Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 18:26:51 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/78240: Replace <literal> with <quote> around a # Message-ID: <20050301182651.2b8ce710@mobile.pittgoth.com> In-Reply-To: <200503011340.j21DeKHe048812@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200503011340.j21DeKHe048812@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:40:20 GMT Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> wrote: > The following reply was made to PR docs/78240; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> > To: Brad Davis <so14k@so14k.com> > Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: docs/78240: Replace <literal> with <quote> around a # > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 14:34:43 +0100 > > On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 05:54:25AM -0700, Brad Davis wrote: > > > > --- doc-ori/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.sgml Fri Feb 25 13:31:42 2005 > > +++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.sgml Tue Mar 1 05:51:14 2005 > > @@ -4262,7 +4262,7 @@ > > installed as > > <filename>/usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf</filename> on &os;. > > This file is a typical &unix; text configuration file with > > - comment lines beginning with the <literal>#</literal> > > + comment lines beginning with the <quote>#</quote> > > character. A comprehensive description of all possible > > The current markup seems right to me. <quote></quote> should be used to > quote some text or to indicate a word is not used in the usual way, etc. > I'm not sure there is a rule for a single character. If you want to stress the importance or abnormal appearance of a character, then quote is good. I'm also debating the usefulness of this patch. -- Tom Rhodes
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