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Date:      Tue, 30 Dec 2003 13:46:17 -0800
From:      "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security chapter.sgml
Message-ID:  <20031230214617.GA37863@intruder.kitchenlab.org>
In-Reply-To: <20031230132034.36281ba6.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200312301749.hBUHnJjx004040@repoman.freebsd.org> <20031230132034.36281ba6.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>

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If memory serves me right, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> [Taken off cvs-all since it's a -doc issue]
>=20
> On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 09:49:19 -0800 (PST)
> Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> >   - Use option tags for command line options instead of literal ones.
>=20
> Using option tags?  I've been using literal for awhile since another
> committer told me that they always use literal over option for
> flags.  Which one is preferred?
>=20
> FWIW, I think it was bmah who said that to me during my working
> of the cron(8) section, but please don't quote me on that.  :)

Hmmm...I don't *think* that was me but I'm not sure.  I use
<option></option> for marking up "those optional things you put on a
command line that usually start with a dash".  I use
<literal></literal> as a fallback for other things, same as a couple
of other people have already said.

Bruce.

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