From 6b46a1435cf0af316705693c5ebc5c1fb6744004 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 15:14:44 +0000 Subject: *** empty log message *** --- doc/ChangeLog | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 3dc05dbe6..0b2d13852 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,56 @@ +2004-07-02 Jim Meyering + + * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Disallow `filename' in .texi files. + (check-texinfo): Fail if a @footnote directive follows non-punctuation. + +2004-06-30 Paul Eggert + + * 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 * coreutils.texi, perm.texi: Standardize on "file system" rather -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2