final decision (?!?) on <screen> et al (was Re: screenshot instructions)

[Tammy Fox]

On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 16:24, Karsten Wade wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 10:35, Dave Pawson wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 23:29, Karsten Wade wrote:
> > 
> > > I also forgot about <screenshot> ... going to have to experiment with
> > > that one. :)
> > 
> > And don't forget 'programlisting' and literallayout;
> > both have their uses, but the definitive guide has always been my guide.
> > I have its icon on my desktop and a copy on my hard disk, in case
> > I'm caught without a connection (sad or what)
> 
> Ha!  I keep a local copy as well, wouldn't hop a plane without it.
> 
> An addendum to this conversation, and then I think I'll have to submit a
> patch for the Doc Guide based on this thread.
> 
> It is *allowed* to use inline tags inside a <screen/> block, and it's
> usage should not necessarily be discouraged.  For general purposes, it's
> enough to put content into <screen/> without further markup.  It meets
> minimum correctness and accessibility, and provides a rich experience
> for all the media we can publish to currently.  
> 
> What I just noticed during all this experimentation is that it is best
> to keep the inline tags, well, inline:
> 
>   <screen>
> <computeroutput>foo</computeroutput>
>   </screen>
> 
> That keeps extra whitespace from creeping in.  The example in our
> Documentation Guide[1] has newlines that create whitespace.  Was that
> done to make the gray box look better?  I don't think it's necessary,
> tight boxes look fine.  If the box needs expanding, best to solve it in
> the stylesheet.
> 

No. It was intended to make the code easier to read. But, if it is
adding whitespace, we should obviously omit it.

Tammy

> - Karsten
> 
> [1]
> http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/documentation-guide/s1-xml-tags-screen.html
> 
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