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branch master updated: * doc/texinfo.texi: Grammar and style fixes. invokation -> invocation. Associated to -> associated with. Provide @ after acronyms to end sentences. (Info Format FAQ): Note that "*note" may also be hidden for command-line info. |
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new 56f18ae040 * doc/texinfo.texi: Grammar and style fixes. invokation ->
invocation. Associated to -> associated with. Provide @ after acronyms to end
sentences. (Info Format FAQ): Note that "*note" may also be hidden for
command-line info.
56f18ae040 is described below
commit 56f18ae0405c78c8d45028071a75a1c5e9e748b6
Author: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Aug 23 19:04:14 2022 +0100
* doc/texinfo.texi: Grammar and style fixes.
invokation -> invocation. Associated to -> associated with.
Provide @ after acronyms to end sentences.
(Info Format FAQ): Note that "*note" may also be hidden for
command-line info.
---
ChangeLog | 8 ++++++++
doc/texinfo.texi | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 635e47f9fd..6775d19fe2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2022-08-23 Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
+
+ * doc/texinfo.texi: Grammar and style fixes.
+ invokation -> invocation. Associated to -> associated with.
+ Provide @ after acronyms to end sentences.
+ (Info Format FAQ): Note that "*note" may also be hidden for
+ command-line info.
+
2022-08-23 Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
* doc/texinfo.texi (Format with texi2dvi or texi2pdf):
diff --git a/doc/texinfo.texi b/doc/texinfo.texi
index 5a9f054c94..0629ad247c 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo.texi
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ Customization Variables
Invoking @command{pod2texi}: Convert Pod to Texinfo
-* pod2texi manual page:: @command{pod2texi} invokation in a manual page
format.
+* pod2texi manual page:: @command{pod2texi} invocation in a manual page
format.
Creating and Installing Info Files
@@ -15563,9 +15563,8 @@ internally by @command{texi2any} and then discarded.
Do not include menus or node separator lines in the output.
When generating Info, this is the same as using @option{--plaintext},
-resulting in a simple plain text file. Furthermore output is not to
-a file with name based on input file name or @code{@@setfilename},
-but to standard output unless overridden with @option{-o}. (This
+resulting in a simple plain text file. Furthermore, output is
+to standard output unless overridden with @option{-o}. (This
behavior is for backward compatibility.)
@cindex Navigation links, omitting
@@ -15745,7 +15744,7 @@ complications, or include in a distribution (for
example, an
@file{INSTALL} file).
With this option the output goes to standard output by default, instead
-of to a file with name based on input file name or @code{@@setfilename};
+of to a file with a name based on the input file name or @code{@@setfilename};
this can be overridden with @option{-o}.
@item --ps
@@ -15809,7 +15808,7 @@ files.)
@item --transliterate-file-names
@opindex --transliterate-file-names
@vindex TRANSLITERATE_FILE_NAMES
-Enable transliteration of non ASCII characters in node names for the
+Enable transliteration of non-ASCII characters in node names for the
purpose of file name creation. @xref{HTML Xref 8-bit Character Expansion}.
@item -U @var{var}
@@ -15855,9 +15854,9 @@ docbook dvi dvipdf epub3 html info latex pdf
plaintext ps xml
If not set or otherwise specified, Info output is the default.
-Some other special values setting the output, which do not correspond to
-command-line settable output formats may also be specified with
-@code{TEXINFO_OUTPUT_FORMAT} (@pxref{Customization Variables and Options}).
+@code{TEXINFO_OUTPUT_FORMAT} may take some other special values, which do
+not correspond to any command-line settable output format
+(@pxref{Customization Variables and Options}).
The customization variable of the same name is also read; if set, that
overrides an environment variable setting, but not a command-line
@@ -16802,7 +16801,7 @@ It is also used for command-line argument passed to
commands called from
@anchor{@code{NO_TOP_NODE_OUTPUT}}
If set do not output the Top node content. The Top node is still
parsed, but the content is discarded. Not set in the default case
-for HTML. Set in the default case for EPUB. If @code{SHOW_TITLE}
+for HTML@. Set in the default case for EPUB@. If @code{SHOW_TITLE}
is @samp{undef}, setting @code{NO_TOP_NODE_OUTPUT} also sets
@code{SHOW_TITLE} for HTML.
@@ -16989,8 +16988,8 @@ the Top node menu.
@item relate_index_entries_to_table_entries
In @code{@@table}, @code{@@vtable} and @code{@@ftable},
reassociate the index entry information from an index @@-command
-appearing right after an @code{@@item} line to the @code{@@item} first
-element. Remove the index @@-command from the tree.
+appearing right after an @code{@@item} line with the first element of
+the @code{@@item}. Remove the index @@-command from the tree.
@item simple_menu
Mostly the same as @code{SIMPLE_MENU}: use a simple preformatted style
@@ -17149,8 +17148,8 @@ with @code{@@include}.
@c output of @code{pod2texi --help}, the version on the web at
@c @url{http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/pod2texi.html}, etc.
-The @command{pod2texi} program may be useful outside of the rest of Texinfo,
-thus the invokation of @command{pod2texi} is documented in the Pod language
+The @command{pod2texi} program may be useful outside of the rest of Texinfo;
+thus, the invocation of @command{pod2texi} is documented in the Pod language
using the man page format to follow the convention used in Perl standalone
programs, with a version on the web
@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/pod2texi.html} and a version
@@ -17165,7 +17164,7 @@ included below. The version included in the manual is
also an example of
@c source distribution.
@menu
-* pod2texi manual page:: @command{pod2texi} invokation in a manual page
format.
+* pod2texi manual page:: @command{pod2texi} invocation in a manual page
format.
@end menu
@@ -17271,7 +17270,7 @@ notes, but may still be useful to some.
This chapter gives some information on the Info output and describes how to
install Info files. For the creation of Info files with @command{texi2any},
see
-@ref{Generic Translator @command{texi2any}} and with Emacs, @ref{Info
+@ref{Generic Translator @command{texi2any}}, and with Emacs, @ref{Info
Formatting}. @xref{Info Files}, for general information about the file format.
@xref{Info Format Specification}, for a detailed technical specification of the
Info format.
@@ -17901,7 +17900,7 @@ documentation in some form of HTML can be improved in
the future.
@item Why provide the command-line @command{info} program when the Emacs Info
reader is better?
The Emacs Info reader can display images, and fully supports using
-a mouse. There are not much differences among the Info readers
+a mouse. There are not many differences among the Info readers
besides that. Command-line @command{info} can be configured
to change the default key bindings, as well as change the color
of cross-references and search results, and to enable mouse
@@ -17918,11 +17917,12 @@ manual becomes longer and more complicated.
(However, if you really
want to, you can view an info manual all at once in the @command{less}
pager with @samp{info @var{foo} | less}.)
-@item Why do I have `see' appearing in front of all of my links in the Emacs
reader?
+@item Why do I have `see' appearing in front of all of my links?
By default, Emacs Info mode either changes the marker @samp{*note} for
-cross-references to `see', or hides it completely. Unfortunately,
-there is no way to do this reliably, as both the @code{@@pxref}
+cross-references to `see', or hides it completely. Command-line
+@command{info} does the same if @code{hide-note-references} is set.
+Unfortunately, there is no way to do this reliably, as both the @code{@@pxref}
and @code{@@ref} commands in Texinfo output this marker in the Info
output, and the `see' text is only appropriate for @code{@@pxref}.
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