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[flux <flux AT sourcemage.org>]

Eric Sandall (eric AT sandall.us) wrote [08.08.07 18:17]:
> Quoting flux <flux AT sourcemage.org>:
> > I think an improvement on this idea would be to have different markers
> > for begin and end. I think part of the problem right now is that the
> > installer outputs blank lines for the header followed by the title of
> > the step in bold, and it's hard to distinguish the end of one step from
> > the beginning of another. I'm thinking something along the lines of the
> > following might be nice:
> >
> > <_____________________________________________________________________
> > title_in_bold
> > step_instructions
> > `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````>
> >
> > Thoughts/comments/suggestions?
> 
> I suggest using the same, or similar, marker for top and bottom.  
> Alternate back tick and single-quote for top/bottom or hyphen and  
> under-score, or some other variation. :)
> 
> -sandalle

How about instead of the above proposed header/footer, I just use a
header only (no footer/bottom/end delimiter), and present it as:

 _some_blank_lines_
 <-------------------------------------------------------------------->
 title_in_bold
 step_instructions
 command_prompt

-- 
Justin "flux" Boffemmyer
Cauldron wizard and general mage
Source Mage GNU/Linux
http://www.sourcemage.org

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