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authorArchaic <archaic@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-07-04 21:32:47 +0000
committerArchaic <archaic@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-07-04 21:32:47 +0000
commita1a7f4f337b99bc16ce9d0f539d7a7f4f0fa4a51 (patch)
tree762b40b3ca0cb703e9be4186870ff9158df61b44 /chapter06/texinfo.xml
parentae318839a8635e3dab5d60cd53bd7ab962b9631c (diff)
Brought (hopefully) all references of man/info pages into conformity. Updated typography to reflect this.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@6376 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/texinfo.xml b/chapter06/texinfo.xml
index 23c54ca45..274a8f2d8 100644
--- a/chapter06/texinfo.xml
+++ b/chapter06/texinfo.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
<sect2 role="package"><title/>
<para>The Texinfo package contains programs for reading, writing, and
-converting Info documents.</para>
+converting info pages.</para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ later.</para></listitem>
list of menu entries. The file is located at
<filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename>. Unfortunately, due to
occasional problems in the Makefiles of various packages, it can
-sometimes get out of step with the Info manuals installed on the
+sometimes get out of sync with the info pages installed on the
system. If the <filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename> file ever
needs to be recreated, the following optional commands will accomplish
the task:</para>
@@ -93,10 +93,9 @@ makeinfo, texi2dvi, and texindex</seg></seglistitem>
<varlistentry id="info">
<term><command>info</command></term>
<listitem>
-<para>Used to read Info documents which are similar to man
-pages, but often go much deeper than just explaining all the command
-line options. For example, compare <command>man bison</command> and
-<command>info bison</command>.</para>
+<para>Used to read info pages which are similar to man pages, but often go much
+deeper than just explaining all the available command line options. For example,
+compare <command>man bison</command> and <command>info bison</command>.</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo info"><primary sortas="b-info">info</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -113,8 +112,8 @@ binary format</para>
<varlistentry id="install-info">
<term><command>install-info</command></term>
<listitem>
-<para>Used to install Info files; it updates entries in the Info index
-file</para>
+<para>Used to install info pages; it updates entries in the
+<command>info</command> index file</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo install-info"><primary sortas="b-install-info">install-info</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ file</para>
<term><command>makeinfo</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Translates the given Texinfo source documents into
-Info files, plain text, or HTML</para>
+info pages, plain text, or HTML</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo makeinfo"><primary sortas="b-makeinfo">makeinfo</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>