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Subject:PROBLEMS WITH DOCS From:Gregg Roberts <gregg -dot- roberts -at- TPOINT -dot- COM> Date:Sat, 4 Feb 1995 10:08:08 -0600
> I've been struggling with how to present commands in the ascii
> version of the
> documentation. I've checked several other university gopher sites
> for ideas,
> but none that I've found use a consistent method: some use both
> all-caps and
> double quotes in the same document. All-caps wouldn't be bad, but it
> won't work for our Unix docs, because Unix commands are case
> sensitive....
What about including the prompt in front of any commands? I have not used UNIX
extensively, but it seems as though there was always a command line prompt of
one kind or another.
