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Subject: Re: [docbook] what defines a "verbatim" environment?


On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 02:45:14PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   as i read it from the stylesheets documentation, a "verbatim"
> element is one which has a format="linespecific" attribute, is that
> right?  which would (according to the docs) include address,
> literallayout, programlisting, screen and synopsis.

Yes.

>   also, what does it mean to say that an element has a format
> of "linespecific", anyway?  why that word?  and what other
> format would be possible?

I don't know why that word. But the DTD says
that no other values for "format" are possible.
The format="linespecific" attribute on those elements is
required and has that fixed value.  This ensures that such
elements are identified to stylesheets as linespecific if
the DTD is read.  It is the stylesheet that has to respect
the whitespace.
 
>   and does the "linenumbering" extension apply only to verbatim
> environments (which is the way i read it).

Yes.

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