- From: David Ornstein <davido@pragmaticainc.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 14:34:47 -0800
- To: Steven Champeon <schampeo@hesketh.com>, Web Design <webdesign@list.webmonster.net>, Web Designer <webdesigner@Knight-Ridder.COM>, www-html@w3.org
At 03:42 PM 3/28/97 -0500, Steven Champeon wrote: > >I just realized what I really want. I want a PostScript-like >way to define shortcut tags. [clip] <product-plug> Steven, My company's product will let you define your own tag and then will translate them into HTML for you. In particular, the tags you define match very closely with SGML/HTML's lexical rules and syntax, so you'll be well positioned for the arrival of XML implementation... >What I'd like to be able to do is something like this: > ><!ENTITY "myf6" "<font face=Times size=6>"> ><BODY ...> >... >%myf6; text </font> How 'bout this: <define name=myf6> <font face="Times" size=6> <contents> </font> </define> and then: <myf6>text</myf6> Our solution happens either on the server or in advance of that (i/e/. on your authoring machine). Info at http://www.pragmaticainc.com/ </product-plug> David Ornstein Pragmatica
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