Re: directory search fails!

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Paul Smith <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:02:11 -0400
> Cc: address@hidden
> Reply-To: address@hidden
> 
> > Besides you wrote locate is a verb equivalent to "to find", why you
> > did not use 'find' instead of 'locate'?
> 
> For the same reason I didn't use any of the other synonyms of "find".

No, he has a point here.  Using different, though synonym, words for
the same entity runs the risk of confusing the reader.  You will see
that I significantly reduced the number of synonyms in the
description, and instead made a point of using the same wording over
and over again, precisely for that reason: to make it easier for the
reader to connect the dots.

> > If make only does directory search on the target, why the manual says:
> > "section '4.4 Searching Directories for Prerequisites'?
> 
> I don't know; you'll have to ask Richard or Roland.  Probably they, like
> Eli, felt that it was simpler to explain if it was discussed in terms of
> prerequisites instead of targets.

Actually, I used prerequisites because most of the description already
did to begin with.  All I did was throw away the few instances of
"target".