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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: Re: marking up keycaps according to their semantics
Robert P. J. Day wrote: > i didn't mean to make a big issue out of this; i'm satisfied > with the current proposal, cool :) > currently, a key cap is written as <keycap>x</keycap>. this > seems to suggest that a keycap is, by default, of type "literal", > if i can call it that. Yep, and this stays true for "non-function"/char keys. > now the above is pretty darn wordy, but one can condense it > by, perhaps, redefining keycap to not need any content at all: > > <keycap literal="x"/> > <keycap function="escape"/> In <keycap>x</keycap> the textual content is literal, which is implied (as you wrote above), and understood. So <keycap>x</keycap> <keycap function="escape"/> makes sense IMHO. > i also notice that the definition of a keycap, according to > 2.0.8, is "the *text* printed on a key on the keyboard" (my emphasis). yep (notice that currently there is a problem, since on my control key, there is written "Strg", while on other's there's "Ctrl") > notice that this isn't strictly true anymore, Exactly, but it stays true for "non-function"/char keys. For stuff like <keycap>x</keycap> the def stays true. For the proposed extension, the spec would need to be extended to explain the notation for those keycaps which are function keys, eg <keycap function="escape"/> for escape etc. > since what might be > displayed could be something other than text. Exactly! That's one of the main reasons for requesting that the markup for function keys be specified/standardized, no matter which notation/naming/syntax is used. Then you can translate them into pics, ASCII rendering, foreign laguages, etc. > anyway, i realize i'm being thoroughly anal retentive, so i'll just > shut up now, and whole-heartedly support whatever gets added. Discussing this stuff makes sense. Thanks for your input. Tobi -- http://www.pinkjuice.com/
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