[PATCH v1 1/3] termios: manual: add @dfn{} to the definitions of DTE and DCE

H. Peter Anvin hpa@zytor.com
Mon Jul 14 21:33:46 GMT 2025


The RS232 terms DTE and DCE should have their definitions flagged as
such.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com>
---
 manual/terminal.texi | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/manual/terminal.texi b/manual/terminal.texi
index 805b408fb2cb..aa158537f67a 100644
--- a/manual/terminal.texi
+++ b/manual/terminal.texi
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ speed is device specific.
 The rest of this section is described in terms of a physical RS232
 interface.
 
-The RS232 specification assumes the host (Data Terminal Equipment, DTE)
-connects to a modem (Data Communications Equipment, DCE), regardless of
-if a physical modem is present or not.
+The RS232 specification assumes the host (@dfn{Data Terminal Equipment},
+@dfn{DTE}) connects to a modem (@dfn{Data Communications Equipment},
+@dfn{DCE}), regardless of if a physical modem is present or not.
 
 In addition to the serial data, the DTE provides a set of control
 signals to the DCE, and the DCE a set of status signals to the DTE.  The
-- 
2.50.1



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