Re: DOCBOOK: Re: marking up keycaps according to their semantics

[Tobias Reif <tobiasreif at pinkjuice dot com>]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:


> 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 don't think that everything needs be represented by a separate 
element. See for example the example in the spec
tdg-en-html-2.0.7/tdg/en/html/systemitem.html :

  <systemitem class="systemname">helio.oreilly.com</systemitem>

"h" (not as char, but as key) doesn't have an element either, but is 
written as

  <keycap>h</keycap>


> 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.


Why not? The typical way to do "enter" is to press
  the key with function "enter".
This translates nicely to
  <keycap function="enter"/>


> and because they are discrete keystrokes in their own right,
> i don't think supporting them with a "function" attribute
> quite fits the bill.


I think that it actually is a quite concise way of expressing/marking up 
function keys. Also see the other reply.


Tobi


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