Hi Tony,

On Thursday 21 December 2006 17:08, Tony Pattison wrote:
> do we have a style guide for this publication?

Yes, it's available from the main Wiki page under "File Release" (right 
side) or use the following link:
http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Special:File/lfl/styleguide-opensuse-online.pdf

Mainly Rebecca maintains the style guide. If you have specific questions 
she knows more than I.


> I'm thinking along the lines of which fonts/effects to use in which
> circumstances, that sort of thing.

Well, from my perspective, the style guide covers more of structural 
issues of the text than of layout or font effects (Rebecca, please 
correct me if I tell nonsense! ;). Normally an author doesn't have to 
care about layout issues -- the layout is covered by the DocBook XSL 
stylesheets.

An author just uses the right element name for a specific purpose. For 
example, if you want to mark up an email adress, you use 
<email>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email>. How it is rendered or displayed is the 
responsibility of the stylesheet(s).

Does this answer your questions?


Best wishes,
Tom

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