Subject: Re: XS: print output -Reply From: Paul Prescod <papresco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 06:29:56 -0400 |
Sebastian Rahtz wrote: > > > >Several comments have indicated that some people think > > >that XS is only for screen display, which is not true. > > I like David Pawson's arguments about change bars. Its hard-wiring in > a purely visual tool How is this different from math? Fonts? Colours? All of these are purely visual tools. DSSSL as it stands *exists* to attach visual semantics to structural constructs. Rather than "watering it down" we should be asking how we can provide the maximum amount of information to screen readers and Braille printers. ICADD and ACSS sound like two good places to start. > - simple floats > - footnotes > - simple multicolumns > - equations (and as James pointed out, numbering those needs the > sidebyside features...) > > I am not asking for serious typography, but suggesting these are > needed for the `set of page-oriented features needed to provide > quality printouts' That seems like a good list. Paul Prescod DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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