discuss: Updated CSS for HOWTOs
Subject:
Re: Updated CSS for HOWTOs
From:
"Ferg / LDP" ####@####.####
Date:
22 Mar 2004 14:26:38 -0000
Message-Id: <20040322142638.164B936B28@mail01.powweb.com>
Hello Chris,
> I still miss an answer that tells me which markup is used in DocBook for
>
> - prompts
class="prompt" is used
<prompt>boot:</prompt>
becomes:
<TT CLASS="PROMPT">boot:</TT>
> - user entered text
tag?
> - variables
class "varname" is used:
The array <varname>major_a</varname>
becomes:
The array <TT CLASS="VARNAME">major_a</TT>
> - literals
<literal>abcdSDB</literal>
becomes:
<TT CLASS="LITERAL">abcdSDB</TT>
> Only then is it possible to sit down and design a CSS that meets the above
> requirements.
I absoultely agree.
In general, you can be assured that the tag utilized
(see http://docbook.org/tdg/en/html/docbook.html) in
the SGML/XML markup will indeed transpose to become
a class="" attribute within the resultant HTML when using
the openjade+DSSSL conversion path.
I will stress that usually any SGML/XML attributes used
are hanlded directly within the processing and are not written
out as any sort of class attribute in the HTML. An example is the
use of role="" on the <emphasis> DocBook tag. The DSSSL processing
looks to see if role is set to "strong", and if so, outputs the <strong>
tag into the html, else uses <em>.
regards,
--
Greg Ferguson / LDP volunteer
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