That's a good idea...quoting or italicizing commands to distinct them from ordinary English. <div class="gmail_quote">On May 20, 2011 6:55 PM, "Ben Finney" <<a href="mailto:ben%2Bbazaar@benfinney.id.au">ben+bazaar@benfinney.id.au</a>> wrote: > Gordon Tyler <<a href="mailto:gordon@doxxx.net">gordon@doxxx.net</a>> writes: > >> On 5/20/2011 2:05 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> > >> >> Revert changes files from a working tree (or by default the whole >> >> tree) to be >> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You probably meant to say "Revert changes in >> > specified FILES". >> > >> >> Actually, I believe he means "The revert command changes files...." > > This kind of grammatical confusion is why I strongly advocate quoting > symbols like ‘revert’ when discussing them in text, since so very many > of them are words which change the meaning of the sentence if unquoted. > > -- > \ “To punish me for my contempt of authority, Fate has made me an | > `\ authority myself.” —Albert Einstein, 1930-09-18 | > _o__) | > Ben Finney </div>