Re: stylesheets

[David Merrill <david lupercalia net>]

On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 10:51:48AM -0500, David Mason wrote:
> David Merrill <david lupercalia net> writes:
> 
> 
> > Now that the tools are moving from sgml to xml, we need to talk
> > about how we can all work together toward a common standard. It
> > would be a shame to diverge unnecessarily.
> 
> The question is, and I am just playing 'devil's advocate' - what is
> wrong with divergence in this situation. I think the real standard
> should be in the manner in which documents are displayed - the tools
> are the problem. 
> 
> If KDE wants all their documents to have an off-white background with
> a KDE logo in the upper right-hand corner, I would like to preserve
> that if viewed in the GNOME help system. Don't you think that is more
> important that all of us having the exact same look?

What I am concerned about is interoperability, not uniformity of
appearance. Also I want to avoid duplicating work. A perfect example
is the hack that allows png images. We can all benefit from that.

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