Re[4]: epigraph

[Giuseppe Bilotta <gip.bilotta@iol.it>]

Friday, November 29, 2002 Bruce D'Arcus wrote:

>> You can use the xdesc module I developed to define a very
>> flexible epigraph environment (i.e. one which also allows you to
>> have a "list of epigraphs" etc).

BDA> "You" in this context is me, as an individual?

Yes.

BDA>   The issue I have here 
BDA> (and it may well not be an issue, since I'm not sure I grasp every 
BDA> detail) is the one I mentioned last week:

BDA> If we are going to be able to have elegant and flexible typesetting of 
BDA> DocBook files, shouldn't DocBook structures like epigraph be in the 
BDA> core?  Simon shouldn't have to generate lower-level code for these sort 
BDA> of things (the meta info stuff as well) with his project, because it 
BDA> then becomes more difficult for the user to customize output (and for 
BDA> him to maintain the code?).

BDA> Or am I missing something?

You're not. IMO the whole xdesc module should get into the core
--it can work as a base for bibliographies, too, for example.

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta