In many cases, the best way to figure out how to do something is to look
at Arbortext's own code. For example, to see how hyperlinks work, you
could look at the files supporting axdocbook to see how their styler
sheets and DCF are configured for link elements to make hyperlinks.
Also, all the pieces of this really are there in the help, but they can
be hard to find if you don't know where to look, and it can be difficult
to put the pieces together when you're first getting up to speed with
Arbortext customization. This is where it is especially useful to look
at the way Arbortext configures its default doctypes. For example, if
you grep for "ulink" in the axdocbook doctype directory, you'll see
where it's defined as a link element in the DCF, and where it's styled
in the Styler stylesheet. From there you can consult the help for more
details on <link> in the DCF file, and on the "Link" style in Styler, if
necessary.
I don't remember seeing a Samples book, but there is a samples directory
in the Arbortext installation tree that also contains many good,
well-commented examples of various kinds of customizations.
And there's always Adepters for when all else fails. 🙂
--Clay
