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authorArchaic <archaic@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-06-30 17:53:21 +0000
committerArchaic <archaic@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-06-30 17:53:21 +0000
commite5846effb0fab3c1f10b071660f96b45749d74cb (patch)
tree19a0470656a5a047b8fd36cb265fd363687f921e /chapter06/readline.xml
parent7efa3be047998850dec035e52784fb6ea63eb1bc (diff)
Round 2 of several minor wording changes in chapter 6 (matt).
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@6258 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/readline.xml b/chapter06/readline.xml
index 40f0bd53b..f3180a46d 100644
--- a/chapter06/readline.xml
+++ b/chapter06/readline.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
<indexterm zone="ch-system-readline"><primary sortas="a-Readline">Readline</primary></indexterm>
<sect2 role="package"><title/>
-<para>The Readline package contains the Readline command-line library.</para>
+<para>The Readline package is a set of libraries that offers command-line
+editing and history capabilities.</para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
@@ -30,10 +31,9 @@ GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Readline</title>
-<para>The following patch includes a fix for the problem where
-Readline sometimes only shows 33 characters on a line and then wraps
-to the next line. It also includes other fixes recommended by the
-Readline author.</para>
+<para>The following patch includes a fix for a problem where Readline sometimes
+only shows 33 characters on a line and then wraps to the next line. It also
+includes other fixes recommended by the Readline author.</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&readline-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
@@ -63,14 +63,13 @@ Readline author.</para>
<screen><userinput>chmod 755 /lib/lib{readline,history}.so*</userinput></screen>
-<para>Now we move the static libraries to a more appropriate
-location:</para>
+<para>Now move the static libraries to a more appropriate location:</para>
<screen><userinput>mv /lib/lib{readline,history}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
-<para>Next we will remove the <filename class="extension">.so</filename> files in
-<filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and relink them into
-<filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>.</para>
+<para>Next, remove the <filename class="extension">.so</filename> files in
+<filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and relink them into <filename
+class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>.</para>
<screen><userinput>rm /lib/lib{readline,history}.so
ln -sf ../../lib/libreadline.so.5 /usr/lib/libreadline.so