
10 targets to an entry very difficult to use.  I don't like wading through
10 topics (let alone 95!) to find the one I'm really looking for.
...I wonder if we should call it a feature!  :-)

I am aware that we may build some books that we can't control the index
organization for, such as spec's for standards, government documents, etc.

joe
43.2DSSDEV::EPPESI'm not making this up, you knowTue May 16 1989 14:3533
    Hmm.  I just got the following stack dump when I clicked on an index entry
    that appears in only 2 places.  I didn't get any pop-up window...

%SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=01, virtual address=0030002C, PC
=0003D342, PSL=03C00000

  Improperly handled condition, image exit forced.

        Signal arguments              Stack contents

        Number = 00000005                00000000
        Name   = 0000000C                20000000
                 00000001                7FEC3C58
                 0030002C                7FEC3C24
                 0003D342                00116CA6
                 03C00000                00000001
                                         0030002E
                                         00010000
                                         01FC0000
                                         7FEC1280

        Register dump

        R0 = 0030002E  R1 = 0030002E  R2 = 0030002E  R3 = 001E56D0
        R4 = 00000001  R5 = 00000600  R6 = 001E56D0  R7 = 000FE1B0
        R8 = 00006CFC  R9 = 7FEC3D80  R10= 00018088  R11= 00017FB8
        AP = 7FEC11B0  FP = 7FEC1170  SP = 7FEC11EC  PC = 0003D342
        PSL= 03C00000
          
    This is with the SDC version of VMS (and DECwindows) 5.1, April 19
    version of the bookbuilding tools, DOCUMENT T1.2.

							-- Nina