Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 18:55:53 -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: <20050301185553.36c14c16@mobile.pittgoth.com> In-Reply-To: <20050301234702.GC50779@abigail.blackend.org> References: <200503011340.j21DeKHe048812@freefall.freebsd.org> <20050301182651.2b8ce710@mobile.pittgoth.com> <20050301234702.GC50779@abigail.blackend.org>
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On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 00:47:02 +0100 Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> wrote: > 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? Yep. I mean, we use literal everywhere else. There shouldn't really be a reason to quote the specific character. In all honesty, I guess it depends on how you look at it. -- Tom Rhodes
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