From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/13111 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Pepping Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: ConTeXt, XML and verbatim Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 17:49:32 +0200 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <20030906154932.GA1838@scaprea> References: <000b01c37225$09c13800$0500a8c0@best> <20030903194940.GA2420@scaprea> <20030903201826.GB21844@swordfish> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1062864072 27409 80.91.224.253 (6 Sep 2003 16:01:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 16:01:12 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Sat Sep 06 18:01:10 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19vfUs-0004Gu-00 for ; Sat, 06 Sep 2003 18:01:10 +0200 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 650E110BD5; Sat, 6 Sep 2003 18:01:08 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from hgatenl.hobby.nl (ns.hobby.nl [212.72.224.8]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E96210B13 for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2003 17:53:03 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from hgatenl.hobby.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hgatenl.hobby.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h86Fr0qd002879 for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2003 17:53:00 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from spepping@scaprea.hobby.nl) Original-Received: (from uucp@localhost) by hgatenl.hobby.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) with UUCP id h86Fr0u5002878 for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Sat, 6 Sep 2003 17:53:00 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from simon by scaprea.salix.nl with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19vfJc-0000WF-00; Sat, 06 Sep 2003 17:49:32 +0200 Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Mail-Followup-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030903201826.GB21844@swordfish> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:13111 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:13111 On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 02:18:27PM -0600, Matt Gushee wrote: > On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 09:49:40PM +0200, Simon Pepping wrote: > > > > > There are no verbatim environments in XML, and you cannot get literal > > content. Instead, you can have tags, like your verbatim above, that > > request line-oriented layout. programlisting is such a tag in Docbook. > > That's correct with respect to elements--since XML deliberately avoids > defining semantics for any element. But you seem to be overlooking > CDATA sections, which are more-or-less verbatim environments. The XML > spec doesn't directly address the question of formatting in CDATA > sections, but all characters are supposed to be output literally, and > AFAIK that includes white space--hence all formatting should be > preserved. I specifically mean CDATA sections. CDATA sections do no more than disabling markup. They do not say that this is verbatim, they do not say that this should get a special layout, they do not say that white space should be handled differently.

This and it does not mean a thing. sell icecream. Ben & Jerry do not like to see their name in monotype font. Regards, Simon -- Simon Pepping email: spepping@scaprea.hobby.nl home page: scaprea.hobby.nl