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1.3     ! schwarze    1: $Id: README,v 1.2 2019/03/08 10:13:12 schwarze Exp $
1.1       kristaps    2:
                      3: Here's a quick note on how to add new DocBook elements.
                      4:
1.2       schwarze    5: First, look up the element in the DocBook reference.
                      6: For element <foo>, this is usually:
1.1       kristaps    7:
1.2       schwarze    8:  https://tdg.docbook.org/tdg/5.1/foo.html
                      9:
                     10: Some elements are no longer defined in DocBook 5.
                     11: For these, you will have to look at 4.5 documentation instead:
                     12:
                     13:  https://tdg.docbook.org/tdg/4.5/foo.html
1.1       kristaps   14:
                     15: Add the alpha-ordered node (NODE_FOO) to extern.h.
                     16:
                     17: Next, add the name and whether it admits text to docbook2mdoc.c's
                     18: "nodes" structure array.
                     19:
1.2       schwarze   20: Finally, modify pnode_print() with your new entry.  Use similar nodes as
1.1       kristaps   21: a reference.  (NOTE: if it's an inline like, say, NODE_EMPHASIS, then
                     22: remember to add the node to the postfix switch statement!)