Re: DOCBOOK: Why are legalnotices dropped?

[Scott Bolte <listS+docbook@niss.com>]

On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 18:19:23 +0000, Dave Pawson wrote:
> I wrote:
> 
> >         At this point I'm going to abandon the use of legalnotice
> >         and use a warning or something else that will highlight
> >         the importance of the message. Before I do that though,
> >         I'd like to make sure I'm not missing some reliable way to
> >         get the notices included, and to ask what the logic is
> >         behind not including a legal notice.
> 
> Same logic as specifying most 'front page stuff'.
> Your needs are different to mine, his, hers and mostly everyone else's.
> 
> Hence what I want for 'my' docbook output is fully specified in my own
> (not the downloaded docbook stylesheets) stylesheets which then
> override and include Norms styling.

        Dave,

        I'm not challenging the architectural design that allows
        local stylesheets to override, yet build on, the default
        stylesheets.  (Though it is obvious that I am not yet facile
        enough with them for me to realize that was the answer to
        my first question.) I think it is great, though I would
        rather minimize the auxiliary tasks necessary to create
        the documents. That will improve the chances that my
        successor will be able to maintain what I create.

        My larger question was, I guess, philosophical. The reason
        I tried legalnotice in the first place was because I assumed
        it would be used for important stuff, stuff that will be
        faithfully reproduced in all typical output formats.  I
        was taken aback to have my "This is a draft copy" disclaimer
        disappear and wanted to know why.

        I have a copy of the definitive guide (Thanks Norm!) and
        will dig into the section on overriding stylesheets.

                Scott