Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 13:26:43 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Jim Mock <jim@luna.osd.bsdi.com> Cc: Udo Erdelhoff <ue@nathan.ruhr.de>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: <literal>Foo</> Message-ID: <20000725132643.A12969@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <20000724201238.A20390@luna.osd.bsdi.com>; from jim@luna.osd.bsdi.com on Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 08:12:38PM -0700 References: <20000725001225.V66732@nathan.ruhr.de> <20000724201238.A20390@luna.osd.bsdi.com>
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On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 08:12:38PM -0700, Jim Mock wrote: > On Tue, 25 Jul 2000 at 00:12:25 +0200, Udo Erdelhoff wrote: > > Hi, > > while poking around the doc dir, I've found a couple instances > > articles that use </> to close the current in-line element. Jade > > accepts these constructso they're obviously not illegal. On the other, > > I don't think they're good style, either. > > It's valid DocBook, IIRC, so that's why it doesn't complain about them, > but I do agree with you on the style point though. > > > Fixing them should be rather easy. Opinions? > > I've been changing the ones I've come across -- I think changing them is > a good thing. Yes, it's valid, and no, we don't encourage it :-) This should really be in the primer style guide. N -- Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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