Does this need emphasis?

Tom Hukins tom at FreeBSD.org
Fri Feb 13 15:42:11 UTC 2004


On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 12:07:13PM +0000, Nik Clayton wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 07:31:31PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote:
> >             <para><emphasis>PXE</emphasis>: The &intel; Preboot Execution
> >               Environment system is a form of smart boot ROM built into some
> >               networking cards or motherboards.  See &man.pxeboot.8; for more
> >               details.</para>
> > 
> > I think that the emphasis markup here is extraneous.  Does anybody mind
> > if I get rid of it?
> 
> Nope.  <acronym> might be a better choice.

A minor point:  Technically, this is an abbreviation, not an acronym,
as each letter in PXE is pronounced individually.  Therefore, <abbrev>
might be a better choice.

Tom



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