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| author | Perl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com> | 1996-09-20 15:08:33 +0100 |
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| committer | Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu> | 1996-09-20 15:08:33 +0100 |
| commit | 184e971831b273a4209000a9990327c3ea67e866 (patch) | |
| tree | 4d6ac6b99c1907585bfe284ff6c2d882fa5db009 /pod/perlpod.pod | |
| parent | 9c3bb3dec7e8cf606ffb42be143f70853f7d31a1 (diff) | |
| download | perl-184e971831b273a4209000a9990327c3ea67e866.tar.gz | |
perl 5.003_06: pod/perlcall.pod pod/perldata.pod pod/perldebug.pod pod/perlembed.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlipc.pod pod/perlpod.pod pod/perlref.pod pod/perlstyle.pod pod/perlsyn.pod pod/perltie.pod pod/perlxstut.pod
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 11:55:18 -0500
From: "Daniel S. Lewart" <lewart@vadds.cvm.uiuc.edu>
Subject: POD spelling patches
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 15:08:33 +0100 (BST)
From: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: Pod typos, pod2man bugs, and miscellaneous installation comments
Here is a patch for various typos and other defects in the Perl
5.003_05 pods, including the pods embedded in library modules.
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perlpod.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlpod.pod | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlpod.pod b/pod/perlpod.pod index dbeaf51a2b..ce02970013 100644 --- a/pod/perlpod.pod +++ b/pod/perlpod.pod @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ the same paragraph as "=headn" forming the heading description. Item, over, and back require a little more explanation: Over starts a section specifically for the generation of a list using =item commands. At the end of your list, use =back to end it. You will probably want to give -"4" as the number to =over, as some formatters will use this for indention. +"4" as the number to =over, as some formatters will use this for indentation. This should probably be a default. Note also that there are some basic rules to using =item: don't use them outside of an =over/=back block, use at least one inside an =over/=back block, you don't _have_ to include the =back if @@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ items consistent: either use "=item *" for all of them, to produce bullets, or use "=item 1.", "=item 2.", etc., to produce numbered lists, or use "=item foo", "=item bar", etc., i.e., things that looks nothing like bullets or numbers. If you start with bullets or numbers, stick with them, as many -formatters you the first =item type to decide how to format the list. +formatters use the first =item type to decide how to format the list. And don't forget, when using any command, that that command lasts up until the end of the B<paragraph>, not the line. Hence in the examples below, you -can see the blank lines after each command to end it's paragraph. +can see the blank lines after each command to end its paragraph. Some examples of lists include: |