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Subject: DOCBOOK: Re: Environment Variables in File/Directory Names
Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> writes: > Oh, I probably use envar for both. That distinction isn't often important. Really? > If it was, I'd just use a role attribute. Or maybe <literal > role="envar">. Or something. For environment variables there is <envar> or <literal role="envar"> (if you're sure your stylesheets will support the role attribute); for values use <literal>. Gregory Leblanc <gleblanc@linuxweasel.com> writes: >> This leads me to another question: What markup is appropriate >> for distinguishing between an environment variable and its value? (I'm >> simply talking about the difference between TOMCAT_HOME and $TOMCAT_HOME). > > I normally use <varname>... Really? And when your publischer decides, all environment variables should be prefixed with "$" or printed with italics you've lost; better distinguish now: For <envar>DISPLAY</envar> use <literal>localhost:0.0</literal>. <varname> is for such things like: <varname>i</variable> will increment from <literal>0</literal> to <literal>9</literal>. And finally we have: Check files in <filename>/usr/lib/python<replacable>VERSION</replacable></filename> -- ke@suse.de (work) / keichwa@gmx.net (home): | http://www.suse.de/~ke/ | ,__o Free Translation Project: | _-\_<, http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/po/HTML/ | (*)/'(*)
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