Re: [docbook-tc] parent elements of <arg>

["Nancy (Paisner) Harrison" <nancyh@rational.com>]

Thanks, this gives me food for thought.  We were
planning on using cmdsynopsis only in reference pages, but we may want to
revisit that.

Nancy



At 03:55 PM 12/27/01 , Norman Walsh wrote:
>/ "Nancy (Paisner) Harrison" <nancyh@rational.com>
was heard to say:
>| This may be a really stupid question, but I'm trying to figure out
why an
>| <option> element can be put into <userinput>, but not
an <arg> element.
>| Since user input is often the specific rendition of a command, I
would
>| think the basic elements of a cmdsynopsis could be used 
there.
>
>I don't think we imagined that userinput would be the rendition of
a
>command (rendering commands is what cmdsynopsis is for).
>
>I think the expectation was that userinput would be used to
markup
>user responses to questions (like configuration script prompts and
the
>like).
>
>| reason for doing this. But I can't figure it out now, and not
having it
>| available is problematical for me.
>
>Would parameter do? Can you provide some more context?
>
>                                       
Be seeing you,
>                                         
norm
>
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Nancy (Paisner) Harrison

Rational Software

Lexington  MA

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