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Subject: Re: [docbook] Custom tags in Docbook
Ok, after consulting the DocBook element reference (http://docbook.org/tdg/en/html/part2.html), I can see your point... Granted, the list is enormous, but what I meant with my question was how to proceed when in a situation for which no suitable (pre-defined) elements exist... From what I can make of the answers, DocBook appears (in this matter at least) to follow a philosophy of "quantity over quality"... not really what I was expecting, but it'll have to do. (BTW, quality in this case means trying to provide all elements anyone is ever likely going to need, instead of providing a way for new elements to be added should the need arise. I want to make this clear to avoid starting a possible flame :-) ) Kerry, Richard wrote: > What needs to be custom ? > > <guibutton> is an existing docbook element....... > > > > > Uncertainly, > Richard. > > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Oscar Pereira [mailto:oscar.pereira@anubisnetworks.com] >> Sent: 22 January 2008 00:31 >> To: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org >> Subject: [docbook] Custom tags in Docbook >> >> Hi, >> >> I am a novice user of Docbook, who has just subscribed this >> list hoping >> to see answered a question that a lot of googling could not. >> I was just >> tasked with completing a docbook document (using xml) that >> someone else >> had already drafted. As I analysed that document, I found that word >> emphasis were being done with <emphasis> tags, throughout the >> document. >> I found this odd because, some of the words represent classes >> of data, >> that should have a coherent formatting. I have some experience using >> LaTeX, and one of the first things you learn is how to define >> commands >> for specific things (which is rather simple to achieve). Making the >> transition from commands to tags, I was hoping there would >> some equally >> simpler way of defining tags that could be applied to custom >> classes of >> data. This way, instead of writing >> <emphasis>search</emphasis>, I would >> like to write something like <guibutton>search</guibutton>. >> This way, if >> at a later time it was found that gui buttons should be >> written in bold, >> changing it would be simple: which is not the case is you use >> <emphasis> >> all document long (and for other things that are "gui buttons" in my >> example). Googling for a way to do this yielded a lot of things about >> dtds and xsl, but nothing that answered my question. Is there >> a way to >> do this? Or I making some error regarding the way DocBook >> should be used >> (perhaps from my previous background working with LaTeX)? >> >> Please note that I have a somewhat limited knowledge of XML >> and XSL, and >> so I was really looking for a simple solution... >> >> Thanks in advance (and apologies for the long mail), >> Oscar >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-help@lists.oasis-open.org >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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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