Re: [docbook-apps] Simpler XHTML output

[Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com>]

Rene Hache wrote:
> Bob,
> 
> 
>>I would put forth the proposition that a div without a class or id attribute
>>is a div that isn't useful for CSS and can be eliminated.  Same with empty
>>divs.  It may be that some of those divs are useful under different
>>circumstances when more titlepage information is to be output.  But the
>>stylesheet should only output divs if they can serve a purpose.
> 
> Sounds like not too bad of an idea to me. I am obviously not a
> programmer, but is that "easy" to do? Somebody else also proposed
> pretty much the same idea.

I'd also agree that is a reasonable policy to take.  While I suppose you 
could style un-marked divs with complex nest-based CSS selectors, I 
don't know why you'd want to. :-)  I can see where having them might be 
useful for, say, putting two or more images onto a title page, but 
without a class or id to attach to it would be quite difficult.

I'm curious, though, how are those being generated in the first place? 
Are the divs generated absolutely and then a class or ID generated only 
conditionally?  Or are they just fluff from an older version of the 
templates?  That would affect how easy or hard they are to remove.

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