Conference vaxuum::online_bookbuilding

    Eric,
    
    I'm not sure what you mean by "gray background is not uniform." 
    When I try your example, the first form of coding results
    in the entire note, including the word "Note," being shaded.
    The second form of coding results in only the text inside the
    note being shaded. This is exactly what I would expect from
    the two ways of coding the extension and the note. And the
    gray dots are certainly uniform (whether or not they're
    lovely) in both notes -- that is, the same pattern of dots
    is displayed in both cases, just over different areas of text.
    Maybe I don't understand the problem?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Mary 

    I was the one who coerced Eric into posting the note.  
    
    The word "Note" was shaded, and the shading extended from the "e"
    all the way to the end of the line.  It looked like shading got turned
    on at the "N" and didn't turn off until the end of the text of the
    note.
    
    + Michael
    

    Here is a graphic example of the problem:
    
    
    		********************
    ********************************
    ********************************
    ********************************
    ********************************
    
    
    

    Gee, I never was very visual...
    
    Thanks, Eric.
    
    + Michael
    

    With the <extension> tags surrounding the note:
    
      <extension>
      <note>
      note text
      <endnote>
      <endextension>
    
    I get:
    
      XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX   <- this line starts with "Note:"
      XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
      XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
      XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    
    The word "Note:" is shaded, as well as all the text.
    (The shading runs only to the end of the note text on the last line.)
    
    With the <extension> tags within the note:
    
     <note>
     <extension>
     note text
     <endextension>
     <endnote>
    
    I get:
    
      Note: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  <- the shading starts at the first word
            XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX     of the note text.
            XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    
    Given the coding, this is exactly what I would expect.
    
    Note (heh heh) that for DOCUMENT V2.0 the note format is different: we
    'borrowed' the CUP.ONLINE doctype's formatting. The word "Note" is
    centered on a separate line with horizontal rules on each side:
    
     -------------- Note -------------
     note text........................
     .................................
    
     --------------------------------- 
    
    (I think it looks *lots* better.)      
    
    Again, if the extension tags surround the note tags, the word "Note"
    and the rules are shaded. If the extension tags are within the note
    tags, only the note text is shaded.
    
    Mary

    >>Note (heh heh) that for DOCUMENT V2.0 the note format is different: we
    >>'borrowed' the CUP.ONLINE doctype's formatting. The word "Note" is
    >>centered on a separate line with horizontal rules on each side:
    
    >> -------------- Note -------------
    >> note text........................
    >> .................................
    >>
    >> --------------------------------- 
    
    >>(I think it looks *lots* better.)      
    
    >>Again, if the extension tags surround the note tags, the word "Note"
    >>and the rules are shaded. If the extension tags are within the note
    >>tags, only the note text is shaded.
    
    Perhaps CUP.ONLINE is the problem.  In our version, the rules
    surround the note, and shading starts with the 'n' in 'note.'  Shading
    should start at the beginning of the line.
    
    Eric

    Say, what doctype are you using?

    I was using online.reference on V1.2B and software.online on T2.0.

    >>                       -< apples and oranges ? >-
    
    and bananas.  :?)
    

The <extension> and <note> problem in the CUP.ONLINE doctype is fixed for
V2.0 of VAX DOCUMENT.