Re: [PATCH, zsh-3.0-pre5] minor zsh.texi patch

[Clive Messer <clive@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 31 Jul 1996, Mark Borges wrote:

> >> On Wed, 31 Jul 1996 22:05:09 +0200 (MET DST),
> >> Zoltan Hidvegi(ZH) wrote:
> ZH> The texinfo documentation is finally really up-to-date.
> 
> I came across this and thought I'd send it along before I forget about
> it, as I don't have time right now to read through it all.
> 
> *** zsh.texi.orig       Wed Jul 31 12:31:22 1996
> --- zsh.texi    Wed Jul 31 16:24:57 1996
> ***************
> *** 948,955 ****
>   @item $@{@var{name}:-@var{word}@}
>   If @var{name} is set and is non-null then substitute its value;
> ! otherwise substitute @var{word}; the value of the parameter is then
> ! substituted.
>   @item $@{@var{name}:=@var{word}@}
>   If @var{name} is unset or is null then set it to @var{word}; the value
> --- 948,954 ----
>   @item $@{@var{name}:-@var{word}@}
>   If @var{name} is set and is non-null then substitute its value;
> ! otherwise substitute @var{word}.
>   @item $@{@var{name}:=@var{word}@}
>   If @var{name} is unset or is null then set it to @var{word}; the value
> 

Attatched patch (a couple of spelling corrections Mark sent me the other
day, plus a reference to the availability of zsh-doc.tar.gz) goes on top
of the above.
 
Clive.
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--- /usr/src/zsh-3.0-pre5/Doc/zsh.texi	Thu Aug  1 07:54:29 1996
+++ zsh.texi	Thu Aug  1 08:17:05 1996
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 @afourpaper
 @end iftex
 
-@set EDITION 2.1.6
+@set EDITION 2.1.7
 @set VERSION 3.0
-@set UPDATED 30 July 1996
+@set UPDATED 1 August 1996
 
 @ifinfo
 @noindent
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 Whilst this guide for the most part duplicates the man-pages,
 (suitably marked-up into texinfo), and is not intended to replace them, it 
 does offer several advantages over them, not least that the texinfo source 
-may be converted into several formats. ie. 
+may be converted into several formats, e.g.,
 
 @table @asis
 @item The Info guide.
@@ -183,18 +183,22 @@
 @item The printed guide.
 The command @code{texi2dvi zsh.texi} will output @file{zsh.dvi} which can 
 then be processed with @code{dvips} and optionally @code{gs} (Ghostscript) to 
-produce a nicely formatted printed guide.@*
-(For those without @TeX{}, @file{zsh.dvi.gz} and @file{zsh.ps.gz} are
-available for download from FIXME_URL.)
+produce a nicely formatted printed guide.
 
 @item The html guide.
-Mark Borges, @code{mdb@@cdc.noaa.gov}, maintains a html version of this
+Mark Borges, @code{mdb@@cdc.noaa.gov}, maintains an html version of this
 guide at @code{http://www.mal.com/zsh3/Doc/zsh_toc.html}.@*
 (The html version is produced with @code{texi2html}, which may be obtained
 from @code{http://wwwcn.cern.ch/dci/texi2html/}. The command is,
 @code{texi2html -split_chapter -expandinfo zsh.texi})
 @end table
 
+@noindent
+For those who do not have the necessary tools to process texinfo,  
+precompiled documentation, (PostScript, dvi, info and html formats),
+is available from the zsh archive site or its mirrors in the file, 
+@file{zsh-doc.tar.gz}. (@xref{Availability}, for a list of sites.)
+
 @section Future
 
 @noindent
@@ -2416,7 +2420,7 @@
 @code{psvar}, @code{status}, @code{watch}.
 
 @noindent
-The usual @code{zsh} starup/shutdown scripts are not executed.  Login shells 
+The usual @code{zsh} startup/shutdown scripts are not executed.  Login shells 
 source @file{/etc/profile} followed by @file{$HOME/.profile}.  If the 
 @code{ENV} environment variable is set on invocation, @code{$ENV} is sourced 
 after the profile scripts.  The value of @code{ENV} is subjected to 
@@ -7161,3 +7165,6 @@
 v2.1.4. July 29th 1996. Updated from man-pages 3.0pre3 -> pre4.
 v2.1.5. July 30th 1996. Fixed a couple of @xref's.
 v2.1.6. July 31st 1996. Updated to zsh-3.0-pre5 (Zoltan).
+v2.1.6a. August 1st 1996. A couple more spelling corrections <mdb>.
+v2.1.7. August 1st 1996. Added reference to obtaining precompiled
+documentation, zsh-doc.tar.gz.