openstack-manuals/doc/common/section_conventions.xml
Gauvain Pocentek 552ed9399a Provide a conventions section
Detail conventions used in all books. First and only conventions detailed
for now: prompts and admonitions.

Use a common ch_preface.xml for all books.

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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>Admonitions</title>
<para>
Admonitions take three forms:
</para>
<note>
<para>
This is a note. The information in a note is usually in the form
of a handy tip or reminder.
</para>
</note>
<important>
<para>
This is important. The information in an important admonition is
something you must be aware of before moving on.
</para>
</important>
<warning>
<para>
This is a warning. 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 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>