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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: Presentational markup in Docbook
> From: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@metalab.unc.edu> > > In strict XHTML 1.1 I can use style attributes containing > CSS rules to note that a particular element should be bold, > italic, red, or some such. If necessary, I can add a span > element to give me something to hang the CSS off of. > > > Is there any equivalent in Docbook? That is, is there any > way to say that I want these three words to be red? or that > element to be bold? Or that this note should be in a sans > serif font? Mostly I'm happy with Docbook's semantic > markup, but occasionally it seems that something is > missing. > > XHTML lets me apply unique styles without messing up the > semantic nature of my document. Does Docbook? DocBook has no specific markup for styles, but you can fake it with <phrase> and its role attribute. For example: <phrase role="red">my red text</phrase>. Of course you have to modify the stylesheet for <phrase> to respond properly to the "red" role attribute. bobs Bob Stayton 400 Encinal Street Publications Architect Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Technical Publications voice: (831) 427-7796 Caldera International, Inc. fax: (831) 429-1887 email: bobs@caldera.com
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