20.4.1.3 Understanding equivalent browse macros and macro variables

For links between book files, Mif2Go provides two additional browse macros that are used by indirection: <$_seqprev> and <$_seqnext>. Table 20-1 shows the default definitions of these macros.

Table 20-1 Indirect navigation macros for files in a book

Macro	Default definition
<$_seqprev>	<a href="<$$_seqprevfile>"><$$_seqprevtitle></a>
<$_seqnext>	<a href="<$$_seqnextfile>"><$$_seqnexttitle></a>

Because of the equivalences listed in Table 20-2, you do not need to use <$_seqprev> and <$_seqnext>. You can link together all the HTML pages split from all the FrameMaker files in the sequence, using only macros <$_prev> and <$_next>.

When you are converting a book rather than a single FrameMaker file, for the first split part of any but the very first file in the book, the definition of <$_prev> changes to use predefined macro <$_seqprev>, which links to the last HTML file split from the previous FrameMaker file in the book. Likewise, for the last HTML file split from any but the last FrameMaker file in the book, the definition of <$_next> changes to use predefined macro <$_seqnext>, which links to the first HTML file split from the next FrameMaker file in the book. Table 20-2 shows how browse macros and macro variables are equivalent depending on the position of a file in the sequence.

Table 20-2 Equivalent browse macros and variables by file position

File position	Equivalent macros, macro variables, and values
First file split from first FrameMaker file in the sequence	<$_prev> = <$_seqprev> (produces At Start)
	<$$_prevfile> = <$$_seqprevfile> = <$$_seqcurrfile>
	<$$_prevtitle> = <$$_seqprevtitle> = <$$_seqcurrtitle>
First file split from each non-first FrameMaker file, and all non-first unsplit files	<$_prev> = <$_seqprev>
	<$$_prevfile> = <$$_seqprevfile>
	<<$_prevtitle> = <$$_seqprevtitle>
Last file split from last FrameMaker file in the sequence	<$_next> = <$_seqnext> (produces At End)
	<$$_nextfile> = <$$_seqnextfile> = <$$_seqcurrfile>
	<$$_nexttitle> = <$$_seqnexttitle> = <$$_seqcurrtitle>
Last file split from each non-last FrameMaker file, and all non-last unsplit files	<$_next> = <$_seqnext>
	<$$_nextfile> = <$$_seqnextfile>
	<<$_nexttitle> = <$$_seqnexttitle>

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