#222 allow termdef in acronym

[Scott Hudson]

Similar to glossterm allowing termdef for an inline term definition.

Some styles of documentation collect all acronyms together in an appendix or glossary of some sort, but another style is to place the definitions inline and automatically generate the list of acronyms and their definitions.

This RFE seeks to enable the latter.

[Norman Walsh]

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What would the markup look like? <acronym>ASCII<termdef><glossterm>ASCII</glossterm> is the American Standard Code for Information Interchange</termdef></acronym>?

Wouldn't <termdef><glossterm><acronym>ASCII</acronym></glossterm> is the American Standard ... </termdef> make more sense?

[Scott Hudson]

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I was thinking:
<acronym>ASCII<termdef>American Standard Code for Information Interchange</termdef></acronym>

Which could be rendered inline as: ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)

and used to create a formal List of Acronyms.

This adds flexibility of being able to keep a Glossary and List of Acronyms separate...

[Norman Walsh]

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That won't work, Scott. A termdef must contain a glossterm (though I'm going to file an RFE to change that momentarily---but not in a way that makes it optional)

[Norman Walsh]

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Use <termdef>...<firstterm><acronym>...</></>...</termdef>