From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: David Rogers <davidandrewrogers@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: minute suggestion for documentation, chapter 12.5 (export to html)
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:19:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <64416629-0995-47DF-93E3-BFDAA03938EE@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bo3s7j1h.fsf@gmail.com>
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On 16.9.2013, at 19:50, David Rogers <davidandrewrogers@gmail.com> wrote:
> Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hello Gijs,
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 01:54:40PM +0200, Gijs Hillenius wrote:
>>> I have a really wee suggestion for a change in the documentation that
>>> comes with Org-mode version 7.9.3f and in Org 8.1 (on the web)
>>>
>>> In chapter 12.5 on Html export there is this section
>>>
>>> ,----
>>> | 12.5.9 CSS support
>>> |
>>> | You can also give style information for the exported file.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> To my non-English eyes the word "also" is ambigous. Earlier this month
>>> it made me look all over that chapter for /other/ ways to give style
>>> information.
>>>
>>> I think that "also" refers to "12.5.3 Quoting HTML tags" but I am not
>>> sure.
>>>
>>> So, maybe the above quoted text for 12.5.9 could be improved by writing:
>>>
>>> Next to including simple HTML tags (see 12.5.3), style information can
>>> be added to the exported file.
>>
>> I think also here suggests style information is optional; as in, you may
>> or may not include it.
>>
>> Maybe others can chime in with their opinion?
>
> I think the "also" is not meant to be about "other ways to give style
> information", but about "other things you could do that are not the same
> as the immediately-preceding item".
Yes, it was meant to mean something like this. In addition to all the other stuff mentioned before.
I have changed it to
You can modify the CSS style definitions for the exported file.
Hope this is clearer.
- Carsten
>
> Gijs - would it be clearer, in your opinion, to replace the word "also"
> with "optionally"?
>
> --
> David R
>
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-16 11:54 minute suggestion for documentation, chapter 12.5 (export to html) Gijs Hillenius
2013-09-16 12:11 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-16 17:50 ` David Rogers
2013-09-17 5:19 ` Carsten Dominik [this message]
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