Re: visually describing command syntax ?

Subject: Re: visually describing command syntax ?
From: Chris Despopoulos <despopoulos_chriss -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:10:26 -0800 (PST)

If you're talking about online HTML, then you might consider popping up the argument description when the reader hovers over each argument.  Of course, you would also include the standard descriptions below -- this would augment the existing approach.

You might also get ideas from the way packet fields are described:
http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/Course/Section3/7.htm
http://pasta.east.isi.edu/documentation/devman/x335.html
http://www.iptvdictionary.com/iptv_dictionary_MPEG_Transport_Stream_TS_definition.html

Scroll down a bit to:
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