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Date:      Thu, 26 Aug 1999 14:11:42 -0500
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To:        Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>, Motoyuki Konno <motoyuki@snipe.rim.or.jp>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DocBook formatting style?
Message-ID:  <19990826141141.F24968@futuresouth.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990826111447.C66300@kilt.nothing-going-on.org>; from Nik Clayton on Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 11:14:47AM %2B0100
References:  <19990822200737.A65807@ppp18344.on.bellglobal.com> <19990823141611.A1770@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> <19990823172005.C42397@ppp18344.on.bellglobal.com> <19990824172812.L65430@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> <199908250049.JAA00382@rei.snipe.rim.or.jp> <19990825115510.A96398@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> <19990825194348.G18970@ppp18415.on.bellglobal.com> <19990826111447.C66300@kilt.nothing-going-on.org>

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[nit]

On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 11:14:47AM +0100, a little birdie told me
that Nik Clayton remarked
> 
> into
> 
>   <para>For all the hype about open standards, getting a program to work on
>     different versions of Unix in the real world can be a tedious and tricky
>     business, as anyone who has tried it will know.  
>     You may be lucky enough to find that the program you want will compile 
>     cleanly on your system, install itself in all the right places and run 
>     flawlessly &ldquo;out of the box&rdquo;, but this is unfortunately 
>     rather rare.  
>     With most programs, you will find yourself doing a fair bit of 
>     head-scratching, and there are quite a few programs that will result 
>     in premature greying, or even chronic alopecia...</para>

I'm in favor of putting markup tags on their own line.  Thus:
	<para>
	For all the hype about open standards, getting a program to work on
	different versions of Unix in the real world can be a tedious and
	tricky business, as anyone who has tried it will know
	...
	With most programs, you will find yourself doing a fair bit of
	head-scratching, and there are quite a few programs that will result
	in premature greying, or even chronic alopecia...
	</para>

But that may just be a personal quirk.



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