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Re: [docbook] Float and floatstyle?
- From: Dave Pawson <davep at dpawson dot co dot uk>
- To: Norman Walsh <ndw at nwalsh dot com>
- Cc: Docbook List <docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org>
- Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 17:22:56 +0100
- Subject: Re: [docbook] Float and floatstyle?
- References: <877jiwb7ke.fsf@nwalsh.com>
- Reply-to: davep at dpawson dot co dot uk
On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 09:09 -0400, Norman Walsh wrote:
> Several elements in DocBook have had a float attribute ("0" | "1") for
> a long time. Not too long ago, we added floatstyle (CDATA) to several
> of them.
>
> For DocBook V5, I'm tempted to suggest that we discard float. Having
> both attributes can lead to contradictions:
>
> float="0" floatstyle="top-of-page"
>
> The only downside I can see to removing float is that it will require
> people to specify some sort of style (e.g., "normal") for floats where
> they aren't used to specifying a style at all.
>
> Thoughts?
+1
Nice to get rid of potential contradictions.
DaveP
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