Security Section - Modifications

[Gilbert Mendoza]

Phil Bull wrote:
> 
> Even better would be if we could highlight the input command in bold
> inside <screen> tags, so we don't have to use a dollar sign at all but
> are still differentiating between input and output. I don't have any
> ideas on this, though.
> 

Adam and I spoke offline, and had concluded for the time being to break up
the output from the input.  e.g.

---
To list files in your current directory, issue the following command.
$ ls

An example of the output:
file1, file2, folder1
---

The advantage is that there's very little confusion over which is input and
output, and you can use bold or emphasis to stress points if need be.  The
only disadvantage is that it takes a little more typing.

With regard to bolding input, I like the idea...  however, there may be a
scenario when it would be beneficial to display a large section of output
and highlight specific points.  The best way to do that would be to also
use bold so that a few words of the output sticks out visually.  So now you
have both output and input in bold.  :-P

Your thoughts?

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Gilbert Mendoza
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