DOCBOOK: Re: marking up keycaps according to their semantics

[Steinar Bang <sb at dod dot no>]

>>>>> "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at mindspring dot com>:

> the problem is that something like the "escape" key can be used in
> two different ways:

> 1) it can be a "modifier", if you want to call it that, in that it
>    can be pressed just before pressing another key, or

> 2) it can be a separate key press all on its own, such as to
>    press "escape" to, say, exit a program

I don't see a difference in these two usages from a markup point of
view.  Both are single presses of the escape key as far as I, and the
docbook manual representing the keypress, can tell...?