Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 14:10:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/20009: [PATCH] the FAQ needs an entry on bikesheds Message-ID: <200007182110.OAA20353@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/20009; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/20009: [PATCH] the FAQ needs an entry on bikesheds Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 20:42:58 +0100 Brooks Davis wrote: > I'm almost certain it was decided to do it the other way so quote > characters would be automagicaly matched and localized properly. yep, you're right. I just checked some CVS logs. That means a couple of things I added recently are wrong. I guess I could put &[lr]dquo; -> <quote></quote> on my list of things to cleanup in the FAQ then. As well as "foo", 'foo', `foo', ``foo'', and $DEITY only knows how many other quoting styles are used. >>> + paying attention, that he is *here*.</para> >> >> Perhaps <emphasis>foo</emphasis> instead of *foo*, or something. The >> FAQ isn't limited to ASCII text like email is. :-) > > I though of doing that, but it's quoted text. We could do that, but > I'd want to be sure that the * (or similar) emphasis marks where being > added in the text version. I don't know what w3m does. It doesn't add "*" in the text version. How important is that? I'd argue that removing that is just changing formatting and is no worse than re-wrapping the lines or changing "foo" to <quote>foo</quote>. *foo* is going to come out real ugly in HTML. :-( -- Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D FreeBSD Documentation Project / To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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