Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: questions about validity of certain blocks

[Bob Stayton <bobs at sco dot com>]

On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 01:16:07PM -0800, Carlos Araya wrote:
> Good afternoon:
> 
> I've been using Docbook for a while and now have the following questions:
> 
> 1. What can I use to replace the combinations below?  EpcEdit (the free
> version) is complaining about them and I don't see anything wrong with them,
> they convert to HTML without a problem...
> 
> A.
> <blockquote><para>A long December and there's reason to belive<sbr/>
> maybe this year will be better than the last<sbr/>
> <attribution><citetitle>A long December</citetitle> -- Counting
> Crows</attribution></para></blockquote>

<sbr/> is only permitted in arg, cmdsynopsis, and group.

 
> B.
> <literallayout><emphasis role="bold">Memorial Wall</emphasis>
> <emphasis role="bold">The Mall</emphasis>
> <emphasis role="bold">New Washington DC</emphasis>
> <emphasis role="bold">Christmas, 2090</emphasis></literallayout>

This looks ok to me.


> 2. Can <sbr/> be used to generate HTML <br> Tags?

Only in synposes.
 
> 3. Can I use <footnote> inside a <para>? Again EpcEdit complains that it's
> not valid

Yes, footnote is valid inside a para.


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