This is the mail archive of the
docbook@lists.oasis-open.org
mailing list for the DocBook project.
Re: Re: marking up keycaps according to their semantics
- From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at mindspring dot com>
- To: Steinar Bang <sb at dod dot no>
- Cc: docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 09:56:51 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: Re: marking up keycaps according to their semantics
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Steinar Bang wrote:
> >>>>> "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...?
sorry, i guess i wasn't clear -- i actually agree with you, which
is why i think keystrokes like "Esc" need to be a separate
element.
i remember some of the earlier proposals that had these kinds
of keys strictly as attributes for a "regular" keycap element,
which i didn't much like.
and because they are discrete keystrokes in their own right,
i don't think supporting them with a "function" attribute
quite fits the bill.
just my $.02.
rday