From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Rogers Subject: Re: minute suggestion for documentation, chapter 12.5 (export to html) Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:50:18 -0700 Message-ID: <87bo3s7j1h.fsf@gmail.com> References: <8738p5f0cf.fsf@hillenius.net> <20130916121138.GC2637@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48248) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VLcwU-0000Aw-5C for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:50:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VLcwL-0006Iy-MJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:50:34 -0400 Received: from mail-pb0-x22b.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::22b]:45565) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VLcwL-0006Ik-F5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:50:25 -0400 Received: by mail-pb0-f43.google.com with SMTP id md4so4379837pbc.16 for ; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:50:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130916121138.GC2637@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> (Suvayu Ali's message of "Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:11:38 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Suvayu Ali Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Suvayu Ali 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". Gijs - would it be clearer, in your opinion, to replace the word "also" with "optionally"? -- David R