Solution for ddp/manuals.sgml/faq
Looks like good answer is found.
On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 11:11:37AM -0400, Andy Saxena wrote:
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> Even better:
> What does it mean when a package either Depends, Recommends, Suggests,
> Conflicts, Replaces, or Provides another package?
Yes, you got it right.
We need to think outside of box. [BOX: this/that <-> this / that]
For words like "Depends" in this context, we should punctuate with ","
while adding single quotation marks in plain text output and using fixed
font in PDF/HTML to indicate these are console output words and shall
not be taken as verbs. Tags like <tt> should do this in SGML.
---x8 snip-start
<sect id="depends">What is meant by saying that a package
<tt>Depends</tt>, <tt>Recommends</tt>, <tt>Suggests</tt>,
<tt>Conflicts</tt>, <tt>Replaces</tt>, <tt>Provides </tt> another
package?
---x8 snip-end
This is in-line with debiandoc-sgml guideline. Any objection?
Like I said "/" is very colloquial. I agree "," is a way to do.
> I didn't major in English, but I grew up with the language. Besides,
> English is hardly the perfect language for rules. At some point, it
> becomes a matter of what sounds right :-}.
Well I know.
Many academic publications have style guide. That is always a good
reference :)
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