> -----Original Message-----
> / Phillip Shelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say:
> | I suppose I want to know Why this restriction.
>
> With respect to equations:
>
> 1. Equation and InformalEquation only contain graphics. That's because
> there's no markup for the equation content in DocBook. It could be
> argued that some equations would be fine in ASCII and we should have
> allowed that. (But you're the first person ever to ask.)
<Grin/>
> You might be interested in the MathML Module which allows MML in the
> content of equations and informal equations.
I am having enough trouble getting my boss used to RCS and XML. I think I
will wait a bit before adding MathML to the mix.
> 2. Why does {inline}mediaobject not allow textobject as primary content?
> Well, we did that because media objects are intended for graphics.
> If all you wanted was text, you wouldn't need the mediaobject wrapper.
> (In other words, we wanted to prevent the sort of escape hatch you're
> trying to use :-)
<frustration/> I then go and make a text file with the PCDATA I want to
see, and use the <imagedata format="linespecific"> and import a non-graphic
anyway. Much less hassle for me if I could just use PCDATA in an
informalequation.
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