Re: Where to line=break a slash?

["Chris Morton" <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I've seen this convention used in manuals...

Doo-Wa-Diddy/
      Diddy-Dum/
           Diddy-Doo


On 7/11/08, Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net> wrote:
>
> Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC 584 CBSS/GBHAC wrote:
>
> > Which of the following would be correct - and why?
> > Doo-Wa-Diddy/Diddy-Dum
> > /Diddy-Doo
> >           --OR-
> > Doo-Wa-Diddy/Diddy-Dum/
> > Diddy-Doo
>
> Both are wrong. Both break the pathname. Your best bet is to include an
> explanatory note, viz.:
>
> "Because our corporate documentation standards provide insufficient
> space to show the full pathname on one line, it is shown on two lines.
> Enter it all on one line, and please tell our company president that you
> would like a larger documentation format or shorter pathnames."
>
> Oops, you're Air Force, and the standards all come from somewhere
> inaccessible even to generals.
>
> Hmmm. Perhaps you'd best leave out the editorializing altogether.
>
> Oh, and I'm nearly certain that there is a mil spec somewhere that
> covers the situation. You just haven't found it.
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