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RE: [docbook] keycap proposal


That seems reasonable.  Perhaps the documentation for this attribute in TDG
could very specifically refer to this parameter entity.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Stayton [mailto:bobs@sco.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 1:20 PM
> To: John Levon
> Cc: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Re: [docbook] keycap proposal
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 05:44:46PM +0100, John Levon wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 09:36:55AM -0700, Bob Stayton wrote:
> > 
> > > So the proposed new attributes for keycap are:
> > > 
> > > function     (alt
> > >              |control
> > > [snip]
> > 
> > This seems overly focused on PC keyboards. What about the 
> keys to the
> > left of a Sun keyboard such  as "Undo" etc. ? What about any other
> > number of particular keys ? I don't see how this can usefully scale
> > under the "other" attribute.
> 
> The list was intended intended to include keys that are
> common across several keyboards.  There are dozens of keys
> on various keyboards around the world that could not be
> included in the list.
> 
> The 'other' attributes let you mark up
> other function keys.
> 
>   <keycap function="other" otherfunction="undo"/>
>   <keycap function="other" otherfunction="f3"/>
> 
> How does this not meet your needs?
> 
> If people feel extending the enumerated list
> would be a common need, then we could add a
> parameter entity to the attribute declaration:
> 
> function     (alt
>              |control
>              |shift
> 	     |...
> 	     |pagedown
> 	     |other %local.keycap.function )        #IMPLIED
> 
> Then a DTD customization could declare:
> 
> <!ENTITY % local.keycap.function "|undo|f3">
> 
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