cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security chapter.sgml

Bruce A. Mah bmah at FreeBSD.org
Tue Dec 30 13:46:22 PST 2003


If memory serves me right, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> [Taken off cvs-all since it's a -doc issue]
> 
> On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 09:49:19 -0800 (PST)
> Marc Fonvieille <blackend at FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> >   - Use option tags for command line options instead of literal ones.
> 
> Using option tags?  I've been using literal for awhile since another
> committer told me that they always use literal over option for
> flags.  Which one is preferred?
> 
> FWIW, I think it was bmah who said that to me during my working
> of the cron(8) section, but please don't quote me on that.  :)

Hmmm...I don't *think* that was me but I'm not sure.  I use
<option></option> for marking up "those optional things you put on a
command line that usually start with a dash".  I use
<literal></literal> as a fallback for other things, same as a couple
of other people have already said.

Bruce.
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