On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 08:33:22AM -0700, Norman Walsh wrote: > / Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > | I got a user request recently, of being able to group paragraphs in a > | logical way, but without a title. Usual rendering would just add more > | inter-paragraph space. > > What's the significance of the grouping? Is it purely for the > aesthetics of presentation, or is it deeper?
It surely has a connection with presentation, since what I understand of the user's needs is some means to make less compact a sequence of paragraphs. After discussing with the user, I came to the conclusion that the inter-paragraph spacing she wanted to add for this were to be located between logical groups of paragraphs. That would be much like sections, but just without a title. > | I was originally thinking about just using <simplesect> and making its > | <title> optional. But then we it would allow a <section> and to > | contain both simplects with and without a title, which is probably not > | what we want. > > Section isn't allowed inside simplesect. Hm, I messed with my fingers. I meant: "But then it would allow a <section> to contain both simplects with and without a title, which is probably not what we want." That is, I can't see how to implement that in a better way than adding a <SectionWithoutATitle> element, which would just be the same as <SimpleSect> but without a title, and sequences of which would be allowed in the same contexts as sequences of simplects are. -- Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.alcove.com/ Technical support manager Responsable de l'assistance technique Senior Free-Software Consultant Consultant senior en Logiciels Libres Debian developer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) D�veloppeur Debian
