RE: [docbook] varname question

["Dick Hamilton" <rlhamilton@frii.com>]

Tim,

I think this is a bug in 5.0; I get the same problem using emacs in nxml
mode, even though the 5.0 Definitive Guide says it should be ok.

I have a vague memory of this point coming up in the TC a while back.
Maybe someone with a better memory than mine can help clarify that
point.

That said, I'd probably use a different construct anyway:

<varname>_TYPE<replaceable>N</replaceable></varname>

Seems like it more accurately captures your intent, renders the same
way, and it might parse correctly for you (it does for me).

Hope that helps.

Dick Hamilton
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Arnold [mailto:Tim.Arnold@sas.com] 
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 8:07 AM
> To: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [docbook] varname question
> 
> 
> Hi,
> I have a situation where I want to refer to a variable name 
> that looks like this:
> _TYPEn_ where the 'n' is italicized to stand for some number, 
> n. I tag it like this:
> <varname>_TYPE<emphasis>n</emphasis>_</varname>
> 
> But I get this error when validating with onvdl:
> test.xml:7:35: error: element "emphasis" from namespace 
"http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"; not allowed in this context

I thought it was allowed to have emphasis in varname. What am I doing
wrong?
thanks,
--Tim Arnold

DETAILS:
-----------------
<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook";
         xml:id="test" version="5.0">
  <info><title>la di da</title></info>
  <section>
    <info><title>hey</title></info>
    <para><varname>_TYPE<emphasis>n</emphasis>_</varname></para>
  </section>
</chapter>
-----------------
Here's the validation command:

/usr/local/bin/java
-Dorg.apache.xerces.xni.parser.XMLParserConfiguration=org.apache.xerces.
parsers.XIncludeParserConfiguration -jar /DocBook/oNVDL/bin/onvdl.jar
/DocBook/V5.0/docbook.nvdl test.xml



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