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-rw-r--r--appendixa/bison-dep.xml2
-rw-r--r--appendixa/bison-desc.xml12
-rw-r--r--appendixa/bison-shortdesc.xml14
-rw-r--r--appendixa/bison.xml1
-rw-r--r--appendixa/fileutils-shortdesc.xml2
-rw-r--r--appendixa/flex-dep.xml2
-rw-r--r--appendixa/flex-desc.xml14
-rw-r--r--appendixa/flex-shortdesc.xml17
-rw-r--r--appendixa/flex.xml1
-rw-r--r--appendixa/gettext-dep.xml2
-rw-r--r--appendixa/gettext-desc.xml17
-rw-r--r--appendixa/gettext-shortdesc.xml21
-rw-r--r--appendixa/gettext.xml1
-rw-r--r--appendixa/groff-dep.xml2
-rw-r--r--appendixa/groff-desc.xml4
-rw-r--r--appendixa/groff-shortdesc.xml19
-rw-r--r--appendixa/groff.xml1
-rw-r--r--appendixa/less-dep.xml2
-rw-r--r--appendixa/less-desc.xml9
-rw-r--r--appendixa/less-shortdesc.xml16
-rw-r--r--appendixa/less.xml1
-rw-r--r--appendixa/m4-dep.xml2
-rw-r--r--appendixa/m4-desc.xml9
-rw-r--r--appendixa/m4-shortdesc.xml18
-rw-r--r--appendixa/m4.xml1
-rw-r--r--appendixa/nettools-dep.xml2
-rw-r--r--appendixa/nettools-desc.xml13
-rw-r--r--appendixa/nettools-shortdesc.xml17
-rw-r--r--appendixa/nettools.xml1
29 files changed, 173 insertions, 50 deletions
diff --git a/appendixa/bison-dep.xml b/appendixa/bison-dep.xml
index 1c30484e1..a9cc1dd04 100644
--- a/appendixa/bison-dep.xml
+++ b/appendixa/bison-dep.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
<sect2>
<title>Bison Installation Dependencies</title>
diff --git a/appendixa/bison-desc.xml b/appendixa/bison-desc.xml
index 46d297506..7793f3572 100644
--- a/appendixa/bison-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/bison-desc.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
-<sect2><title>Contents of Bison</title>
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
-<para>Last checked against version &bison-contversion;.</para>
-
-<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
+<sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
-<para>bison and yacc</para></sect3>
+<para>Last checked against version &bison-contversion;.</para>
-<sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
<sect4><title>bison</title>
-
<para>bison is a parser generator, a replacement for yacc. yacc stands for Yet
Another Compiler Compiler. What is bison then? It is a program that
generates a program that analyzes the structure of a text file. Instead of
@@ -46,7 +43,6 @@ answer. Of course, bison isn't only used for calculators
alone.</para></sect4>
<sect4><title>yacc</title>
-
<para>This bash script calls bison using the -y option. This is for
compatibility purposes for programs which use yacc instead of
bison.</para></sect4>
diff --git a/appendixa/bison-shortdesc.xml b/appendixa/bison-shortdesc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6106d7435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appendixa/bison-shortdesc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<sect2><title>Contents of Bison</title>
+
+<para>Last checked against version &bison-contversion;.</para>
+
+<para>Bison is a parser generator, a replacement for yacc. Bison
+generates a program that analyzes the structure of a text file.</para>
+
+<para>Bison installs the following:</para>
+
+<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
+<para>bison and yacc</para></sect3>
+
+</sect2>
+
diff --git a/appendixa/bison.xml b/appendixa/bison.xml
index 2bf0f388b..bda14fc94 100644
--- a/appendixa/bison.xml
+++ b/appendixa/bison.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
<?dbhtml filename="bison.html" dir="appendixa"?>
&aa-bison-down;
+&aa-bison-shortdesc;
&aa-bison-desc;
&aa-bison-dep;
diff --git a/appendixa/fileutils-shortdesc.xml b/appendixa/fileutils-shortdesc.xml
index 4a99f1b7c..47fc524c0 100644
--- a/appendixa/fileutils-shortdesc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/fileutils-shortdesc.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
<para>Last checked against version &fileutils-contversion;.</para>
<para>Fileutils is a package containing basic file manipulation programs.
