Re: Respec docs without all the W3C boilerplate

"Tab Atkins Jr." <[email protected]> Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:13:46 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.org.w3c.specifications
Message-ID <CAAWBYDB6VmB-97ZfGWgyE+S=Swb6y4sgOqy0ToPSVLXZDWvw9w@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 3:13 PM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
> i'm creating a document that isn't a spec, isn't going to be on the rec
> track or even a note, but i'd like to use respec's basic styling and
> features to create the document. I don't want all the standard spec gubbings
> at the top, just things like title, author, toc, etc.
>
> in fact this is the second time this month i've wanted to do this.
>
> is there any way to turn off the generation of the spec-related boilerplate
> at the top and use respec for non-spec docs?
>
> i know it sounds a bit counter to the original purpose of respec, but respec
> provides lots of other useful automation, such as figure-linking, dfn links,
> toc, nice styling, section level correction, etc. which i'd like to be able
> to use.

Or, of course, use Bikeshed - if you generate without a Group
metadata, you get a "default" look.  We can simplify that even further
if desired.

~TJ