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Subject: RE: DOCBOOK: Bug at SGML DTD? Or at DSSSL stylesheets?
> -----Original Message----- > / Jorge Godoy <godoy@conectiva.com> was heard to say: > | > There are three schools of thought on this issue: > | > > | > 1. Figures (and other block-ish) things should appear in paras. > | > 2. Figures should not appear in paras. > | > 3. Figures should appear in paras only if they are part of the > | > paragraph from a semantic point of view. [snip] > <para>In the following figure, note the red widget: > <figure><title>Blah, blah, blah</title> > ... > </figure> > When you turn the handle to the left, you must move the widget out > of the way or you'll break the sprocket. Replacing the sprocket is > a difficult procedure that involves general anesthetic and a Tesla > Coil.</para> > > This happens more frequently with examples and equations, > perhaps, than figures. Equations are almost always part of the flow of text. > If you don't want to have the figure in the > paragraph, I think > it's important to rewrite the text. I think this is really ugly: > > <para>In the following figure, note the red widget:</para> > <figure><title>Blah, blah, blah</title> > ... > </figure> > <para>When you turn the handle to the left, you must move the > widget out > of the way or you'll break the sprocket. Replacing the sprocket is > a difficult procedure that involves general anesthetic and a Tesla > Coil.</para> So do I. When I have been unable to put a figure in the flow of text in LaTeX I put it either before or after the paragraph.
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