cvs commit: doc/share/sgml freebsd.ent

Simon L. Nielsen simon at FreeBSD.org
Thu Jul 15 12:00:51 PDT 2004


On 2004.07.15 11:56:14 -0400, Daniel Harris wrote:
> 
> On Jul 15, 2004, at 11:00 AM, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> >>On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 08:22:19AM +0000, Murray Stokely wrote:
> >>>  Modified files:
> >>>    share/sgml           freebsd.ent
> >>>  Log:
> >>>  Add a role attribute to the NIS acronym so that we can render HTML
> >>>  that displays a mouseover with the full text 'Network Information
> >>>  System'.  This is a proof of concept.  Stylesheet support coming 
> >>>next.
> >Will it work if I move my mouse on the printed pages?  Now that

Well, it could work.  You just need to be in the right state of mind
first.... ;-)

> >would be something!  Otherwise, this is a nice idea but it
> >provides nothing for printed output.  Should we continue to
> >mark things up with full text for first acronym use?
>
> As some browsers don't support this either, this should probably be
> considered an addition and not a replacement to using full text on
> first reference.

That's a valid point - but that could also be handled by the DSSSL
stylesheet if we want...

> On paper, it would be ungainly to have full text in parentheses after
> each use of a frequently-used acronym anyway, and hacking stylesheets
> to do so only on first reference, if possible, strikes me as more work

It possible and much of the work can be done by using copy/paste on
the code that makes sure that (r)/(tm) marks are only shown once per
page.  If we decide it's the way to go, I would even be dumb enough
volunteer to implement it :-).

> than is worth eliminating having to type an acronym out once per piece
> of documentation.

But how do you know if it is the first time?  You know when you write
it, but later someone uses the acronym again earlier in the
article/book and then it's not the first occurence any more...

-- 
Simon L. Nielsen
FreeBSD Documentation Team
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