docbook: Re: How to create a HOWTO on Red Hat Linux 9?
Subject:
Re: How to create a HOWTO on Red Hat Linux 9?
From:
"Rodolfo J. Paiz" ####@####.####
Date:
20 Oct 2003 22:11:39 -0000
Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.0.20031020160611.024c4f50@mail.simpaticus.com>
At 15:54 10/20/2003, David Lloyd wrote:
>What are you using the <BR> for? I didn't think that it existed in DocBook
>(or LinuxDoc for that matter).
<grin> How would I know?
I'm using <br> like I use "Shift-Enter" in my word processor: start a new
line, but do not consider this a new paragraph. Is there such a thing? If,
for instance, I am listing a bunch of things and I want each on its own
line, but I don't want a space inserted between them as it is for
paragraphs, what tag would I use?
And since we're on specific tags, one more: in several cases I am showing
the user what commands to type and the output of commands on screen. Is
there a tag I can use that will put all output in constant-width font like
Courier, to simulate text-based screen output?
>The best tip:
>
> 1 DON'T use SGML short cuts
> 2 Always close ALL tags
Will keep those in mind. I did see the possibility of the <tag>stuff</>
thing, but it looked sloppy and unclear to me so I had already decided
never to use that. I didn't even know you could do the <tag/> thing. I'll
stay away from it then.
--
Rodolfo J. Paiz
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