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