On Thu, 17 May 2012 16:31:31 -0500 Thomas R. Jones wrote: Hi,

What is the recommended format of terminal output?

I expect that <command></command><computeroutput></computeroutput> but want to be in compliance with other authors.

for the SUSE manuals we are simply using <screen></screen> for terminal output. If mentioning a command within floating text, we use <command></command>: <screen>~ > pwd /home/tux</screen> <para> To list the curent working directory use the command <command>pwd</command>. </para>

Also, its been awhile since I wrote with novdoc; what wrapping/hyphenation directives are available to authors? I've got output that is 100-105 columns wide. Looks ugly on the pdf....simply concatenates.

Yes, 100-105 columns is a bit too wide. However, I do not remember the exact width. It also depends on the element - screens use a wide mono-spaced font, for example. Displaying such widths will completely fail in screens, because no automatic line breaks are inserted. However, if you really need to use such a width, you can manually set a different font-size via processing instruction. However, this only works with the SUSE stylesheets, the DocBook stylesheets will not suppport it. <?dbsuse-fo font-size="0.6em"?> or <?dbsuse-fo font-size="7pt"?> Use "em" if you create HTML/ePUB output. If you only create PDF output, you may alternatively use "pt". You need to place the PI directly after the block element, e.g. <screen><?dbsuse-fo font-size="0.63em"?> ... </screen> -- Regards Frank Frank Sundermeyer, Technical Writer, Documentation SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg Tel: +49-911-74053-0, Fax: +49-911-7417755; http://www.opensuse.org/ SUSE Linux Products GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) "Reality is always controlled by the people who are most insane" Dogbert