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Re: DocBook: system entities at end of sentence
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- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: DocBook: system entities at end of sentence
- From: Todd Dukes <tjdukes at flash dot net>
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 08:51:42 -0600
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Brendan J Simon wrote:
>
> I have a system entity defined for some acronyms.
> eg. <!entity gui "<acronym> GUI </acronym>">
>
> How do I use this at the end of a sentence without having a space
> between the entity name and the period ?
>
> The following does not work as "gui." is not defined.
> <para> X-Windows is a &gui. <para>
>
Shouldn't you have a semi-colon at the end of the entity
reference like this <para> X-Windows is a &gui;. <para>
Todd.