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authorRalf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>2010-06-06 13:21:39 +0200
committerRalf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>2010-06-06 13:22:58 +0200
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Rewrite manual intro to be gender-neutral.
* doc/libtool.texi (Introduction): Use gender-neutral formulation when addressing developers. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
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@node Introduction
@chapter Introduction
-In the past, if a source code package developer wanted to take advantage
-of the power of shared libraries, he needed to write custom support code
-for each platform on which his package ran. He also had to design a
-configuration interface so that the package installer could choose what
-sort of libraries were built.
+In the past, if you were a source code package developer and wanted to
+take advantage of the power of shared libraries, you needed to write
+custom support code for each platform on which your package ran. You
+also had to design a configuration interface so that the package
+installer could choose what sort of libraries were built.
-GNU Libtool simplifies the developer's job by encapsulating both the
+GNU Libtool simplifies your job by encapsulating both the
platform-specific dependencies, and the user interface, in a single
script. GNU Libtool is designed so that the complete functionality of
each host type is available via a generic interface, but nasty quirks