Re: [docbook] How to mark up a path?

[Bob Stayton <bobs@sco.com>]

On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 10:44:37AM +0200, Tobias Reif wrote:
> Jirka Kosek wrote:
>  > Tobias Reif wrote:
>  >
>  >> None of the following seems appropriate:
>  >>
>  >> <filename>doc/jing.html</filename>
>  >
>  > This seems perfectly reasonable for me.
> 
> Yes, but not to me :)
> It doesn't make sense to argue about that if the goal is to reach 
> consesus since our requirements seem to be different.
> 
> To elaborate on why I'm not really happy with the above
> (again, it's cool if you're happy with it, but that's not the point):
> 
> file name:
>    jing.html
> .. marked up as file name:
>    <filename>jing.html</filename>
> 
> relative directory path:
>    doc/
> absolute directory path:
>    /foo/
> relative file paths:
>    doc/jing.html  jing.html
> absolute file path:
>    /foo/doc/jing.html
> 
> ("jing.html" can be a file name or a file path)
> 
> There is a difference between a file path and a file name which is 
> significant in some cases, in which I'd like to express that difference 
> via markup. (note: I don't say that this would be your requirement)
> 
> I think I might be happy with an element named path, but I'm not sure.

How about an attribute on filename named 'path'?

  <filename path="/foo/doc/jing.html"/>


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