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Re: simple question about a choice of markup element
- From: BigSmoke <bigsmoke at home dot nl>
- To: docbook mailing list <docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org>
- Cc: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at mindspring dot com>
- Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 02:12:35 +0200
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: simple question about a choice of markup element
- Organization: BigSmoke
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On Thursday 01 August 2002 00:04, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> what's the appropriate inline markup to use for a term that is just
> being introduced for the first time? for example, "before you start
> the procedure, you must first go out a buy a widget. a widget is <insert
> explanation here>..." ^^^^^^
>
> normally, such terms are shown in italics, and philosophically, i
> don't think this should be an <emphasis> element. and i don't see
> any other tag that seems to fit here. comments?
As described on http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/firstterm.html,
there is a firstTerm element.
Good luck!
- BigSmoke
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