Re: [docbook-apps] Alternatives to bridgeheads

[Stefan Hinz <stefan.hinz@oracle.com>]

Hi Bob,

> 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.

Perfect. Thanks much!

Cheers,

Stefan

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> 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
> >
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