discuss: Updated CSS for HOWTOs
Subject:
Re: Updated CSS for HOWTOs
From:
"Chris Karakas" ####@####.####
Date:
20 Mar 2004 18:24:33 -0000
Message-Id: <200403201823.i2KINuQ28849@mailgate5.cinetic.de>
Glen Turner ####@####.#### schrieb am 20.03.2004 01:34:00:
>
> I don't want to buy into the finer point of the discussion.
>
> But as an author I need the following:
>
> - numbered sections and figures (I need this for bug reports and
> cross-references).
You get this automatically from the DSSSL stylesheets of N. walsh, it's not a CSS issue.
>
> - text in boxes to be smaller than main text (the boxes are asides,
> even if they are a warning, and should not dominate the textual
> flow).
I disagree. IMHO text should be just as large as usual. I should not "penalize" an important text for being important by making it unreadable. Maybe in print formats you can get such a fine text scale that is acceptable. In online media (we are talking CSS), taking something from 12pt to 10pt may well make it unreadable to many (think "accessibility").
>
> - program listings to be mono spaced and small
>
mono yes, small no.
> - screens to differentiate
> - prompts
> - user entered text
> - program output
>
Nice idea. But a CSS for DocBook can only specify properties for classes that exist in the document. Does DocBook provide markup for differentiating
- prompts
- user entered text, and
- program output?
If it does, the second question is: do those markups get transformed in aproppriate classes by Openjade in the resulting HTML document? If the answer is "yes" to both of the above, then we could think about implementing your idea.
Which brings us to the next question: how would you suggest those elements to be formatted? Any examples?
> - literals and variables to be distinguishable
Again, I see the same questions arising: does DocBook provide markup for "variable" and "literal"? If so, does this markup get transformed to corresponding CSS classes in the resulting HTML? If so, what formatting would you suggest?
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Chris Karakas
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