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Date:      Tue, 8 Oct 2019 08:45:57 -0700
From:      Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu>
To:        Pau Amma <pauamma@gundo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Which comma style does the FreeBSD handbook use? Or is that up to individual contributors and editors?
Message-ID:  <20191008154557.GH76545@kduck.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <caffaed7b1529582afdcb049344db7bc.squirrel@webmail.gundo.com>
References:  <caffaed7b1529582afdcb049344db7bc.squirrel@webmail.gundo.com>

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On Sat, Oct 05, 2019 at 05:02:28PM +0000, Pau Amma wrote:
> I've seen examples of both styles in the handbook, eg
> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/audit-administration.html
> and
> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-usb-tethering.html,
> so I'm unsure.
> 
> Important note: I'm only asking which one (if not both) the FreeBSD
> handbook is actually using. All arguments about what it should use
> (instead) or which style is better will be cheerfully ignored.

https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/writing-style-guidelines.html
says "use the serial comma".

-Ben



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