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[6495] some rewording for sample file chapter
From: |
Gavin D. Smith |
Subject: |
[6495] some rewording for sample file chapter |
Date: |
Mon, 03 Aug 2015 10:34:52 +0000 |
Revision: 6495
http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=texinfo&revision=6495
Author: gavin
Date: 2015-08-03 10:34:51 +0000 (Mon, 03 Aug 2015)
Log Message:
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some rewording for sample file chapter
Modified Paths:
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trunk/ChangeLog
trunk/doc/texinfo.texi
Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- trunk/ChangeLog 2015-08-03 10:10:44 UTC (rev 6494)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog 2015-08-03 10:34:51 UTC (rev 6495)
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
2015-08-03 Gavin Smith <address@hidden>
+ * doc/texinfo.texi (Short Sample Texinfo File): Remove some
+ unnecessary words.
+ (Sample Texinfo Files): Reword slightly.
+ (Short Sample): Remove some unnecessary words and sentences, and
+ rearrange some paragraphs.
+
+2015-08-03 Gavin Smith <address@hidden>
+
* doc/texinfo.texi: Remove commented-out appendices.
2015-08-03 Gavin Smith <address@hidden>
Modified: trunk/doc/texinfo.texi
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc/texinfo.texi 2015-08-03 10:10:44 UTC (rev 6494)
+++ trunk/doc/texinfo.texi 2015-08-03 10:34:51 UTC (rev 6495)
@@ -1566,21 +1566,19 @@
@section A Short Sample Texinfo File
@cindex Sample Texinfo file, with comments
-Here is a very short but complete Texinfo file, in the six conventional
+Here is a short but complete Texinfo file consisting of the
parts enumerated in the previous section, so you can see how Texinfo
-source appears in practice. The first three parts of the file, from
address@hidden texinfo} through to @samp{@@end titlepage}, look more
-intimidating than they are: most of the material is standard
-boilerplate; when writing a manual, you simply change the names as
-appropriate.
+source appears in practice. The first three parts of the file are
+mostly boilerplate: when writing a manual, you simply change
+the names as appropriate.
address@hidden and Ending a File}, for full documentation on the
-commands listed here. @xref{GNU Sample Texts}, for the full texts to be
+The complete file, without interspersed comments, is shown in
address@hidden Sample Texinfo File}.
+
address@hidden and Ending a File}, for more documentation on the
+commands listed here. @xref{GNU Sample Texts}, for the full texts to be
used in GNU manuals.
-In the following, the sample text is @emph{indented}; comments on it are
-not. The complete file, without interspersed comments, is shown in
address@hidden Sample Texinfo File}.
@subheading Part 1: Header
@@ -22583,8 +22581,8 @@
@appendix Sample Texinfo Files
@cindex Sample Texinfo files
-The first example is from the first chapter (@pxref{Short Sample}),
-given here in its entirety, without commentary. The second
+The first example from the first chapter (@pxref{Short Sample}) is
+given here in its entirety, without commentary. The second example
includes the full texts to be used in GNU manuals.
@menu
@@ -22599,9 +22597,8 @@
@section Short Sample
@cindex Sample Texinfo file, no comments
-Here is a complete, short sample Texinfo file, without any commentary.
-You can see this file, with comments, in the first chapter. @xref{Short
-Sample}.
+Here is a complete, short sample Texinfo file. You can see this file,
+with comments, in the first chapter. @xref{Short Sample}.
In a nutshell: The @command{makeinfo} program transforms a Texinfo
source file such as this into an Info file or HTML; and @TeX{} typesets
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