Re: Respec docs without all the W3C boilerplate

Shane McCarron <[email protected]> Wed, 16 Dec 2015 12:34:11 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.org.w3c.specifications
Message-ID <CAOk_reHcaf0xcE5wYTz2wtetnP6svbN5rp+UuPEg0XefBzw+9Q@mail.gmail.com>
Note that you can also set your document Status top webspec.  That does all
sorts of crazy stuff with the headers.  And it is relatively easy for us to
add a different header template.  See js/w3c/headers.js if you are
interested in working on customization.

On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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
>
>


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Shane McCarron
Managing Director, Applied Testing and Technology, Inc.