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Re: DocBook: system entities at end of sentence
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- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: DocBook: system entities at end of sentence
- From: godoy at conectiva dot com dot br
- Date: 31 Mar 2000 08:19:23 -0300
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Brendan J Simon <Brendan.Simon@ctam.com.au> writes:
> I have a system entity defined for some acronyms.
> eg. <!entity gui "<acronym> GUI </acronym>">
>
> How do I use this at the end of a sentence without having a space
> between the entity name and the period ?
>
> The following does not work as "gui." is not defined.
> <para> X-Windows is a &gui. <para>
>
> The following does work but leaves a space between GUI and the period.
> <para> X-Windows is a &gui . <para>
>
> I think that defining another entity with a period at the end is not a
> very elegant solution (if it is one at all).
> ie. <!entity gui. "<acronym> GUI. </acronym>">
Try using like this:
<para>X-Window is a &gui;.</para>
Please, if you're documenting the X Window System take a look at it's
manual page. You should never talk "X-Windows".
Regards,
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Godoy. <godoy@conectiva.com.br>
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