Consolidate *-LIKE series via preprocessing

[rbeezer]

Blocks in *-LIKE series usually differ in name only. Example: theorem and lemma in THEOREM-LIKE.

Idea: have the preprocessor convert these to one (lead) element in the series and use attributes to distinguish.

<theorem variant="theorem">
<theorem variant="corollary">

Pros:

• Greatly simplify many select and match in the XSL.
• Need only inspect @variant when producing a name? (And maybe old-style IDs, etc)
• Transparent to authors, no deprecation.
• Perhaps nearly trivial to add a new element to a series

Cons:

• Will disrupt LaTeX enviroment creation based on different elements, but this is internal.
• Will disrupt styling for LaTeX based on using XSL matching, affects external style-writers.

[davidfarmer]

Speaking of consolidation, will publishers have more flexibillity in grouping different elements to be on a common counter?

Maybe a bad publisher wants Figures and definition-like numbered together.

And theorem-like and exercises numbered together.

And everything else numbered together.

So, 3 separate counters through the document.

On Mon, 27 Jun 2022, Rob Beezer wrote:

Blocks in *-LIKE series usually differ in name only. Example: theorem and lemma in THEOREM-LIKE.

Idea: have the preprocessor convert these to one (lead) element in the series and use attributes to distinguish.

Pros:

• Greatly simplify many select and match in the XSL.
• Need only inspect @variant when producing a name? (And maybe old-style IDs, etc)
• Transparent to authors, no deprecation.
• Perhaps nearly trivial to add a new element to a series

Cons:

• Will disrupt LaTeX enviroment creation based on different elements, but this is internal.
• Will disrupt styling for LaTeX based on using XSL matching, affects external style-writers.

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[rbeezer]

A numbering overhaul is on hold from February. This issue would contribute to that, though mostly cosmetically.

When that is done, figure-like and project-like will be part of block numbering, or separate (individually), iirc.