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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: What DocBook element for name of a programming langauge?
On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Norman Walsh wrote: > / Trevor Jenkins <trevor@suneidesis.com> was heard to say: > | The DocBook DTD has many inline elements for use with programming > | languages, e.g. ClassName, ReturnValue. However, I can't find anything > | appropriate for the name of the programming language itself. :-( It would > > What about <productname>? Still not quite what I'd expect to use. The GNU gcc compilier suite is a product, hence should be marked up as <productname>gcc</productname>, but the mark up for the various programming languages it implements should be differenmt. > What are your expectations for programming language names once marked up? I want to be able to search through the document instance for all occurences of specific programming languages. As I'm documenting a search engine toolkit it is rather important that the distinction be made between a programming language (defintion) and the compiler(s) that implement it. Regards, Trevor British Sign Language is not inarticulate handwaving; it's a living language. Support the campaign for formal recognition by the British government now! -- <>< Re: deemed!
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