Re: [docbook-apps] Alternatives to bridgeheads

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

Yes, simplesect does all those things.  You can control whether or not they 
appear in the table of contents with the 'simplesect.in.toc' parameter.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net

--------------------------------------------------
From: "Stefan Hinz" <stefan.hinz@oracle.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 3:06 AM
To: "DocBook Apps" <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Subject: [docbook-apps] Alternatives to bridgeheads

> We're currently using <bridgehead> a lot to emulate <section>, mostly 
> where we don't want sections to be split out into separate HTML pages (and 
> where we can't prevent that simply via the chunking level).
>
> <bridgehead> has a number of drawbacks, though, one of them being that 
> it's not a container element.
>
> I guess we're looking for something that satisfies these requirements:
>
> * Produces a separate (not inline) title, unlike <formalpara>
> * Takes a <title>, so that it can be xref'ed without having to supply the 
> link text, unlike <bridgehead>
> * Acts as a wrapper around the associated content, unlike <bridgehead>, 
> and unlike <formalpara> (which wraps only a limited set of elements, not 
> including lists for example)
> * Does not produce a standalone section (unlike <section> which might or 
> might not depending on nesting depth)
>
> I don't know of anything like that. Does it exist? Does <simplesect> do 
> all that?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Stefan
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-help@lists.oasis-open.org