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author | Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> | 2008-02-13 19:02:33 -0700 |
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committer | Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> | 2008-02-13 20:38:42 -0700 |
commit | e3dce8bbfdf9b917089814b081c80fb40958e1a9 (patch) | |
tree | e0fa4b3536afe5bed7dca71235b7c2ac8fdacefb | |
parent | 4af40c4d6f65e3d311ef4643b6b3bdb9729a9db6 (diff) | |
download | m4-e3dce8bbfdf9b917089814b081c80fb40958e1a9.tar.gz |
Fix texinfo grammar.
* doc/m4.texinfo (Eval, Incompatibilities): Use @. after capital.
(History): Use @: after abbreviations.
(M4exit): Use correct Latin abbreviation.
(Dumpdef, Debugmode, Frozen file format 2): Use correct spacing
between sentences.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
-rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/m4.texinfo | 16 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +2008-02-13 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> + + Fix texinfo grammar. + * doc/m4.texinfo (Eval, Incompatibilities): Use @. after capital. + (History): Use @: after abbreviations. + (M4exit): Use correct Latin abbreviation. + (Dumpdef, Debugmode, Frozen file format 2): Use correct spacing + between sentences. + 2008-02-11 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> Allow builtin text macros to specify number of arguments. diff --git a/doc/m4.texinfo b/doc/m4.texinfo index 357358ff..c3139842 100644 --- a/doc/m4.texinfo +++ b/doc/m4.texinfo @@ -365,11 +365,11 @@ debugging their @code{m4} scripts than doing real work. Beware that @cindex @acronym{GNU} M4, history of @code{GPM} was an important ancestor of @code{m4}. See C. Stratchey: ``A General Purpose Macro generator'', Computer Journal -8,3 (1965), pp. 225 ff. @code{GPM} is also succinctly described into +8,3 (1965), pp.@: 225 ff. @code{GPM} is also succinctly described into David Gries classic ``Compiler Construction for Digital Computers''. The classic B. Kernighan and P.J. Plauger: ``Software Tools'', -Addison-Wesley, Inc. (1976) describes and implements a Unix +Addison-Wesley, Inc.@: (1976) describes and implements a Unix macro-processor language, which inspired Dennis Ritchie to write @code{m3}, a macro processor for the AP-3 minicomputer. @@ -3466,7 +3466,7 @@ f(popdef(`f')dumpdef(`f')) @samp{s} flags affect the details of the display. Remember, the @samp{q} flag is implied when the @option{--debug} option (@option{-d}, @pxref{Debugging options, , Invoking m4}) is used in the command line -without arguments. Also, @option{--debuglen} (@pxref{Debuglen}) can affect +without arguments. Also, @option{--debuglen} (@pxref{Debuglen}) can affect output, by truncating longer strings (but not builtin and module names). @comment options: -ds -l3 @@ -3794,7 +3794,7 @@ the previous setting. @comment currently enabled? If no flags are specified with the @option{--debug} option, the default is -@samp{aeq}. Many examples in this manual show their output using +@samp{aeq}. Many examples in this manual show their output using default flags. @cindex @acronym{GNU} extensions @@ -6616,7 +6616,7 @@ eval(`2 && 1 % 0') @cindex @acronym{GNU} extensions As a @acronym{GNU} extension, @code{eval} supports several operators -that do not appear in C. A right-associative exponentiation operator +that do not appear in C@. A right-associative exponentiation operator @samp{**} computes the value of the left argument raised to the right, modulo the numeric precision width. If evaluated, the exponent must be non-negative, and at least one of the arguments must be non-zero, or a @@ -7555,7 +7555,7 @@ fatal_error(`this is a BAD one, buster') After this macro call, @code{m4} will exit with exit status 1. This macro is only intended for error exits, since the normal exit procedures are -not followed, e.g., diverted text is not undiverted, and saved text +not followed, i.e., diverted text is not undiverted, and saved text (@pxref{M4wrap}) is not reread. (This macro could be made more robust to earlier versions of @code{m4}. You should try to see if you can find weaknesses and correct them; or @pxref{Improved fatal_error, , Answers}). @@ -7837,7 +7837,7 @@ to the symbol table. @item F @var{length} @key{NL} @var{string} @key{NL} Defines, through @code{pushdef}, a definition for @var{string} -expanding to the function whose builtin name is also @var{string}. The builtin +expanding to the function whose builtin name is also @var{string}. The builtin name is searched for among the intrinsic builtin functions only. @item F @var{length1} , @var{length2} @key{NL} @var{string1} @var{string2} @key{NL} @@ -8066,7 +8066,7 @@ giving an error. @item @acronym{POSIX} requires @code{eval} (@pxref{Eval}) to treat all -operators with the same precedence as C. However, earlier versions of +operators with the same precedence as C@. However, earlier versions of @acronym{GNU} @code{m4} followed the traditional behavior of other @code{m4} implementations, where bitwise and logical negation (@samp{~} and @samp{!}) have lower precedence than equality operators; and where |