On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 02:48:55PM +0000, Fis Trivial wrote: > > s|stl|Standard Template Library (@dfn{STL})| > > I don't quite understand what do you mean by this line. English is not > my mother tongue. Are you expecting me to replace "stl" with this > line? It's a very terse way of suggesting to replace 'stl' with 'Standard Template Library (@dfn{STL})'. This syntax is old Unix for "search and replace". You may be familiar with this style: s/old/new/ The first letter, s, is a command that means "search and replace". The separator characters, like / or |, can be anything, and are chosen by the first use. This syntax is commonly used in the `sed` and `vi` programs.