How do I handle nested bullets with a conversion table?

[Heavensbog2]

How do I preserve the hierarchy of nested bullets in the unstructured file in the converted structured file?

I set it up this way

P: Bulleted Level 1        li      L1

P: Bulleted Level 2        li      L2

which yields li[L1] and li[L2]

I then wrap the entire list with this top level element:

E:li[b]+&E:li[b2]+       ul

which yields this:

<ul>

    <li>blah</li>

     <li>blab</li>

     <li>blab</li>

</ul>

but I can't figure out how to get this, i.e, how do I demote the "blab" list items?

<ul>

   <li>blah<ul>

        <li>blab</li>

        <li>blab</li>

        </ul>

   </li>

</ul>

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Russ Ward · Accepted solution]

Hi, I think you need one more rule, and then reference the results from that rule in the last rule you showed. Your first set looks fine:

P: Bulleted Level 1     li     L1

P: Bulleted Level 2     li     L2

...then you need a new rule to wrap the level-2 sublists, which I think should look something like this:

E:li[L2]+, (E:li[L2])*     ul     UL2

...then you can wrap up the first-level list items along with sublists with a rule like this, which is a modification to the last rule you showed:

E:li[L1]+, (E:li[L1] | E:ul[UL2])*     ul     UL1

...and then I presume you would continue wrapping up the E:ul[UL1] and other body-content elements in some section-type elements, using the same concept.

I hope this helps.

Russ

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

Here is how I do it. Keep in mind that formatting differences may affect your inclusion in Sections.