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Subject: Re: [docbook] How to display a directory tree
See this message for my take on the name: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook/200201/msg00011.html Bob Stayton Sagehill Enterprises DocBook Consulting bobs@sagehill.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rune Enggaard Lausen" <rune@enggaard-lausen.dk> To: "John L. Clark" <jclark@nps.edu> Cc: <docbook@lists.oasis-open.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [docbook] How to display a directory tree > John L. Clark wrote: > > Tangentially, this brings up a slight nit that I have with DocBook. I > > think that the variablelist element is misnamed. I think the idea of > > the "definition list" that is present in HTML is a closer fit to the > > common uses of this type of list. In a hypothetical definition list, > > one could still "define" variables (and so we can still represent > > variable lists), but we can also "define" anything that requires > > defining (such as the structure of a directory in this case). But of > > course, such a change would be Significantly Backwards Incompatible(tm). > > I interpret the word "variable" as referring to the fact that the > "item indicator" is not fixed. In itemizedlist they are "fixed" in the > sense that they are always a kind of bullet. In orderedlist they are > "fixed" in the sense that they are always a kind of number. In > variablelist the author herself decides what the indicator is. > > Don't know if this interpretation was the original intent, but it > helps me explain the name to new users at work :-) > > Best regards, > > Rune Lausen > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-help@lists.oasis-open.org > > >
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