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-rw-r--r--chapter01/changelog.xml9
-rw-r--r--chapter07/inputrc.xml10
-rw-r--r--general.ent6
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 22b41e04f..5bfcd7e61 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@
<listitem revision="sysv"> or <listitem revision="systemd"> as
appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
-->
+ <listitem>
+ <para>2016-11-07</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[bdubbs] - Clarified the function of /etc/inputrc.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
<listitem revision="systemd">
<para>2016-10-27</para>
<itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter07/inputrc.xml b/chapter07/inputrc.xml
index 45a102ea3..0c11c8bde 100644
--- a/chapter07/inputrc.xml
+++ b/chapter07/inputrc.xml
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@
<primary sortas="e-/etc/inputrc">/etc/inputrc</primary>
</indexterm>
- <para>The <filename>inputrc</filename> file handles keyboard mapping for
- specific situations. This file is the startup file used by Readline &mdash; the
- input-related library &mdash; used by Bash and most other shells.</para>
+ <para>The <filename>inputrc</filename> file is the configuration file for
+ Readline library, which provides editing capabilities while the user is
+ entering a line from the terminal. It works by tranlating keyboard inputs
+ into specific actions. Readline is used by Bash and most other shells as
+ well as many other applications.</para>
- <para>Most people do not need user-specific keyboard mappings so the command
+ <para>Most people do not need user-specific functionality so the command
below creates a global <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> used by everyone who
logs in. If you later decide you need to override the defaults on a per-user
basis, you can create a <filename>.inputrc</filename> file in the user's home
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 08eeec040..91dc6ec57 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20161027">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20161107">
<!ENTITY short-version "svn"> <!-- Used below in &blfs-book;
Change to x.y for release but not -rc releases -->
<!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development" or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
-<!ENTITY versiond "20161027-systemd">
+<!ENTITY versiond "20161107-systemd">
<!ENTITY short-versiond "systemd">
<!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "October 27, 2016">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "November 7, 2016">
<!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999-2016"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
<!ENTITY milestone "7.11">