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Re: Re: Where, what and how - The future of DocBook
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- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: Where, what and how - The future of DocBook
- From: Michael Smith <smith at xml-doc dot org>
- Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 22:08:58 -0800
- References: <007201c05f46$56ff8670$cdc3568b@sci.usq.edu.au>
Phillip Shelton <shelton@usq.edu.au> writes:
> I have found that a validating editor is not useful if you are
> trying to take old docs and make them DocBook as I do not know how
> to get it to put the tags around a block of text.
Not sure what validating editor you're using, but in Emacs/psgml,
tagging a region of text is easy. If you've got GUI and "Transient
Mark Mode" enabled (check out Help>Options), all you need do is:
1. With mouse, select/highlight the region (block of text) to tag.
2. Choose the -Tag Region- menu item.
3. Choose the tag you want from the pop-up menu that appears.
If you don't have GUI or are just old-fashioned:
1. Mark the region using C-space and C-x-x or M-h or whatever.
2. Type C-c C-r or manually enter "M-x sgml-tag-region".
3. Hit tab to see a list of valid tags.
4. Type the first few letters of the tag you want, and then let
Emacs auto-complete the name for you.
That's it.
--Mike Smith
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