Re: ERROR(?) in content declarations for character tags

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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 94 11:23:30 EDT
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From: Peter Flynn <pflynn@curia.ucc.ie>
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Subject: Re: ERROR(?) in content declarations for character tags
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> I accept the reason for most of the character tags (i.e. the 'emphasis'
> based ones), but I think it is hard to use the same argument on some of
> the tags.  For example, the following tags still, to me, do not make
> sense to allow nesting:
> 
> 	CODE, SAMP, KBD, KEY
> 
> Does this make sense:
> 
> 	<code>This <code>is <code>an example</code></code></code>

No, but unless I missed something, the original point was to allow, eg

<strong>You must not type <code>x=n</code> but <code>set x to n</code></strong>

where the cited code would be in bold typewriter where possible.

///Peter