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Re: [docbook-apps] DocBook XSL 1.67.0 released


Michael Smith wrote:

The var element is not a monospaced style. It's typically
rendered in italic (non-monospaced). Which makes it inappropriate
for marking up programming variables or program arguments.

The var element is not a style element, period. The problem is that you're using semantic elements (var, code, strong, em) as style elements. That's just as wrong as using b and i. In fact, it's more wrong because at least b and i aren't actively misleading.


If the goal is to avoid presentation based markup, then the HTML element names should be picked based on the appropriate semantic match. When there is no such match, use <span class="whatever"> and add styling via CSS.

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