From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Dec 22 18:31:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from luna.cdrom.com (luna.cdrom.com [204.216.28.135]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FC4F156F0 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 1999 18:31:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim@luna.cdrom.com) Received: (from jim@localhost) by luna.cdrom.com (8.10.0.Beta10/8.10.0.Beta10) id dBN2TYL02286; Wed, 22 Dec 1999 18:29:34 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 18:29:34 -0800 From: Jim Mock To: Mark Ovens Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Correct tag to quote commands in the docs Message-ID: <19991222182934.A2091@luna.cdrom.com> Reply-To: jim@luna.cdrom.com References: <19991223011842.B2347@marder-1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/1.1.1i In-Reply-To: <19991223011842.B2347@marder-1>; from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org on Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 01:18:42AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 at 01:18:42 +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > What is the correct tag to use for commands embedded in the text of > a doc (article)? I mean in the context: > > "A good way of stress-testing your hardware is to run make world > several times in succession" > > What tag would you use for ``make world''? > > Reading the FDP Primer (Example 4-35. Applications, commands, and > options.) I think it is: > > make world > > Is this correct? I'd say no. Using make world would be better since it's not really an application whereas something like.. "I use mutt as a mailer." Would be mutt since it's the actual application being discussed. - jim -- - jim mock - walnut creek cdrom/freebsd test labs - jim@luna.cdrom.com - - phone: 1.925.691.2800 x.3814 - fax: 1.925.674.0821 - jim@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message