Re: DOCBOOK: Transforming SGML

[Josef Karthauser <joe at tao dot org dot uk>]

On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 10:51:02PM +0100, Jirka Kosek wrote:
> Josef Karthauser wrote:
> 
> > > <programlisting><![CDATA[<inlineequation>
> > > <alt role="tex">a^2+b^2=c^2</alt>
> > > <graphic fileref="a2b2c2.gif"/>
> > > </inlineequation>]]></programlisting>
> > 
> > Interesting.  It doesn't make it clear that it's an equation though,
> > which is a bad thing in my case.
> 
> In DocBook equation is always stored in inlineequation, equation or
> informalequation element. My message also contain some excess markup as
> I copied it directly from DocBook source. If you want include some
> equation you won't type <programlisting><![CDATA[ in your document. It
> will look like:

Yes, I'm sorry I didn't make myself clear.  I was objecting to the
<textobject> method, which didn't make it clear that it was an equation.

For matter of interest why was a fileref added to the equation elements
in the first place?  What was the rational behind it?

Joe

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