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Subject: Re: [docbook] Clean way to insert a "pause" between blocks of paragraphs?


On Saturday 29 March 2003 21:03, James J. Ramsey wrote:
> Sometimes headings are just not the answer, though,
> although in technical documentation they usually are.
> I am pushing the limit of DocBook in what I'm doing,
> because it isn't so technical. Still, like I said, one
> *does* see in real books extra space or small
> decorative separators used to subdivide chapters. I
> guess it depends on how general you want to make
> DocBook, or whether you think it is worth it to add
> features that will primarily be used in non-technical
> genres.

Which other XML dialects are taylored specifically 
for the purpose of writing non-technical prose? Now I tend to
(ab)use DocBook for this (or LaTeX, while I dislike Macro's).

The demands for such literature are less complex which
justifies specialized dialects.

I personally have to admit that in tech. docs I can always
come up with a title for each seperation. It's only for
non-technical prose that I desire another means to add a
"pause" or a "seperation".

Perhaps I ought to use the right tool for the right job ;)

 - Rowan

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Don't fear fear.



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