-Included are programs to list directories, create directories, update
+Included are programs to list and create directories, update
timestamps, change permissions and so forth.</para>
<para>Fileutils installs the following files:</para>
diff --git a/appendixa/flex-dep.xml b/appendixa/flex-dep.xml
index 4f230cf33..26bc4f490 100644
--- a/appendixa/flex-dep.xml
+++ b/appendixa/flex-dep.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
<sect2>
<title>Flex Installation Dependencies</title>
diff --git a/appendixa/flex-desc.xml b/appendixa/flex-desc.xml
index 02b2e88eb..51b1f2987 100644
--- a/appendixa/flex-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/flex-desc.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-<sect2><title>Contents of Flex</title>
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
-<para>Last checked against version &flex-contversion;.</para>
+<sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
-<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
-<para>flex, flex++ (link to flex) and lex</para></sect3>
+<para>Last checked against version &flex-contversion;.</para>
-<sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
<sect4><title>flex</title>
<para>flex is a tool for generating programs which recognize
@@ -26,10 +25,7 @@ of flex.</para></sect4>
</sect3>
-<sect3><title>Library Files</title>
-<para>libfl.a</para></sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Library file descriptions</title>
<sect4><title>libfl</title>
<para>libfl is the flex library.</para></sect4>
diff --git a/appendixa/flex-shortdesc.xml b/appendixa/flex-shortdesc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b4c2ff2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appendixa/flex-shortdesc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<sect2><title>Contents of Flex</title>
+
+<para>Last checked against version &flex-contversion;.</para>
+
+<para>The Flex package is used to generate programs which recognize
+patterns in text.</para>
+
+<para>Flex installs the following:</para>
+
+<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
+<para>flex, flex++ (link to flex) and lex</para></sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>Library Files</title>
+<para>libfl.a</para></sect3>
+
+</sect2>
+
diff --git a/appendixa/flex.xml b/appendixa/flex.xml
index f8fd5eeaf..86d836fa3 100644
--- a/appendixa/flex.xml
+++ b/appendixa/flex.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
<?dbhtml filename="flex.html" dir="appendixa"?>
&aa-flex-down;
+&aa-flex-shortdesc;
&aa-flex-desc;
&aa-flex-dep;
diff --git a/appendixa/gettext-dep.xml b/appendixa/gettext-dep.xml
index 04443faaf..9f3f2fda4 100644
--- a/appendixa/gettext-dep.xml
+++ b/appendixa/gettext-dep.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
<sect2>
<title>Gettext Installation Dependencies</title>
diff --git a/appendixa/gettext-desc.xml b/appendixa/gettext-desc.xml
index df3587379..f47c4ab2c 100644
--- a/appendixa/gettext-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/gettext-desc.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
-<sect2><title>Contents of Gettext</title>
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
-<para>Last checked against version &gettext-contversion;.</para>
+<sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
-<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
-<para>config.charset, config.rpath, gettext, gettextize, hostname,
-msgattrib, msgcat, msgcmp, msgcomm, msgconv, msgen, msgexec, msgfilter,
-msgfmt, msggrep, msginit, msgmerge, msgunfmt, msguniq, ngettext, project-id,
-team-address, trigger, urlget, user-email and xgettext</para></sect3>
+<para>Last checked against version &gettext-contversion;.</para>
-<sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
<sect4><title>config.charset</title>
<para>The config.charset script outputs a system-dependent table of
@@ -119,10 +115,7 @@ files. It's used to make the first translation template.</para></sect4>
</sect3>
-<sect3><title>Library Files</title>
-<para>libgettextlib[a,so], libgettextsrc[a,so]</para></sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Library file descriptions</title>
<sect4><title>libgettextlib</title>
<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
diff --git a/appendixa/gettext-shortdesc.xml b/appendixa/gettext-shortdesc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5003ff6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appendixa/gettext-shortdesc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<sect2><title>Contents of Gettext</title>
+
+<para>Last checked against version &gettext-contversion;.</para>
+
+<para>The Gettext package is used for internationalization and
