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Date:      Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:14:31 +0100
From:      Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org>
To:        Niclas Zeising <lothrandil@n00b.apagnu.se>
Cc:        Johann Kois <jkois@freebsd.org>, doc-committers@freebsd.org, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, cvs-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security	chapter.sgml
Message-ID:  <20061112111431.GA84563@abigail.blackend.org>
In-Reply-To: <4556FE2A.1080501@n00b.apagnu.se>
References:  <200611120013.kAC0D5GM097268@repoman.freebsd.org> <200611121144.28895.jkois@freebsd.org> <4556FE2A.1080501@n00b.apagnu.se>

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On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 11:57:46AM +0100, Niclas Zeising wrote:
> 
> The difference between ssh and <application>ssh</application> is that 
> ssh can be both an application and a protocol, and we have to 
> differentiate that. Apart from that, I find staring a sentence with a 
> non-capitalized letter looks weird. Maybe we should use the 
> all-capitalized version, at least when talking about the protocol.

SSH is the protocol, and ssh is the application/program (so
<application></application> or <command></command> according to the
situation).  We also have to start a sentence with a capitalized letter,
so we used to do the same thing as in the manual page, i.e, writing "The
blahblah utility/tool/program/whatever".

-- 
Marc



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