From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 15 11:07:07 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3FB216A4CE; Sun, 15 Feb 2004 11:07:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from shaft.techsupport.co.uk (shaft.techsupport.co.uk [212.250.77.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2B2E43D1D; Sun, 15 Feb 2004 11:07:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from cpc2-cdif3-6-0-cust204.cdif.cable.ntl.com ([81.103.67.204] helo=shrike.submonkey.net ident=mailnull) by shaft.techsupport.co.uk with esmtp (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1AsRbe-000CTs-GJ; Sun, 15 Feb 2004 19:07:06 +0000 Received: from setantae by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1AsRbc-000Ckr-Ka; Sun, 15 Feb 2004 19:07:04 +0000 Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 19:07:04 +0000 From: Ceri Davies To: Brooks Davis Message-ID: <20040215190704.GR8821@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Brooks Davis , Tom Hukins , Nik Clayton , doc@FreeBSD.org References: <20040211193131.GH8821@submonkey.net> <20040213120713.GE59222@clan.nothing-going-on.org> <20040213154209.GA5309@eborcom.com> <20040213175225.GB1952@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="5PFZVUeDPxlnBcQp" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040213175225.GB1952@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> X-PGP: finger ceri@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Ceri Davies cc: doc@FreeBSD.org cc: Tom Hukins cc: Nik Clayton Subject: Re: Does this need emphasis? X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 19:07:07 -0000 --5PFZVUeDPxlnBcQp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 09:52:25AM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 03:42:09PM +0000, Tom Hukins wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 12:07:13PM +0000, Nik Clayton wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 07:31:31PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote: > > > > PXE: The &intel; Preboot Exe= cution > > > > Environment system is a form of smart boot ROM built = into some > > > > networking cards or motherboards. See &man.pxeboot.8= ; for more > > > > details. > > > >=20 > > > > I think that the emphasis markup here is extraneous. Does anybody = mind > > > > if I get rid of it? > > >=20 > > > Nope. might be a better choice. > >=20 > > A minor point: Technically, this is an abbreviation, not an acronym, > > as each letter in PXE is pronounced individually. Therefore, > > might be a better choice. >=20 > You want pedantic, you go it. >=20 > According to my reading of the duck book, would be more > appropriate. It says: >=20 > Abbrev > An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period. > Acronym > An _often_ pronounceable word made from the initial (or=20 > selected) letters of a name or phrase. >=20 > [emphasis mine] >=20 > By this definition, PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment) is clearly an=20 > acronym. I agree, and that's what I've committed. As a side point, I think it would be nice if we changed firstterms to link to the glossary if building with WITH_GLOSSARY. I don't really have time to work on this at the moment, so if anybody can beat me to it, please do. Ceri --=20 --5PFZVUeDPxlnBcQp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAL8NYocfcwTS3JF8RAj4kAKCUW/Gwq4WaQzj99sx1izO6ZxqKHACdGo7j ETP2nclxg6roiYZWB+lsbYs= =BFct -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5PFZVUeDPxlnBcQp--