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<font size="+1"><font face="Arial Unicode MS">Yes, I considered that
means of markup, but it didn't produce the result I was looking for in
the front-ends I was targeting, which is why I went for the level="4"
attribute. This is one of the tensions with XML--function is favored
over form, leaving the form up to the engine's filters or front-end
filters rather than the module developer. <br>
<br>
This is probably opening a low-priority can of worms, but what if some
controls on the form a module is displayed in were encoded in the conf
file? I mean, you could define how certain attributes should be
displayed to give module developers more control over how their modules
display. Otherwise the filters have to come up with a standard
implementation that may or may not match the publisher's intention.
Just a thought. I realize that may be creating more work than it's
worth, but it might solve the tension that currently exists between
form and function. Ideally "selah" should be tagged as the standard
suggests, but if that means sacrificing form as a module developer I am
reluctant to do that. If I can achieve form without sacrificing the
essential function, I'll do it. If the module developer didn't have to
make that sacrifice and could produce good OSIS markup, that would be
my ideal.<br>
<br>
Daniel<br>
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Chris Little wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:49B5FD8B.20609@crosswire.org" type="cite"><br>
<br>
Daniel Owens wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">One more thing to consider is poetic elements
that are right-justified. One of the translations I have worked on
preparing for SWORD had "Selah" right justified (VietNVB, in case
you're interested). I just encoded it like so:
<br>
<br>
<l level="4">Sê-la.</l>
<br>
<br>
It isn't right-justified, but I think level 3 was the highest indented
line I found. There should be a standard way of right-justifying,
though.
<br>
<br>
Daniel
<br>
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<br>
It's not a general purpose right-justify directive, but OSIS does have
a specific line type for Selah (and Selah-derived) lines:
<br>
<br>
<l type="selah">Selah</l>
<br>
<br>
--Chris
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