Re: [docbook-apps] itemizedlist/variablelist: spacing attribute

[Bob Stayton <bobs@sco.com>]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 11:18:08AM +0200, Michael Wiedmann wrote:
> What is the reason that there is no "spacing" attribute for "variablelist"
> in contrary to "itemizedlist"?
> 
> This makes it difficult to find a consistent customization of the 
> stylesheets. E.g. for "itemizedlist" I would use 'spacing="compact"'
> but for "variablelist" I would have to use something like 'role="compact"'.

I don't know the reason, but if you want it changed,
you should file a RFE on the DocBook SourceForge site
(under Tracker -> DocBook RFEs).

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