discuss: Best way
Subject:
RE: Best way
From:
James Green ####@####.####
Date:
21 Feb 2002 22:46:33 -0000
Message-Id: <C050FDBA0D45D511AF5000E0290B460C18C097@mercury.parrimark.com.au>
Thanks for the discussion on this guys, and I thought I had done my homework
:-)
subscribing to docbook@ as we speak.
James
"Meow... Thud... Thud... Thud... Hey! There isn't enough room to swing a
cat in here!"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Sanfratello ####@####.####
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 7:29
> To: ####@####.####
> Subject: Re: Best way
>
>
> On Wednesday 20 February 2002 10:38, James Green wrote:
> > Thanks for that link, Ferg. I'm a bit confused about what
> I have read also.
> >
> > What is the relationship between <userinput> and <command>?
> For example if
> > you are trying to get the user to type:
> >
> > # umount /mnt/vol2
> >
> > would <userinput> be more correct than <command>?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > James
> >
>
> i'd format that as:
> <prompt>#</prompt> <command>umount</umount>
> <parameter>/mnt/vol2</parameter>
>
> loading it with some more tags :
> <screen>
> <prompt>#</prompt> <command>umount</command>
> </screen>
>
> <screen>
> <parameter><filename>/mnt/vol2</filename></parameter>
> <filename><parameter>/mnt/vol2</parameter></filename>
> </screen>
>
> if you want to suggest that the user can change the parameter to suit
> their system then:
> <screen>
> <prompt>#</prompt> <command>umount</command>
> <filename><parameter><replaceable>/mnt/vol2</replaceable></par
> ameter></filename>
> </screen>
>
> or
> <screen>
> <prompt>#</prompt> <command>umount</command>
> <userinput><filename><parameter>/mnt/vol2</parameter></filenam
> e></userinput>
> </screen>
>
> but since that is a lot of tags, i wouldn't really use _all_ of them.
>
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