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Subject: RE: [docbook] keycap proposal
That seems reasonable. Perhaps the documentation for this attribute in TDG could very specifically refer to this parameter entity. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Stayton [mailto:bobs@sco.com] > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 1:20 PM > To: John Levon > Cc: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: Re: [docbook] keycap proposal > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 05:44:46PM +0100, John Levon wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 09:36:55AM -0700, Bob Stayton wrote: > > > > > So the proposed new attributes for keycap are: > > > > > > function (alt > > > |control > > > [snip] > > > > This seems overly focused on PC keyboards. What about the > keys to the > > left of a Sun keyboard such as "Undo" etc. ? What about any other > > number of particular keys ? I don't see how this can usefully scale > > under the "other" attribute. > > The list was intended intended to include keys that are > common across several keyboards. There are dozens of keys > on various keyboards around the world that could not be > included in the list. > > The 'other' attributes let you mark up > other function keys. > > <keycap function="other" otherfunction="undo"/> > <keycap function="other" otherfunction="f3"/> > > How does this not meet your needs? > > If people feel extending the enumerated list > would be a common need, then we could add a > parameter entity to the attribute declaration: > > function (alt > |control > |shift > |... > |pagedown > |other %local.keycap.function ) #IMPLIED > > Then a DTD customization could declare: > > <!ENTITY % local.keycap.function "|undo|f3"> > > -- > > Bob Stayton 400 Encinal Street > Publications Architect Santa Cruz, CA 95060 > Technical Publications voice: (831) 427-7796 > The SCO Group fax: (831) 429-1887 > email: bobs@sco.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-help@lists.oasis-open.org > > >
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