openstack-manuals/doc/common/section_conventions.xml
Karin Levenstein fca88670a4 Edits to the End User Guide dashboard chapter with corrections from Anne G
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
version="5.0"
xml:id="section_conventions">
<?dbhtml stop-chunking?>
<title>Conventions</title>
<para>The OpenStack documentation uses several typesetting
conventions.</para>
<simplesect xml:id="conventions-admonitions">
<title>Notices</title>
<para>Notices take three forms:</para>
<note>
<para>The information in a note is usually in the form of a
handy tip or reminder.</para>
</note>
<important>
<para>The information in an important notice is something you
must be aware of before proceeding.</para>
</important>
<warning>
<para>The information in warnings is critical. Warnings
provide additional information about risk of data loss or
security issues.</para>
</warning>
</simplesect>
<simplesect xml:id="conventions-prompts">
<title>Command prompts</title>
<para>Commands prefixed with the <literal>#</literal> prompt
are to be executed by the <literal>root</literal> user. These
examples can also be executed by using the
<command>sudo</command> command, if available.</para>
<para>
Commands prefixed with the <literal>$</literal> prompt can be
executed by any user, including <literal>root</literal>.
</para>
</simplesect>
</section>