Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 09:38:43 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using SGML Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971001091528.21416N-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970930220243.7383A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Annelise Anderson wrote: > Is there a source of information for tags that can be used? I started a little guide, but I don't think it has everything you would be after, and the specifics about formatting are a little out of date, but have a look: http://fallout.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber/docbook/markupguide.html The authoritative, and somewhat overwhelming, source is the Docbook reference, which can be found at either: http://www.ora.com/davenport/dbdoc/ref/ http://fallout.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber/docbook/doc/ref/ > Basically besides titles of "chapters" this document has text that's > in bold and text that's underlined (and maybe some bold underlined > text). I understand that I'm supposed to classify these various > bits of text rather than designate how they are to appear.... > although the tag <emphasis> seems usable. Where would I find others, > or am I asking for something that doesn't exist? To narrow your search through the docbook reference, here is a list of things you can put "inline" in a paragraph: <abbrev> <acronym> <action> <address> <anchor> <application> <author> <authorinitials> <beginpage> <blockquote> <calloutlist> <caution> <citation> <citerefentry> <citetitle> <classname> <cmdsynopsis> <command> <comment> <computeroutput> <corpauthor> <database> <email> <emphasis> <envar> <equation> <errorcode> <errorname> <errortype> <example> <figure> <filename> <firstterm> <footnote> <footnoteref> <foreignphrase> <funcsynopsis> <function> <glosslist> <glossterm> <graphic> <graphicco> <guibutton> <guiicon> <guilabel> <guimenu> <guimenuitem> <guisubmenu> <hardware> <important> <indexterm> <informalequation> <informalexample> <informaltable> <inlineequation> <inlinegraphic> <interface> <interfacedefinition> <itemizedlist> <keycap> <keycode> <keycombo> <keysym> <link> <literal> <literallayout> <markup> <medialabel> <menuchoice> <modespec> <mousebutton> <msgtext> <note> <olink> <option> <optional> <orderedlist> <othercredit> <parameter> <phrase> <productname> <productnumber> <programlisting> <programlistingco> <prompt> <property> <quote> <replaceable> <returnvalue> <revhistory> <screen> <screenco> <screenshot> <segmentedlist> <sgmltag> <simplelist> <structfield> <structname> <subscript> <superscript> <symbol> <synopsis> <systemitem> <table> <tip> <token> <trademark> <type> <ulink> <userinput> <variablelist> <warning> <wordasword> <xref> Something you won't find in any documentation is that both sgmlfmt and my jade stylesheets for docbook handle some special cases of the <emphasis> element: <emphasis role="bf">bold</emphasis> <emphasis role="it">italic</emphasis> <emphasis role="tt">typewriter</emphasis> And if you need it, I could see about adding "ul" for underline. I suppose I should add "bi" for bold-italic too. However, it is best to avoid these if possible because it makes your document dependent on my processing tool, which is what SGML is all about avoiding! > P.S. Would it be important to upgrade from sgmlfmt 1.3--I notice > there are some changes. The only changes were to linuxdoc processing. Tell me how it goes...my wife has a large quantity of XyWrite files kicking around. -john
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