On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:36:33 -0400 Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote:
> On 03/30/2012 11:35 AM, john Culleton wrote: > > On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:05:09 +0200 > > ale rimoldi<ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> wrote: > > > >> hi dcat, > >> > >>> All the examples cited use a two character tag (reminiscent of > >>> HTML, TeX or Groff), such as \H1, P1 etc. Are the tags limited > >>> to two characters? > >>> > >>> Must the first be alpha and the second numeric? > >> > >> have you tried? > >> > >> ciao > >> a.l.e > >> > > > > Well I can experiment with different combos such as \Chapter and > > \section (two I use in the Context variant of TeX) but it would > > save time if someone stated the actual rules. I note that unlike > > TeX there is no space between the tag and the text, so I assume > > that there are limits to the tag format. Otherwise tag \Li and > > tag \Lia could cause confusion. > > > > It's entirely possible you're the only one concerned about this > issue. It may be that whoever wrote the code for tags didn't even > consider it. > > The reason is that it would make most sense for a tag to be short, so > that there is less typing and less room for error when putting tags > into a text file. > > I have no objection to someone testing > \averylongtagindicatingsomecomplexconcept, but if it doesn't work, I > don't think it will be a hot item on the bug list. > > Greg > So there are no rules on length and format? I may try to import some text passages that have previously been formatted for TeX so my question was not an idle one. -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Police Procedural and Expose: "Death Wore Black" "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
