Re: mention converses

[jidanni]

>>>>> "PS" == Paul Smith <address@hidden> writes:
PS> On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 16:19 +0800, address@hidden wrote:
>> On (info "(make) Automatic Variables") you mention
>> `$(@F)' is equivalent to `$(notdir $@)'.
>> 
>> But on (info "(make) File Name Functions") you don't mention the
>> converse!
>> 
>> Nobody would have guessed there are shorter ways to write those things.

PS> Only the automatic variables have special shorthand such as $(@F), etc.
PS> $(notdir ...) works with any value, and so the documentation for that
PS> function is generic and doesn't mention special cases that only work
PS> with a limited number of variables.

Do say 'for some things there are even shorter ways...' else
"sure felt foolish the day I discovered there was a shorter way all along".