On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 11:39, Paul W. Frields wrote: > I would like to see <example> sections take on a different rendered > style, somewhat like the <screen> sections. I think the right way to do > this is with an outlined box, but without changing the shade (BG color). > That should keep an <example> distinct from a <screen>. > > I hope this doesn't sound trivial in the face of other work; I was > actually doing substantial FDP work when the subject came up. As I was > showing my wife a section of text I had written, which included several > <example>s, she commented that the HTML rendering was confusing because > the <example> content itself does not significantly differ from the > surrounding <para> content. On top of that, the caption appears below > the content. > > We agreed that the caption is nice to have under the content for a > professional appearance, but only if the example is in some way > separated from the rest of the text. I thought introducing yet another > color of shading was excessive. We already have blue for admonitions and > gray for <screen>. Red sets the <section> headers apart. I think simply > outlining the area and increasing the margin slightly would do the > trick. > > I will Bugzilla a RFE for this change to css/fedora.css shortly, but I > thought I would solicit a few comments before I commit the bug. > > -- > Paul W. Frields, RHCE > I like the idea. I noticed this as well when I was reading a document with examples but didn't want to add yet another color. Seems like just adding a box around it would set it apart enough to make it easier to read. File the RFE, and I'd be glad to add it to the CSS. Tammy