+localization. Programs can be compiled with Native Language Support
+(NLS) which enable them to output messages in the user's native
+language.</para>
+
+<para>Gettext installs the following:</para>
+
+<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
+<para>config.charset, config.rpath, gettext, gettextize, hostname,
+msgattrib, msgcat, msgcmp, msgcomm, msgconv, msgen, msgexec, msgfilter,
+msgfmt, msggrep, msginit, msgmerge, msgunfmt, msguniq, ngettext, project-id,
+team-address, trigger, urlget, user-email and xgettext</para></sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>Library Files</title>
+<para>libgettextlib[a,so], libgettextsrc[a,so]</para></sect3>
+
+</sect2>
diff --git a/appendixa/gettext.xml b/appendixa/gettext.xml
index f013a93d1..750c062f2 100644
--- a/appendixa/gettext.xml
+++ b/appendixa/gettext.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
<?dbhtml filename="gettext.html" dir="appendixa"?>
&aa-gettext-down;
+&aa-gettext-shortdesc;
&aa-gettext-desc;
&aa-gettext-dep;
diff --git a/appendixa/groff-dep.xml b/appendixa/groff-dep.xml
index 1cfb11a07..698307744 100644
--- a/appendixa/groff-dep.xml
+++ b/appendixa/groff-dep.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
<sect2>
<title>Groff Installation Dependencies</title>
diff --git a/appendixa/groff-desc.xml b/appendixa/groff-desc.xml
index 409d9500c..823bf0133 100644
--- a/appendixa/groff-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/groff-desc.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-<sect2><title>Contents of Groff</title>
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
+<sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
<para>Last checked against version &groff-contversion;.</para>
diff --git a/appendixa/groff-shortdesc.xml b/appendixa/groff-shortdesc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58e0ee3e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appendixa/groff-shortdesc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<sect2><title>Contents of Groff</title>
+
+<para>Last checked against version &groff-contversion;.</para>
+
+<para>The Groff package includes several text processing programs
+for text formatting. Groff translates standard text and special
+commands into formatted output, such as what you see in a manual
+page.</para>
+
+<para>Groff installs the following:</para>
+
+<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
+<para>addftinfo, afmtodit, eqn, geqn (link to eqn), grn, grodvi,
+groff, grog, grolbp, grolj4, grops, grotty, gtbl (link to tbl),
+hpftodit, indxbib, lkbib, lookbib, mmroff, neqn, nroff, pfbtops,
+pic, post-grohtml, pre-grohtml, refer, soelim, tbl, tfmtodit,
+troff and zsoelim (link to soelim)</para></sect3>
+
+</sect2>
diff --git a/appendixa/groff.xml b/appendixa/groff.xml
index c505ac926..89e8a4852 100644
--- a/appendixa/groff.xml
+++ b/appendixa/groff.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
<?dbhtml filename="groff.html" dir="appendixa"?>
&aa-groff-down;
+&aa-groff-shortdesc;
&aa-groff-desc;
&aa-groff-dep;
diff --git a/appendixa/less-dep.xml b/appendixa/less-dep.xml
index 24a0dd80d..817486793 100644
--- a/appendixa/less-dep.xml
+++ b/appendixa/less-dep.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
<sect2>
<title>Less Installation Dependencies</title>
diff --git a/appendixa/less-desc.xml b/appendixa/less-desc.xml
index 0bffaa836..339bc8f33 100644
--- a/appendixa/less-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/less-desc.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-<sect2><title>Contents of Less</title>
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
-<para>Last checked against version &less-contversion;.</para>
+<sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
-<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
-<para>less, lessecho and lesskey</para></sect3>
+<para>Last checked against version &less-contversion;.</para>
-<sect3><title>Description</title>
+<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
<sect4><title>less</title>
<para>The less program is a file pager (or text viewer). It
diff --git a/appendixa/less-shortdesc.xml b/appendixa/less-shortdesc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3bcb5cac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appendixa/less-shortdesc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<sect2><title>Contents of Less</title>
+
+<para>Last checked against version &less-contversion;.</para>
+
+<para>Less is a file pager, or text viewer. It displays the contents
+of a file, or stream, and has the ability to scroll. Less has a few
+features not included in the <userinput>more</userinput> pager,
