You can configure XMetaL to map the B, I, and U (Bold, Italic, and Underline) toolbar buttons to particular elements, by editing the .CTM file for your customization. For example, the following code in the .CTM file says that <b> is the element type for bold, <i> for italic, and <u> for underline:
<TogglingInlines>
<Bold>
<Name ns="">b</Name>
</Bold>
<Italic>
<Name ns="">i</Name>
</Italic>
<Underline>
<Name ns="">u</Name>
</Underline>
</TogglingInlines>
In some schemas, formatting is expressed as attributes rather than as elements. For example, bold may be expressed as <emphasis style="bold">, italic as <emphasis style="italic">, and underline as <emphasis style="underline">.
If your schema does this, you can still use the B, I, and U toolbar buttons to insert the appropriate markup, however it cannot be done through the .CTM file, and it requires scripting.
XMetaL Author 6.0 has an example of such a script for DocBook documents. To see it, click
Help >
Samples >
Anatomy and Physiology (Docbook) and use the B, I, and U toolbar buttons there. The code behind it is in the
docbookxi.js file and the
docbookxi.mcr file in
C:\Program Files\XMetaL 6.0\Author\Rules\DocBook\5.0xi. You are free to copy this code for any other customization in XMetaL.
