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I like the idea.  We already have something similar for glossary entries.  However, how would you present the info in the PDF? For glossaries, we include glossary in the back of the book.  

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> On Oct 17, 2013, at 11:24 AM, "Solly Ross" <sross at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> I was discussing the new install guide with Lars Kellogg-Stedman, and we were discussing how the underlying docbook metadata gets transformed into the final HTML and PDF products.  The idea came of up having some sort of tool tip show up for text tagged with "replaceable" to display more information about a particular "replaceable" entry.  
> 
> For instance, the "EXTERNAL_INTERFACE" replaceable in the networking section could say something to the effect of "The external interface is the NIC responsible for enabling communication between your networks and the outside world".
> 
> At the very least, a static tooltip or style that better indicated that something should be replaced with an actual value would perhaps be useful (this could be accomplished pretty trivially in the style sheet for the docs).
> 
> What do people think?
> 
> Best Regards,
> Solly Ross
> 
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