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Subject:Style manuals From:Greg Emil <gemil -at- DAZEL -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 29 Jan 1998 11:57:40 -0600
Greetings all,
I've spelunked the archive (a bit) and searched the Amazon.com
site; I didn't find many choices for tech writing style manuals
other than the Microsoft offering. I like that book, but it
doesn't quite fit my company's cross-platform needs (we support
both UNIX and Windows).
For example, the MS manual counsels using title caps for
folders and directory names. That's fine for Windows, but
havoc for case-sensitive UNIX.
Can anyone point me to a comprehensive, commercially-available
style manual that supports both UNIX and MS environments? I'd
really rather not write one. :}
