doc: Remove paragraph about typesetting conventions

They no longer match reality with the web site style sheets, and it is
difficult to keep the up to date in a CSS world.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/notation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/notation.sgml
index 48a82ca3768b2a89a7bb0301caf17ab8e8d62b18..2f350a329df89f750b47deb8ed70cab1e611a78a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/notation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/notation.sgml
@@ -3,20 +3,6 @@
 
  Conventions
 
- 
-  This book uses the following typographical conventions to mark
-  certain portions of text: new terms, foreign phrases, and other
-  important passages are emphasized in italics.
-  Everything that represents input or output of the computer, in
-  particular commands, program code, and screen output, is shown in a
-  monospaced font (example).  Within such
-  passages, italics (example) indicate
-  placeholders; you must insert an actual value instead of the placeholder.
-  On occasion, parts of program code are emphasized in bold face
-  (example), if they have been
-  added or changed since the preceding example.
- 
-
  
   The following conventions are used in the synopsis of a command:
   brackets ([ and ]) indicate