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Re: How to quote these words?
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- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: How to quote these words?
- From: "Christopher R. Maden" <crism at maden dot org>
- Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2001 03:17:35 -0700
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At 02:21 6-10-2001, Julio Merino wrote:
>I'm doing a research project about hardware and operating systems, so
>I've choosen Docbook to write it.
>
>But I need to quote some words, but I don't know which tag to use.
>For example, how do I quote BIOS, POST, cylinder, sector, track...?
>
>I don't think that <emph> is the way to go... or is it? (I would like
>that these words appere different in the paper (i.e. italic letters).
Context?
If you are talking about the *word* "cylinder", then <wordasword> is
appropriate. If you are talking about cylinders as a technical concept,
and want the word to stand out, then <hardware> might be appropriate. For
BIOS, probably an <application>... I'm not sure.
If the distinguishing feature is that these are glossary terms defined
elsewhere, then <glossterm> would be the thing to use.
HTH,
Chris
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