Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 11:03:23 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spacing (again) in handbook with netscape Message-ID: <20010712110323.G42931@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <20010712085402.1E4323E31@bazooka.unixfreak.org>; from dima@unixfreak.org on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 01:54:02AM -0700 References: <20010712104825.D42931@lpt.ens.fr> <20010712085402.1E4323E31@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
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Dima Dorfman said on Jul 12, 2001 at 01:54:02: > Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> writes: > > that is, if I include <screen></screen> within a <para> before closing > > the <para>. In that case everything after the <screen> gets > > close-spaced when viewed in netscape. > > > > Am I not supposed to do this? Or is this just a bug with netscape? > > <screen> should go outside of <para>, as it does it most (all?) > documents. E.g.: > > <para>Some text here</para> > > <screen>Some screen stuff > is here</screen> > > <para>More text</para> I definitely disagree with that as a general statement (there is nothing wrong with "displayed text" in the middle of a paragraph, and mathematical equations are frequently displayed in the middle of a paragraph; a paragraph is a grammatical entity not a formatting one.) But if that's how the docbook system expects it to be, ok... Thanks R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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