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Date:      Fri, 21 Jul 2000 22:55:25 +0000
From:      Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
To:        Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>
Cc:        Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, Jonathan Michaels <jon@welearn.com.au>, Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: docs/20009: [PATCH] the FAQ needs an entry on bikesheds
Message-ID:  <20000721225525.B2302@kilt.nothing-going-on.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000720160556.A83098@cichlids.cichlids.com>; from alex@big.endian.de on Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 04:05:56PM %2B0200
References:  <200007181910.MAA03565@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000719094210.A22688@phoenix.welearn.com.au> <20000719164514.D15764@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> <20000720160556.A83098@cichlids.cichlids.com>

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On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 04:05:56PM +0200, Alexander Langer wrote:
> Thus spake Nik Clayton (nik@FreeBSD.ORG):
> 
> > Anyone want to work on patches to w3m that do things like convert
> >    <i>...</i>
> 
> As a first step, the correct thing wouldn't be patching w3m but making
> <i> the <em> HTML tag.

If this was HTML being produced by hand then I'd agree with you.  But it's
not, and the stylesheets explicitly specify italic, rather than emphasis.

The right way to do it would be to switch to using <em> *after* first 
writing a docbook.css file that (a) looks nice, and (b) makes sure that
<em> is mapped to an italic posture.

N
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