The Interlisp documentation has a distinctive style that conforms to "Xerox Publishing Standards: A Manual of Style and Design" published in 1988 in this edition. It was the Xerox house style, i.e. the style guide for company publications and documents. The manual covered everything from the publishing process to visual design.
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@amoroso I definitely need to look that one up
@arclight Glad it's useful.
@amoroso I keep kicking around writing a book on legacy code and it would just make sense to use a legacy style guide to subtly show what we've lost.
@arclight Looks like a good match. In case you're interested the DEC style guide and technical writing handbook are available too.
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/_Books/_Digital_Press/Schultz_The_Digital_Style_Guide_1992.pdf
@amoroso I still have this on my shelves. I thought it was the epitome of style at the time.
@hisdeedsaredust The old documents that conform to the manual are timeless and elegant.