On Tuesday, November 18, 2003, at 06:13  AM, Hussein Shafie wrote:

> Alex Milowski wrote:
>> In the configuration files, the the 'name' attribute on the top 
>> element is not
>> specified, it seems as though the configuration is not 
>> loaded/recognized.  Shouldn't
>> this attribute be required?
>
> The "name" attribute is not required because this attribute does not 
> make sense for configuration files (example: common.incl) which are 
> just here to be included inside the master, named, configuration file 
> (example: docbook.xxe).
>

OK, that makes sense.  The problem is that if you don't put one in for 
the
root level, nothing happens... It took me a little time to figure that 
out!  :)

Alex Milowski                FAX: (707) 598-7649                        
  alex at milowski.com

"The excellence of grammar as a guide is proportional to the paucity of 
the
inflexions, i.e. to the degree of analysis effected by the language
considered."

Bertrand Russell in a footnote of Principles of Mathematics



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