Re: Beginner questions...

[Glauber Ribeiro <glauber@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks!

José Carlos Ramalho wrote:
> 
> Glauber Ribeiro wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've started to learn SGML and DSSSL by creating documents by hand, with
> > a text editor. I'm using DocBook 3.1 with the Walsh style sheets and
> > Jade. Since i'm a beginner, i'm not sure what domain these questions
> > belong in (DSSSL, SGML or DocBook or both), but any reply would really
> > help me.
> >
> > (1) Suppose i have a document with 5 tables which are defined
> > identically. How can i define a table once and then reuse its definition
> > without doing "cut and paste"?
> 
> If their structure is the same you are already sharing their DTD and
> that is all the reuse you can get. If besides structure they have the
> same content you can modularize your document and store the table in one
> entity file that is loaded whereever you need it.
> 
> >
> > (2) Through experimentation, i found out that i can use " (as in
> > HTML) to insert a quote. Where can i find a list of the standard
> > entities supported by SGML (or is it by DocBook)?
> 
> I think Docbook brings the entity files in distribution package. If not
> any SGML/XML editor has them or in the normal places:
>         http://xml.com
>         http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/
> 
> >
> > This is pretty much it, for now. Any help or pointers greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you very much.
> >
> > glauber
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> Bye
> jcr
> 
> PS: I am also using Docbook and Norman stylesheets...

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