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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Ripping out a@name generating code from thestylesheets [was: <link linkend> in XHTML output]


Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz>, 2008-10-02 17:08 +0200:

> Michael(tm) Smith wrote:
> 
> > That reminds me: Wasn't there some discussion a while back about
> > the DocBook Project revising the stylesheets so that they never
> > output a@name at all? I think all browsers in wide use today
> > understand @id just fine and don't need a@name. Or is there some
> > other reason for keeping the a@name stuff that I'm missing?
> 
> If you are delivering your HTML generated from DocBook to QNX operating
> system @id is of no use ;-)
> 
> Not very common case, but I few months ago I did very extensive
> customization of stylesheet to output very small HTML subset supported
> on that operating system.

To me, that would suggest we make the a@name output a user option,
but change the default to be to not to output it anymore.

  --Mike

-- 
Michael(tm) Smith
http://people.w3.org/mike/


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