At 2017-04-20T18:04:00-0600, Clarke Echols wrote: > When I was responsible for all of the manpages in HP's HP-UX (Unix) > reference manual and online, I always *typeset* with Courier bold, and > used the simple hyphen character because it was all monospace. > > Courier was standard for all literals in SYNTAX, including command > name, and options such as -r, -f, etc. Only variable arguments such > as "filename", directory name, etc. were always in italic. This > convention was also used in the DESCRIPTION, EXAMPLES, and other such > sections. > > If a minus sign appeared in regular text, I always used \(mi. [...] > I used the .C name for macros, as in .CI, .IC, for command lines in the > SYNOPSIS.
What was/is the distinction between the "Syntax" and "Synopsis" headings? I've only seen the former occasionally, and when I have, it's been exactly what is elsewhere called a "Synopsis". Regards, Branden
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