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Date: | Tue, 17 Dec 2002 22:35:47 +0300 |
From: | "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> |
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Dawe on Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:54:07 +0000) | |
Subject: | Re: proposed putpath.c patch |
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> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:54:07 +0000 > From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> > > Shouldn't it be @file{x:} rather than @var{x:}? x: isn't a variable for the > function. No, x: stands for some specific drive letter (which isn't known to the author of the text). So it's a meta-syntactic variable, and thus needs a @var. > I don't think you need @file{@var{x:}<whatever>}. I think > @file{x:<whatever>} will do. Actually, it should be @file{@var{x}:}, since the colon is not part of the drive name.
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