Re: HTML Formatting Procedure Steps

[Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>]

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/ Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com> was heard to say:
| This is because my style of writing tends to put numbered steps, with
| the reasoning behind the action, or what is next to do outside of the
| step itself.  Ideally,
|
| 	<procedure>
| 		<step>Do the first thing</step>
| 		<para>What we'll do next in a conceptual overview, and why.</para>
| 		<step>The next thing</step>
| 	<procedure>

That's not valid DocBook.

| producing
|
| Step 1
| 	Do the first thing
|
| What we'll do next in a conceptual overview, and why.
|
| Step 2
| 	The next thing
|
| It seems the only way I can do this now is by using multiple
| procedures, and changing the numbering to be consistent across a
| section or the entire article.

Right. Just as orderedlists can be "continued", perhaps procedures need to
allow continuation.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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