[kde-doc-english] checkXML vs meinproc4
Jack
ostroffjh at sbcglobal.net
Mon Sep 8 15:35:21 UTC 2014
On 2014.09.07 22:28, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Jack <ostroffjh at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Thanks for pointing out where the lines actually come from.
>> However, I think we now have several separate issues.
> >
>> 1) I would consider that type of outlined area an improvement over
>> <hr> for a true <screenshot> where it does make sense to set it the
>> image off from the text. I would probably even leave that for most
>> of the images in the kmymoney manual. Whether it is switched for
>> all of kde or made an option - could the choice end up being an
>> attribute of the <screenshot> tag?
> >
>> 2) However, for many images, I consider that they fit within the
>> flow of the text, thus my attempt to use some type of inline tag -
>> avoiding any boxes, lines, or other set-offs. However, I do
>> understand it should be done in a way that does not burden the
>> translation process and teams. Thus my previous question about
>> isolating the image tags in their own para with no other text
>> components.
>
> What we could do is style <screenshot> and not style plain ol'
> <mediaobject>. This way, you'd use
> <screenshot>...<mediaobject>...</mediaobject></screenshot> for the
> grey box and just <mediaobject>...</mediaobject> for no style.
>
> In fact, semantically I think this makes a lot of sense. It seems
> rather intuitive to use <informalfigure>, <screenshot>, et. al. when
> you want some styling around your image, and just to use a plain
> unwrapped <mediaobject> when you do not. So I'd totally support this
> (and patch kdoctools accordingly) if others agree.
Thanks. I needed to clear some sticky, but incorrect cobwebs out of my
head. For some reason, I didn't think I could use mediaobject outside
of screenshot, but that seems not to be the case. Your suggestion will
work just fine for me.
Jack
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