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From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: docs/78240: Replace <literal> with <quote> around a #
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On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 06:26:51PM -0500, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> >  >  	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.
>

Really?

Marc