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Date:      Mon, 19 May 2003 22:34:52 +0200
From:      "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk>
To:        Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Application and command names in <title> elements
Message-ID:  <20030519203451.GB1120@nitro.dk>
In-Reply-To: <20030519161700.27143841.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20030519192255.GB74434@submonkey.net> <20030519153048.51f20a06.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20030519200900.GA1120@nitro.dk> <20030519161700.27143841.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>

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On 2003.05.19 16:17:00 -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> On Mon, 19 May 2003 22:09:06 +0200
> "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk> wrote:
>=20
> > On 2003.05.19 15:30:48 -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> >=20
> > > I'd like to chime in here if you do not mind.  While I was thinking
> > > about this just last night, a question arose as to which is more appr=
opriate:
> > > <command> or manual page entities.
> >=20
> > In a patch I used man entities multiple times shortly after each other
> > and Murrays changed it in the committed version to only use it the first
> > time and use <command> for the other cases.
> >=20
> > <comment by Murray from docs/50790 audit trail>
> > One thing to note is
> > that it doesn't look good to use the man page entities twice in close=
=20
> > proximity.  So I used &man.dumpon.8; the first time, then just used=20
> > <command>dumpon</command> elsewhere in the paragraph.=20
> > </comment>
> >=20
> > I think this is seems like a good way since the man reference is still
> > nice to have.
>=20
> Ok, I see the logic here.  Thanks guys.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to add a short note about this to the
section about "Applications, commands, options, and cites" in the FDP
primer ?

I can make a patch if it sounds like a good idea...

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Simon L. Nielsen

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