On 5 November 2017 at 09:00, Dan Allen <[email protected]> wrote:
> discrete is only implemented in Asciidoctor. I added it as an alternative
> since float makes no sense to me.

Yes, certainly this use of "float" is inconsistent with the
traditional use with tables and figures that means they can move
relative to the text, "floating section titles" don't move relative to
the text.  But where does "discrete" come from?

Cheers
Lex

>
> On Nov 4, 2017 13:07, "Shep" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Perfect!
>>
>> And using [float] works consistently across PDF, ePub and xhtml.
>>
>> ...
>>
>>
>>
>> [float]
>> Some sub-heading
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>> ...
>>
>>
>> The sub-heading renders as the appropriate type (level) of sub-heading in
>> terms of styling (font, color, size, etc.), but is not numbered as a
>> sub-section (no "3.1" or any numbered prefix, just the heading title) and
>> doesn't appear in the TOC.
>>
>> As I say, perfect for what I want to do.
>>
>> On Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 2:39:55 AM UTC-5, Shep wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to create a sub-heading that doesn't appear in the ToC and
>>> isn't numbered, but is still rendered as a sub-heading. I believe this is
>>> also referred to as a "floating" heading.
>>>
>>> Basic asciidoc:
>>>
>>> :toc:
>>> = Section example
>>>
>>> == Introduction
>>>
>>> Simple introduction section.
>>>
>>> == More
>>>
>>> There is more information in this document.
>>>
>>>
>>> That renders as you would expect.
>>>
>>> Now, add discrete:
>>>
>>> :toc:
>>> = Section example
>>>
>>> [discrete]
>>> == Introduction
>>>
>>> Simple introduction section.
>>>
>>> == More
>>>
>>> There is more information in this document.
>>>
>>>
>>> This now generates an error:
>>>
>>> Shep:Asciidoc sandbox AJTSheppard$ a2x -fpdf -dbook discrete-example.txt
>>> -v
>>>
>>> a2x: args: ['-fpdf', '-dbook', 'discrete-example.txt', '-v']
>>>
>>> a2x: resource files: []
>>>
>>> a2x: resource directories: ['/opt/local/etc/asciidoc/images',
>>> '/opt/local/etc/asciidoc/stylesheets']
>>>
>>> a2x: executing: "/opt/local/bin/asciidoc" --backend docbook -a
>>> "a2x-format=pdf"  --doctype book --verbose  --out-file
>>> "/Users/AJTSheppard/Documents/Writing/Asciidoc sandbox/discrete-example.xml"
>>> "/Users/AJTSheppard/Documents/Writing/Asciidoc sandbox/discrete-example.txt"
>>>
>>>
>>> asciidoc: reading: /opt/local/etc/asciidoc/asciidoc.conf
>>>
>>> asciidoc: reading: /Users/AJTSheppard/Documents/Writing/Asciidoc
>>> sandbox/discrete-example.txt
>>>
>>> asciidoc: reading: /opt/local/etc/asciidoc/docbook45.conf
>>>
>>> asciidoc: reading: /opt/local/etc/asciidoc/filters/code/code-filter.conf
>>>
>>> asciidoc: reading:
>>> /opt/local/etc/asciidoc/filters/graphviz/graphviz-filter.conf
>>>
>>> asciidoc: reading:
>>> /opt/local/etc/asciidoc/filters/latex/latex-filter.conf
>>>
>>> asciidoc: reading:
>>> /opt/local/etc/asciidoc/filters/music/music-filter.conf
>>>
>>> asciidoc: reading:
>>> /opt/local/etc/asciidoc/filters/source/source-highlight-filter.conf
>>>
>>> asciidoc: reading: /opt/local/etc/asciidoc/lang-en.conf
>>>
>>> asciidoc: writing: /Users/AJTSheppard/Documents/Writing/Asciidoc
>>> sandbox/discrete-example.xml
>>>
>>> asciidoc: WARNING: discrete-example.txt: line 5: missing section:
>>> [discrete]
>>>
>>>
>>> a2x: executing: "xmllint" --nonet --noout --valid
>>> "/Users/AJTSheppard/Documents/Writing/Asciidoc sandbox/discrete-example.xml"
>>>
>>>
>>> /Users/AJTSheppard/Documents/Writing/Asciidoc
>>> sandbox/discrete-example.xml:15: element book: validity error : Element book
>>> content does not follow the DTD, expecting ((title , subtitle? ,
>>> titleabbrev?)? , bookinfo? , (dedication | toc | lot | glossary |
>>> bibliography | preface | chapter | reference | part | article | appendix |
>>> index | setindex | colophon)*), got (bookinfo simpara chapter )
>>>
>>> </book>
>>>
>>>        ^
>>>
>>>
>>> a2x: ERROR: "xmllint" --nonet --noout --valid
>>> "/Users/AJTSheppard/Documents/Writing/Asciidoc sandbox/discrete-example.xml"
>>> returned non-zero exit status 4
>>>
>>>
>>> Same for ePub and xhtml as targets.
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