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styleguide: add note on highlighting examples and syntax definitions
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@ -162,6 +162,24 @@ Please observe these guidelines to ease reviews:
> This is a note.
```
Highlight examples as such:
````
> **Example**
>
> ```console
> $ nix --version
> ```
````
Highlight syntax definiions as such, using [EBNF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Backus%E2%80%93Naur_form) notation:
````
> **Syntax**
>
> *attribute-set* = `{` [ *attribute-name* `=` *expression* `;` ... ] `}`
````
### The `@docroot@` variable
`@docroot@` provides a base path for links that occur in reusable snippets or other documentation that doesn't have a base path of its own.