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Re: {{do this not this}}



On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 11:37 +1000, Murray McAllister wrote:
> Thank you to Chris Curran for providing this information.
> 
> > Do not use a table if you only have two columns - use
> > <segmentedlist>[0] for this.
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > [0] <http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/segmentedlist.html>

I like to use segmentedlist elements even in cases where there are
*more* than two columns.  A segmentedlist, in true DocBook spirit,
separates the format from the meaning.  It can be rendered in different
formats (tabular versus labeled list entries) that make more sense to
blind readers too.

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