Re: Tables now supported

[Telsa Gwynne <hobbit aloss ukuu org uk>]

On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 02:30:19AM +0300 or thereabouts, Ali Abdin wrote:
> This now means <table> and <informaltable> tags now work :) Just to try it
> out, I tried telsa's kernel-locking.sgml file that she mail'd me - I had to

I should point out it's not really mine :)

This was just something I had hanging around. Paul (Rusty) Russell 
wrote it and sent it to Alan for the kernel; Alan bounced it to me
for DocBook-checking cos he's lazy, and I added a few tags, sent it
back to Rusty, he added a few, sent it back, I couldn't find any
more tags to put in, and in it went. So if you have been wondering
where kernel hacking fitted into GNOME user documentation, wonder
no more. 

I just got my grubby paws on it for a while and used it to practise
a whole new set of tags. There is not much call for <function>,
<envar>, <returnvalue> and whatever the rest were in GNOME users
docs :) 

> 1) What does the <tgroup> tag do? I ignore it for now, and everything 
> seems to work fine. Jade also 'seems' to ignore it.

I confess, I haven't an earthly. It was in the example in the duck
book (I have got bored typing "DocBook: the Definitive Guide" when
"duck book" is quicker) so in it went.

> 3) Can <table> have an id attribute? (i.e. <table id="table1">) What about
> <informaltable>, can it have an id attribute?

I think almost anything can have an id attribute. Whether jade will
do anything with it, I dunno :) Whether gnomedb2html2 will want to 
do anything with it, I dunno, but I imagine it would be grand for
searching in the future. "I know there was a table that had this
in it, let's try and get a list of all the tables with their titles
in the hope it rings a bell..." etc.

(I know Ali's on holiday; I have just got back myself :))

Telsa