Joel de Guzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Abrahams wrote: >> http://boost-consulting.com/boost/tools/quickbook/doc/html/quickbook/syntax.html >> shows that underline formatting isn't working. > > That's working now in the branch that Eric and I are working on. > It's a simple CSS tweak. I'll merge that into the HEAD. > >> BTW, when I was >> reading the BoostBook and DocBook specifications, I couldn't find >> direct style formatting elements such as "underline" and "italic;" >> instead there were "semantic" things like "emphasis." (**) So what >> BoostBook do these quickbook tags actually generate? > > Like syntax coloration, they generate spans. For example, > [_underline] generates: <span class="underline">underline</span>. > The CSS then does the right thing for class underline. > >> (**) Personally I'm dubious about the semantic value of "emphasis" >> over "italic" -- when you're at a low level like that a specific >> request for formatting might be better... > > Right. DocBook tries hard to separate presentation from > actual content. > >> but that's really a separate >> question. > > Oops, you lost me. Was that a question?
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