| From | Sent On | Attachments |
|---|---|---|
| Norman Walsh | Oct 28, 2000 4:53 am | |
| Terry Allen | Oct 30, 2000 3:02 pm | |
| Norman Walsh | Oct 31, 2000 7:51 am | |
| Terry Allen | Oct 31, 2000 8:09 am | |
| Dennis Evans | Dec 9, 2000 4:52 pm |
| Subject: | Re: Section doesn't allow SimpleSect? | |
|---|---|---|
| From: | Norman Walsh (nd...@nwalsh.com) | |
| Date: | Oct 31, 2000 7:51:35 am | |
| List: | org.oasis-open.lists.docbook-tc | |
/ Terry Allen <tal...@sonic.net> was heard to say: | - Simplesect came before section, I think. Am I wrong?
No. Which is to say, yes, simplesect came before section.
| - Section's goal was absolute genericity (if not generousity) | below the Chapter or Article level | - it was not a part of the goal to enable Simplesect | | So while we probably just forgot about Simplesect, it's not | inappropriate that we didn't allow for it. If we'd thought | about it, we might well have left it out intentionally. | | Does someone want Simplesect in Section, or does the question | arise from stylesheet exercises (anyone remember Czerny?)?
I wanted a terminal section of a document to be formatted differently. Making the terminal sections SimpleSects looked like an easy way out. In the end, what I had in mind was tag abuse (they were going to be numbered, which SimpleSects are not) so I'm not sorry I had to test for section depth, but I think they purpose of SimpleSect (a terminal, unnumbered section) is as legitimate inside Section as it is in Sect1-5 and we ought to put it back.
Be seeing you, norm
-- Norman Walsh <nd...@nwalsh.com> | Life always comes to a bad http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/ | end.--Marcel Aym\'e Chair, DocBook Technical Committee |





