/ Marco Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say:
| 1. When I am using abbreviations (and acronyms) in TeX, I
| define macros for them to guarantee a consistent typography.
| (For example, I have macros \EG, \IE etc.) In DocBook, while
| one could use <abbrev>, would it be possible and "good" or
| at least "acceptable" style to transfer this practice and
| have a separate entity for each abbreviation?
Sure. I do it all the time.
| 2. In German typography, ordinal numbers are indicated by a
| period after the corresponding cardinal number. Normally,
| you would want to have a smaller space after this period
| than after a period terminating a sentence. In TeX, you can
| achieve this by appending a backslash to the ordinal period.
| How would one cater for this using DocBook?
 , probably.
Be seeing you,
norm
--
Norman Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | We cannot put off living until we
http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/ | are ready. The most salient
Chair, DocBook Technical Committee | characteristic of life is its
| coerciveness: it is always urgent,
| 'here and now' without any
| possible postponement. Life is
| fired at us point blank.--Jos\'e
| Ortega Y Gasset
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