Re: DOCBOOK: strange definition of & and < in iso-num.ent

2003-02-20 Thread Mike Brown
Alexander Dupuy wrote: > In the XML entities file iso-num.ent (ISO Numeric and Special Graphic > Entities V0.3 $Id: iso-num.ent,v 1.3 2002/06/13 17:39:20 nwalsh Exp $) > there are the following two rather odd definitions of & and <: > > > > > which effectively define the < entity as "<" and

Re: DOCBOOK: Any suggestions for a GOOD XML reference?

2002-12-18 Thread Mike Brown
Jeff Biss wrote: > >> > > I should have been a bit more clear on what I was really asking, which > is where are these defined? Where are *what* defined? *is* a definition. It is establishing that there is an entity named "local.list.class", consisting of an empty string. The % indicates that i

DOCBOOK: affiliation changes that were supposed to be in 4.0

2002-06-12 Thread Mike Brown
The TDG reference page for says In DocBook V4.0, Affiliation will be removed from some of the places in which it now occurs. Instead of appearing inside Author, for example, a new wrapper element will be created to hold Author, AuthorBlurb, and Affiliation. It looks to me like and

DOCBOOK: Re: Announce: Simplified DocBook V1.0 Candidate Release 1

2002-06-06 Thread Mike Brown
sdocbook.dtd has a typo: ^^ (should be footnoteref) It also still says v1.0b2 in the comments. - Mike mike j. brown | xml/xslt: http://skew.org/xml/ denve

DOCBOOK: Re: newbie Q's about Simplified DocBook 1.0b2

2002-05-17 Thread Mike Brown
I wrote: > IIRC, the main issue is the size of l10n.xml. Parsing this takes forever. Correction: The slowness is not during parsing, rather it's during XSLT key preparation. I've moved this thread to the docbook-apps list. - Mike ___

DOCBOOK: Re: newbie Q's about Simplified DocBook 1.0b2

2002-05-17 Thread Mike Brown
Norman Walsh wrote: > | ... :) > > No, that's not the same thing at all. The content model of listitem in > DocBook is required to be block content. You can't not put the para in > there. > [...] > I consider it a browser bug that > > > para 1 > para 2 > > > does not render the way yo

DOCBOOK: Re: newbie Q's about Simplified DocBook 1.0b2

2002-05-17 Thread Mike Brown
Norman Walsh wrote: > Yes. One of the factors that contributed to the design of Simplified > was the design of HTML which forbids blocks in paragraphs. Good. Although, by the same reasoning, you shouldn't be doing things like ... :) One thing I frequently need to do is something like this: ยท n

DOCBOOK: newbie Q's about Simplified DocBook 1.0b2

2002-05-17 Thread Mike Brown
Hi, I'm attempting to use Simplified DocBook 1.0b2. I have a couple of questions about it. I've only dabbled in DocBook before, so please forgive my ignorance or point me to a FAQ or more appropriate forum if this isn't the place to ask. 1. http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/para.html shows an e