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Re: [Bug-gnupress] Texinfo advice
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Simon Law |
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Re: [Bug-gnupress] Texinfo advice |
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Tue, 1 Apr 2003 01:47:17 -0500 |
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On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 06:24:28PM -0500, Richard Kreuter wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> I'm working on the formatting a section of a manual dealing with the
> .inputrc file, and it has a badness. The following is all one line
> that's supposed to go into a .inputrc file, and the line occurs in an
> @example block in the texinfo:
>
> Meta-Control-h: backward-kill-word Text after the function name is
> ignored
>
> Because it's in an @example block, TeX won't word-wrap, and so the
> last 3 or 4 words get cut off, depending on page size. I was thinking
> of doing this:
>
> Meta-Control-h: backward-kill-word Text after the function
> # name is ignored
>
> Text following '#' in the inputrc is ignored, so this doesn't change
> the file's function. Would this be better-looking, do you think:
>
> Meta-Control-h: backward-kill-word Text after the function
> # name is ignored
>
> Or can somebody suggest a better idea?
I would suggest one of two things:
a) rewrite to fit within 70 characters:
Meta-Control-h: backward-kill-word Text here is ignored
b) change the @example font such that it is small enough to fit 80
characters per line.
Simon
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