Re: Is there any reason not to use <EM> for items emphasized with .Em?

[Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@usta.de>]

Hi Anthony,

Anthony J. Bentley wrote on Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 09:17:55AM -0600:
> Ingo Schwarze writes:

>> So i think we should go for the following mappings:
>> ...
>>  - .Li Ql .Dl .Bd -literal  ->  <code>

> This may be the best choice. Some alternatives to consider (if not for
> these then maybe for some of the more semantic macros):
> 
> <var>: "The var element represents a variable."

That's too specific for the macros mentioned above,
but i added this note to the TODO file:

 - consider whether <var> can be used for Ar Dv Er Ev Fa Va.
   from bentley@  Wed, 13 Aug 2014 09:17:55 -0600

> <samp>: "The samp element represents sample or quoted output from another
> program or computing system."
> 
> <kbd>: "The kbd element represents user input (typically keyboard input,
> although it may also be used to represent other input, such as voice
> commands."

There are no macros specific enough for that, the general recommendation
is to use literal mode for such content.

Yours,
  Ingo
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