Subject: Re: "use"'ing style specs From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 09:26:44 -0500 |
At 99/02/03 18:09 +0900, Frank A. Christoph wrote: >Precisely, what are the semantics of the "use" attribute of a style-specification element type in the DSSSL architecture supposed to be? I can't find any mention of it in the standard (in section 7.1). Is it described elsewhere? I learned everything I needed to know about "use:" in section 12.4.6 because this section details the prioritized algorithm by which a characteristic for a flow object is chosen from many possible sources, including one source being a "use:" style specification. I've often just used "use:" as a short cut expression of a handful of characteristics as an assist to maintainability ... but it can be used as a "default" set of characteristics, partially locally overridden in a make expression. I hope this helps. ....... Ken -- G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/d/ Box 266, V: +1(613)489-0999 Kars, Ontario CANADA K0A-2E0 F: +1(613)489-0995 Training: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/d/schedule.htm Resources: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/d/resources.htm Shareware: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/d/shareware.htm DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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