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From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Loss of boldface on syntax synopsis, v10 & devel
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In response to Loss of boldface on syntax synopsis, v10 & devel  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
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On 5/9/18 22:41, David G. Johnston wrote:
> I don't recall this being mentioned before; I just noticed that in v9.6
> and earlier docs the placeholders for identifiers/expressions/etc are
> boldfaced and italic.  In v10 and devel they are just italic.
> 
> The boldface does seem to help improve readability for me.

They are meant to be italic only.  I believe making replaceable text
italic is a wide-spread convention.

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