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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Difference Between Styles and Modes in DSSSL StyleSheets

From: Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>
To: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 15:10:00 -0400

/ Holger Rauch <Holger.Rauch@heitec.de> was heard to say:
| What's the exact difference between a "style" and a "mode" in the DSSSL
| language?

A style is a named collection of property values, a mode is an alternate
context for matching construction rules.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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References:
- DOCBOOK-APPS: Difference Between Styles and Modes in DSSSL Style Sheets
  - From: Holger Rauch <Holger.Rauch@heitec.de>