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To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
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Subject: Re: <application> vs <command> 
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Comments: In-reply-to Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 15:42:09 -0500
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Can someone clarify when we should use <command> and when we should use
> <application>?

More generally, what are the standard set of markup tags that should be
used?  I know that I tend to overuse <literal>foo</> because I'm not
clear on the alternatives like <type>, <envar>, <option>, yadda yadda.
It'd help if there were a list somewhere.

			regards, tom lane