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Re: Antwort: Re: DAVENPORT: Three more Questions.
- To: davenport@berkshire.net
- Subject: Re: Antwort: Re: DAVENPORT: Three more Questions.
- From: Peter Flynn <pflynn@imbolc.ucc.ie>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:46:05 +0100
- Reply-To: davenport@berkshire.net
> Fine, so ignore it. In a mixed structural/graphical markup, graphical
> markup should be considered a set of hints to the typesetting engine,
> nothing more. It's still nice to have.
No, sometimes they are compulsory: imagine an editor primer...
<P>You can use the menus to change the style of your text.
Italics look like this: <sometag someattribute="something">italics</>
and bold type looks like this <sometag
someattribute="somethingelse">bold</></p>
It is a common error to assume that typographic variance is merely
decoration. Sometimes it is instructional and requires accurate markup.
A stylesheet is also an important part of this, but if an author is
describing the typographic properties of a program, then a requirement
to display or print italics for illustrative purposes is a REQUIREMENT,
not a hint or an option. How it is instantiated is up for discussion.
///Peter