Re: [docbook-apps] Simpler XHTML output

[Dave Pawson <davep at dpawson dot co dot uk>]

On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 18:31 +0200, Justus Piater wrote:

> 
> >> 5. The only DIV to be created inside the main content will be for
> >> admonitions, sidebar and highlights.
> >
> > Why? That way you will not be able to control rendering of whole
> > section or titlepage for example. Current stylesheets wrap these
> > structures inside <div class="section"> or <div class="titlepage">
> > respectively.
> 
> Here I agree with Jirka. Why not use divs and spans abundantly, with
> class attributes that give full control to custom CSS? You can make
> even divs essentially go away using display:inline.

because the overall goal is simplicity. 14 deep nested divs are not
'simple' :-)

Jirka, is your objection just that todays IEx won't render this content?
Is that a valid reason not to use it?

How else might we move towards browsers that are standards compliant?

regards DaveP


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