From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/9936 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Giuseppe Bilotta Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re[4]: epigraph Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:16:23 +0100 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <531035368.20021129171623@iol.it> References: <0BC4F9AC-039C-11D7-B62F-0050E4258255@fastmail.fm> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1038589169 3719 80.91.224.249 (29 Nov 2002 16:59:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 16:59:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18HoUB-0000xj-00 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:59:27 +0100 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1FC410AE9; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 18:01:39 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from smtp0.libero.it (smtp0.libero.it [193.70.192.33]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6868A10AE6 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 18:00:28 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from OBLOMOV (151.29.141.12) by smtp0.libero.it (6.7.015) id 3DE22A34002140B6 for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 18:00:22 +0100 X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.62/Beta7) Business X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl In-Reply-To: <0BC4F9AC-039C-11D7-B62F-0050E4258255@fastmail.fm> Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk X-Reply-To: Giuseppe Bilotta 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:9936 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:9936 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