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# Style Guide
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## Prose
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* Prefer title case for chapter/section headings, ex: `## Generating a Secret
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Number` rather than `## Generating a secret number`.
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* Prefer italics over single quotes when calling out a term, ex: `is an
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*associated function* of` rather than `is an ‘associated function’ of`.
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* When talking about a method in prose, DO NOT include the parentheses, ex:
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`read_line` rather than `read_line()`.
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* Hard wrap at 80 chars
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* Prefer not mixing code and not-code in one word, ex: ``Remember when we wrote
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`use std::io`?`` rather than ``Remember when we `use`d `std::io`?``
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## Code
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* Add the file name before markdown blocks to make it clear which file we're
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talking about, when applicable.
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* When making changes to code, make it clear which parts of the code changed
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and which stayed the same... not sure how to do this yet
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* Split up long lines as appropriate to keep them under 80 chars if possible
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* Use `bash` syntax highlighting for command line output code blocks
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## Links
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Once all the scripts are done:
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* If a link shouldn't be printed, mark it to be ignored
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* This includes all "Chapter XX" intra-book links, which *should* be links
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for the HTML version
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* Make intra-book links and stdlib API doc links relative so they work whether
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the book is read offline or on docs.rust-lang.org
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* Use markdown links and keep in mind that they will be changed into `text at
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*url*` in print, so word them in a way that it reads well in that format
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