Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Notes on graphics and HTML

2002-05-03 Thread Ed Nixon
At 10:43 AM 03/05/2002 -0500, Paul Grosso wrote: > > >if I'm not mistaken these values will override any values I may choose > to establish in my customized external CSS; if that is the case then you > are taking away my ability and that of the end user to customize at view > time in favour of

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Notes on graphics and HTML

2002-05-03 Thread Paul Grosso
At 11:15 2002 05 03 -0400, Ed Nixon wrote: >At 08:47 AM 03/05/2002 -0500, Paul Grosso wrote: >The short answer is that, in general, pixels don't work. They are >>terrible things to use when specifying style. However, the HTML >>language and browsers don't give you much of a choice. > >Don't unde

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Notes on graphics and HTML

2002-05-03 Thread Ed Nixon
At 08:47 AM 03/05/2002 -0500, Paul Grosso wrote: >Norm and I discussed this some more off line and we clarified >several things for each other. Mmmm... >Some more comments embedded. > > >I don't see how this could work given the variability of pixels/inch in > screen resolutions and settings.

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Notes on graphics and HTML

2002-05-03 Thread Paul Grosso
Norm and I discussed this some more off line and we clarified several things for each other. Some more comments embedded. At 08:39 2002 05 03 -0400, Ed Nixon wrote: >Notes below: > >At 02:44 PM 02/05/2002 -0500, Paul Grosso wrote: >>At 12:41 2002 05 01 -0700, Norman Walsh wrote: >> >>> 1.

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Notes on graphics and HTML

2002-05-03 Thread Ed Nixon
Notes below: At 02:44 PM 02/05/2002 -0500, Paul Grosso wrote: >At 12:41 2002 05 01 -0700, Norman Walsh wrote: > > > 1. If only the content-area is specified, everything is fine. > > (If you ask for a three inch image, that's what you'll get.) > >Yep (as long as the XSL-HTML stylesh

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Notes on graphics and HTML

2002-05-02 Thread Paul Grosso
At 12:41 2002 05 01 -0700, Norman Walsh wrote: >I spent some time today working on new code to map DocBook V4.2 image >semantics (a superset of previous semantics) to HTML. A number of >compromises were required along the way. > >I probably won't be able to post the new code until I get back home,

DOCBOOK-APPS: Notes on graphics and HTML

2002-05-01 Thread Norman Walsh
I spent some time today working on new code to map DocBook V4.2 image semantics (a superset of previous semantics) to HTML. A number of compromises were required along the way. I probably won't be able to post the new code until I get back home, but here are the notes I wrote as I went. Comments,