Re: subproject-howto, fdl.sgml, debiandoc+docbook=headache
Ben Armstrong (synrg@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca) wrote:
> On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 06:15:57PM -0500, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote:
> > I'm the maintainer of debiandoc-sgml and if there're features like lists with
> > letters iso numbers, just file a wishlist. I'm always open to suggestions and
> > this one seems rather useful to me. It also shouldn't take that much effort to
> > implement it once we've figured out how to call the tag (e.g. <ordlist> with
> > a parameter indication numbers of letters).
>
> No need for a new element. Just extend enumlist a la LaTeX, which considers
> it perfectly normal to have lettered tags in an "enumerate" environment.
Ok. Makes sense.
> It seems the docbook dtd allows for quite a wide range of cases. In
> keeping with the simplicity of the rest of debiandoc, you might just
> want to stick with adding docbook's "numeration" attribute for
> orderedlist:
>
> Numeration (Arabic
> |Upperalpha
> |Loweralpha
> |Upperroman
> |Lowerroman) #IMPLIED
>
> Or abbreviate to "num". Thus <enumlist num=upperalpha> would work for
> the FDL.
Excellent.
> > If there's more you need just let me know.
>
> Thanks. Shall I file the wishlist based on the above, then? I'm not
> sure whether you're looking for detail in the wishlist, or just the
> general idea of what is needed.
Well, I would say put in as much info as you can to enlighten someone who
reads it later. You could simply pasted your reply in the report. That
contains all the relevant info.
Thanks,
Ardo
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