Re: [docbook-tc] parent elements of <arg>

Thanks, this gives me food for thought.  We were
planning on using cmdsynopsis only in reference pages, but we may want to
revisit that.

Nancy

At 03:55 PM 12/27/01 , Norman Walsh wrote:

>/ "Nancy (Paisner) Harrison" <>
was heard to say:

>| This may be a really stupid question, but I'm trying to figure out
why an

>| <option> element can be put into <userinput>, but not
an <arg> element.

>| Since user input is often the specific rendition of a command, I
would

>| think the basic elements of a cmdsynopsis could be used 
there.

>

>I don't think we imagined that userinput would be the rendition of
a

>command (rendering commands is what cmdsynopsis is for).

>

>I think the expectation was that userinput would be used to
markup

>user responses to questions (like configuration script prompts and
the

>like).

>

>| reason for doing this. But I can't figure it out now, and not
having it

>| available is problematical for me.

>

>Would parameter do? Can you provide some more context?

>

>                                       
Be seeing you,

>                                         
norm

>

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