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authorManuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org>2006-04-14 09:37:17 +0000
committerManuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org>2006-04-14 09:37:17 +0000
commit0090db5c7b0cb69fc9c06da99ad868814414d2b0 (patch)
treeae4db250fab5b28bd3b688e2553959db4d5cd433 /prologue
parentb55b3c4ff2c23fd0ae6734552a769b6237af387c (diff)
Changed typography convections.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7516 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'prologue')
-rw-r--r--prologue/typography.xml12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/prologue/typography.xml b/prologue/typography.xml
index ddafff780..ab884840d 100644
--- a/prologue/typography.xml
+++ b/prologue/typography.xml
@@ -49,10 +49,14 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
is encountered. Therefore, this entire section is generally typed as
seen.</para>
- <para><replaceable>[REPLACED TEXT]</replaceable></para>
+ <para><replaceable>&lt;REPLACED TEXT&gt;</replaceable></para>
<para>This format is used to encapsulate text that is not to be typed
- as seen or copied-and-pasted.</para>
+ as seen or for copy-and-paste operations.</para>
+
+ <para><replaceable>[OPTIONAL TEXT]</replaceable></para>
+
+ <para>This format is used to encapsulate text that is optional.</para>
<para><filename>passwd(5)</filename></para>
@@ -70,8 +74,8 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
<filename>/usr/share/man/man1/passwd.1</filename>. For this example, you will
need to run <command>man 5 passwd</command> in order to read the specific page
being referred to. It should be noted that most man pages do not have duplicate
- page names in different sections. Therefore, <command>man <replaceable>[program
- name]</replaceable></command> is generally sufficient.</para>
+ page names in different sections. Therefore, <command>man <replaceable>&lt;program
+ name&gt;</replaceable></command> is generally sufficient.</para>
</sect1>