- From: David Perrell <davidp@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 14:36:45 -0700
- To: "Paul Prescod" <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Cc: <www-style@w3.org>
Paul Prescod wrote: > To: David Perrell > > Seems simpler to manage and no less controllable than parameter-passing > > to activate a program stub. > > How so? This is what I mean by a stub: > > (define departmental-logo "http://foo.bar.com/department/graphic.gif") > (define departmental-background (color rgb 0 0 0)) > > (define departmental-table-of-contents-style > ; some hairy code to generate the world's most beautiful TOC > ) > > (declare-initial-value "Helvetica") > > <stylesheet use="base-company-spec.dsl"> > Not so difficult. But then, you skipped the hairy code, which -- depending on the type of hair involved -- some might consider obscene. > ... I'll admit, however, if you want unconstrained > changes with no need for forethought on the part of the people creating > the base stylesheet, then CSS is better. No, I think that there would need to be a great deal of forethought put into the design of a primary stylesheet as well as secondary ones, or it isn't going to work very well. I thought that was your opinion also. With care, though, CSS could help keep documents consistent throughout an organization without creating style chaos. As could a parameterized style mechanism. Is DSSSL-O a good mechanism? Your examples look good, but when I look at the spec it seems way too focused in some areas and totally blind in others, and I have a hard time imagining widespread acceptance. David Perrell
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