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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2004-07-02 15:14:44 +0000
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+2004-07-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Disallow `filename' in .texi files.
+ (check-texinfo): Fail if a @footnote directive follows non-punctuation.
+
+2004-06-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Put the right amount of space at sentence ends.
+ Make sure "i.e." and "e.g." are followed by commas (the GNU style).
+ Put blank lines before and after every @example, prefer the
+ previous line to end in ":" (when not a sentence end, for consistency),
+ and prepend @noindent to the following line when appropriate.
+ In examples, use "--" arguments when needed to prevent undesired
+ interpretation of operands as options.
+ Use "file name" rather than "filename", as per the GNU coding standards.
+ Remove unwanted spaces before @footnote.
+ Use "---" when appropriate, instead of " -- ".
+ Use "name" (or something like that) rather than "path" or "pathname",
+ since the GNU coding standards don't allow "path".
+ Use @acronym, @command, @minus{}, @samp in a few places,
+ where appropriate.
+ (Target directory): Clarify description of example.
+ (fmt invocation): Give issue number for reference, and reword
+ for clarity.
+ (sort invocation): Note that xargs without -0 also mishandles
+ file names containing some special characters other than newline.
+ (Translating): Mention that \012 is not universally portable.
+ Use '\0' rather than '\000'.
+ (Squeezing): bourne -> Bourne.
+ Fix unportable usage of '\n' by replacing it with '[\n*]'.
+ (More details about version sort): Remove unnecessary indent
+ in examples.
+ (dd invocation): Use 'kill -s USR1', not 'kill -USR1', as POSIX
+ indicates that the former is more portable (the latter is an XSI
+ extension).
+ (shred invocation): Use @uref rather than @url, and use a more-typical
+ style for the date.
+ (kill invocation): Clarify usage; for example, "kill -s TERM -1"
+ isn't allowed.
+ (seq invocation): Reword to avoid implying that printf necessarily
+ fails for numbers outside the 32-bit range. Prefer separating
+ options from their operands.
+ (Opening the software toolbox): Give an online reference to
+ Robbins's article, and give a date. Don't imply that the
+ current documentation is unchanged from his article.
+ (Putting the tools together): Rework examples so that they don't
+ assume the C locale; nowadays many users now operate outside the C
+ locale by default. While we're at it, don't assume ASCII either.
+ Indent example to match actual output from GNU uniq. Remove some
+ unnecessary and confusing brackets from 'tr' operands. "Software
+ Tools in Pascal" is back in print, according to Amazon anyway.
+ Add references to Kernighan's online copies of examples.
+
2004-06-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
* coreutils.texi, perm.texi: Standardize on "file system" rather