From: Clive Messer <clive@epos.demon.co.uk>
To: Mark Borges <mdb@cdc.noaa.gov>
Cc: ZSH mailing list <zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, zsh-3.0-pre5] minor zsh.texi patch
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 08:25:06 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.94.960801081910.12206A-200000@epos.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vklog0f44r.fsf@cdc.noaa.gov>
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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.
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1996-07-31 22:29 ` Mark Borges
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