From 44f1df7b7cec671fec92ead513804e52e63eb76d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris McDonough <chrism@agendaless.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:41:03 +0000
Subject: Fix overlong lines.

---
 docs/conventions.rst | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

(limited to 'docs/conventions.rst')

diff --git a/docs/conventions.rst b/docs/conventions.rst
index 4e8cc8bb3..d0376a195 100644
--- a/docs/conventions.rst
+++ b/docs/conventions.rst
@@ -59,3 +59,11 @@ Blocks of XML markup are presented in the following style:
        <!-- ... more XML .. -->
      </root>
 
+When a command that should be typed on one line is too long to fit on
+a page, the backslash ``\`` is used to indicate that the following
+printed line should actually be part of the command:
+
+  .. code-block:: text
+
+     c:\bigfntut\tutorial> ..\Scripts\nosetests --cover-package=tutorial \
+           --cover-erase --with-coverage
-- 
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