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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: e 2.71828
Is this the point where some ignorant soul asks why there isn't a MathML way of correctly inserting a mathematical constant into DocBook documents? I believe MathML is at minimum a switch that can be turned on with the db distribution? Is correct? thanks. ...edN At 06:15 AM 09/04/2002 -0700, Zack Brown wrote: >On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:33:00AM -0500, Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote: > > I have a need to include the mathematical constant e, 2.71828..., the > > base of the natural logarithms, in a book I'm writing. According to > > the Unicode folks, they have no special character for this and none > > is needed. I should just use the normal ASCII e. That's simple enough. > > > > In typesetting a mathematical constant of this nature is normally > > italicized so it's not just plain text. How should I represent this > > in DocBook? > > > > <inlineequation>e</inlineequation> is not valid because the > > inlineequation element can't contain PCDATA. > > > > The best I can figure is > > > > <inlineequation> > > <inlinemediaobject> > > <textobject> > > <phrase>e</phrase> > > </textobject> > > </inlinemediaobject> > > </inlineequation> > > > > which really seems excessively complicated. > >Couldn't you just define an entity that would include all that markup for >you without all the noise? > > > Going to MathML seems > > even worse. Is this really the best I can do? > > -- > > > > +-----------------------+------------------------+-------------------+ > > | Elliotte Rusty Harold | elharo@metalab.unc.edu | Writer/Programmer | > > +-----------------------+------------------------+-------------------+ > > | The XML Bible, 2nd Edition (Hungry Minds, 2001) | > > | http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/bible2/ | > > | http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0764547607/cafeaulaitA/ | > > +----------------------------------+---------------------------------+ > > | Read Cafe au Lait for Java News: http://www.cafeaulait.org/ | > > | Read Cafe con Leche for XML News: http://www.cafeconleche.org/ | > > +----------------------------------+---------------------------------+ > >-- >Zack Brown
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