RE: Where to line=break a slash?

["Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC 584 CBSS/GBHAC" <Darren -dot- Butler -dot- ctr -at- Robins -dot- af -dot- mil>]

All, 
I should have indicated that this is for a table column title vice a
pathname or link. However, I also run into the same dilemma with
pathnames, so thanx to Peter and Chris.

I often learn more than I ask from the list.

Blessings,
Darren
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Neilson [mailto:neilson -at- windstream -dot- net] 
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 1:42 PM
To: Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC 584 CBSS/GBHAC
Cc: Tech Whirlers
Subject: Re: Where to line=break a slash?

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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