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diff --git a/Doc/doc/doc.tex b/Doc/doc/doc.tex index 9254ebb..e3656b9 100644 --- a/Doc/doc/doc.tex +++ b/Doc/doc/doc.tex @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \author{Fred L. Drake, Jr.} \authoraddress{ PythonLabs \\ - E-mail: \email{fdrake@acm.org} + Email: \email{fdrake@acm.org} } @@ -170,15 +170,27 @@ distribution, to create or maintain whole documents or sections. the names of operating systems, programming languages, standards bodies, and the like. Many of these were assigned \LaTeX{} macros at some point in the distant past, and these macros lived on long - past their usefulness. In the current markup, these entities are - not assigned any special markup, but the preferred spellings are + past their usefulness. In the current markup, most of these entities + are not assigned any special markup, but the preferred spellings are given here to aid authors in maintaining the consistency of presentation in the Python documentation. + Other terms and words deserve special mention as well; these conventions + should be used to ensure consistency throughout the documentation: + \begin{description} - \item[POSIX] + \item[CPU] + For ``central processing unit.'' Many style guides say this + should be spelled out on the first use (and if you must use it, + do so!). For the Python documentation, this abbreviation should + be avoided since there's no reasonable way to predict which occurance + will be the first seen by the reader. It is better to use the + word ``processor'' instead. + + \item[\POSIX] The name assigned to a particular group of standards. This is - always uppercase. + always uppercase. Use the macro \macro{POSIX} to represent this + name. \item[Python] The name of our favorite programming language is always @@ -186,7 +198,11 @@ distribution, to create or maintain whole documents or sections. \item[Unicode] The name of a character set and matching encoding. This is - always written capitalized. + always written capitalized. + + \item[\UNIX] + The name of the operating system developed at AT\&T Bell Labs + in the early 1970s. Use the macro \macro{UNIX} to use this name. \end{description} @@ -828,7 +844,7 @@ This \UNIX\ is also followed by a space. \end{macrodesc} \begin{macrodesc}{newsgroup}{\p{name}} - The name of a USENET newsgroup. + The name of a Usenet newsgroup. \end{macrodesc} \begin{macrodesc}{pep}{\p{number}} @@ -975,7 +991,7 @@ This \UNIX\ is also followed by a space. \declaremodule{extension}{spam} \platform{Unix} -\modulesynopsis{Access to the SPAM facility of \UNIX{}.} +\modulesynopsis{Access to the SPAM facility of \UNIX.} \moduleauthor{Jane Doe}{jane.doe@frobnitz.org} \end{verbatim} |