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?

No, s/question/issue/.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com



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