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John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org> writes:
> Henry S. Thompson scripsit:
>
> > * Point 1
> > - Point 1a
> > - Point 1b
> > * Point 2
> >
> > is represented as (simplifying away all but the relevant bits):
> >
> > <list><item>Point 1</item></list>
> >
> > <list><item><list><item>Point 1a</item></list></item></list>
> >
> > <list><item><list><item>Point 1b</item></list></item></list>
> >
> > <list><item>Point 2</item></list>
> >
> > I consider this to be tag abuse,
>
> Well, remember that it has to support arbitrary nesting and non-nesting.
> For example, it still has to work if you remove Point 1; Points 1a and 1b
> are not promoted to the top level. This is really the same problem
> as the H1, H2, ... elements in HTML. Perhaps <list> <item depth="1"> ...
> </item> <item depth=2> ... </item></list> might have been better.
The crucial point of pain is the fact that the items are not grouped
properly _at all_ -- there are always as many lists as items. I
wouldn't mind the double nesting in the orphan case you mention, it's
just I'd like the simple cases to be simple :-).
ht
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