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Re: [docbook-apps] Abbreviation or aliases


On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 16:21 +0200, Jacques Foucry wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is it possible to use abbreviation or kind of aliases in docbook.
> 
> Let me explain : imagine you are writing the documentation of a  
> software. The software name is long (Microsoft Excel 2005 for Palm  
> Pilot) and it will appears many and many time in the text. Each time  
> you type it you can make mistake. So the question is : is it possible  
> to define somewhere ME2PP == Microsoft Excel 2005 for Palm Pilot and  
> during processing ME2PP will be replaced Microsoft Excel 2005 for  
> Palm Pilot, each time.


Yes. If using xml

<!DOCTYPE book SYSTEM "path/to/dtd"[
<!ENTITY ME2PP " Microsoft Excel 2005 for Palm Pilot">

]>


later

<para>
Working with &ME2PP; we do ......

HTH 

DaveP


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