Yeah, "em" means "emphasis". But "i" does not mean "italic" -- it
_is_ italic. "i" is a command to a browser, saying, "render this
in italic type". It is purely and completely presentational and
carries not one ounce of meaning.
Please let's pretend that b and i and tt don't exist and never
have existed, and then let's continue from there.
How is it any more appropriate to suggest that the stylesheets
should output b and i in HTML than it would be to suggest that
DocBook should contain <bold> and <italic> elements?
Sam Steingold <> writes:
> > * Michael Smith <> [2004-11-10 05:56:16 +0900]:
> >
> > * Use strong/em instead of b/i in HTML output
>
> with all due respect, I am not quite sure that this is completely
> correct.
>
> I thought that "em" meant "emphasis" while "i" meant italic.
> This, "em" should _toggle_ italic, while "i" should turn it on
> unconditionally.
> Thus, the following:
> <i>italic <em>not italic</em> italic again</i>
> (at least TeX does something like that with (J\em(B and (J\it).(B
>
> If my understanding is correct, then this change might not be correct.
>
>
