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[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/doc/guide/files Some fixes and minor improvements.
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/f2ddc6dda870
branches: trunk
changeset: 493640:f2ddc6dda870
user: wiz <wiz%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date: Tue May 10 22:41:10 2005 +0000
description:
Some fixes and minor improvements.
diffstat:
doc/guide/files/makefile.xml | 12 ++++++------
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diffs (43 lines):
diff -r ae5a7489532a -r f2ddc6dda870 doc/guide/files/makefile.xml
--- a/doc/guide/files/makefile.xml Tue May 10 22:30:15 2005 +0000
+++ b/doc/guide/files/makefile.xml Tue May 10 22:41:10 2005 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: makefile.xml,v 1.2 2005/05/10 01:15:54 rillig Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: makefile.xml,v 1.3 2005/05/10 22:41:10 wiz Exp $ -->
<chapter id="makefile"> <?dbhtml filename="makefile.html"?>
<title>Programming in <filename>Makefile</filename>s</title>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
<para>A restriction common to all types of variables is that they
can neither contain a newline character nor the '\0' character nor
- the '#' character. The effects of the backslash character is not
+ the '#' character. The effects of the backslash character are not
documented, so you should not use it at the moment. As the $ is used
to get values of a <filename>Makefile</filename> variable, it must
be quoted as $$.</para>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
may be exported to a shell command. Their elements can contain any
characters, including whitespace. That's why they cannot be used
in <!-- FIXME --><varname>.for</varname> loops. Examples are
- <varname>DISTFILES</varname>,
+ <varname>DISTFILES</varname> and
<varname>MASTER_SITES</varname>.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@
<para>Example 1 leads to a syntax error in the shell, as the
characters are just copied.</para>
- <para>Example 2 leads to a syntax error too, and when you leave
- out the last " character from <varname>${ATOM}</varname> the
+ <para>Example 2 leads to a syntax error too, and if you leave
+ out the last " character from <varname>${ATOM}</varname>,
&man.date.1; would be executed. The <varname>$HOME</varname> shell
variable would be evaluated, too.</para>
- <para>Example 3 would output precede each space character with a
+ <para>Example 3 would output each space character preceded by a
backslash (or not), depending on the implementation of the
&man.echo.1; command.</para>
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