+such as the ability to scroll backwards.</para>
+
+<para>Less installs the following:</para>
+
+<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
+<para>less, lessecho and lesskey</para></sect3>
+
+</sect2>
+
diff --git a/appendixa/less.xml b/appendixa/less.xml
index 3a219797f..ef84b4071 100644
--- a/appendixa/less.xml
+++ b/appendixa/less.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
<?dbhtml filename="less.html" dir="appendixa"?>
&aa-less-down;
+&aa-less-shortdesc;
&aa-less-desc;
&aa-less-dep;
diff --git a/appendixa/m4-dep.xml b/appendixa/m4-dep.xml
index 7b2921780..4f0441e59 100644
--- a/appendixa/m4-dep.xml
+++ b/appendixa/m4-dep.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
<sect2>
<title>M4 Installation Dependencies</title>
diff --git a/appendixa/m4-desc.xml b/appendixa/m4-desc.xml
index 6367b267b..5249b303d 100644
--- a/appendixa/m4-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/m4-desc.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-<sect2><title>Contents of M4</title>
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
-<para>Last checked against version &m4-contversion;.</para>
+<sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
-<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
-<para>m4</para></sect3>
+<para>Last checked against version &m4-contversion;.</para>
-<sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
<sect4><title>m4</title>
<para>m4 is a macro processor. It copies input to output, expanding macros as it
diff --git a/appendixa/m4-shortdesc.xml b/appendixa/m4-shortdesc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05958f75f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appendixa/m4-shortdesc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<sect2><title>Contents of M4</title>
+
+<para>Last checked against version &m4-contversion;.</para>
+
+<para>M4 is a macro processor. It copies input to output, expanding
+macros as it goes. Macros are either built-in or user-defined and can
+take any number of arguments. Besides just doing macro expansion, m4
+has built-in functions for including named files, running Unix
+commands, doing integer arithmetic, manipulating text in various ways,
+recursion, etc. The m4 program can be used either as a front-end to a
+compiler or as a macro processor in its own right.</para>
+
+<para>M4 installs the following:</para>
+
+<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
+<para>m4</para></sect3>
+
+</sect2>
diff --git a/appendixa/m4.xml b/appendixa/m4.xml
index 1195a8d05..670ff81e6 100644
--- a/appendixa/m4.xml
+++ b/appendixa/m4.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
<?dbhtml filename="m4.html" dir="appendixa"?>
&aa-m4-down;
+&aa-m4-shortdesc;
&aa-m4-desc;
&aa-m4-dep;
diff --git a/appendixa/nettools-dep.xml b/appendixa/nettools-dep.xml
index 216f8d09d..7b783c8be 100644
--- a/appendixa/nettools-dep.xml
+++ b/appendixa/nettools-dep.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
<sect2>
<title>Net-tools Installation Dependencies</title>
diff --git a/appendixa/nettools-desc.xml b/appendixa/nettools-desc.xml
index f6ba1cdf0..041d80e24 100644
--- a/appendixa/nettools-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/nettools-desc.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
-<sect2><title>Contents of Net-tools</title>
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
-<para>Last checked against version &net-tools-contversion;.</para>
-
-<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
+<sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
-<para>arp, dnsdomainname (link to hostname), domainname (link to
-hostname), hostname, ifconfig, nameif, netstat, nisdomainname (link to
-hostname), plipconfig, rarp, route, slattach and ypdomainname (link to
-hostname)</para></sect3>
+<para>Last checked against version &net-tools-contversion;.</para>
-<sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
<sect4><title>arp</title>
<para>arp is used to manipulate the kernel's ARP cache, usually to add
diff --git a/appendixa/nettools-shortdesc.xml b/appendixa/nettools-shortdesc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae6bce25f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appendixa/nettools-shortdesc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<sect2><title>Contents of Net-tools</title>
+
+<para>Last checked against version &net-tools-contversion;.</para>
+
+<para>The Net-tools package contains a collection of programs
+which form the base of Linux networking.</para>
+
+<para>Net-tools installs the following:</para>
+
+<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
+<para>arp, dnsdomainname (link to hostname), domainname (link to
+hostname), hostname, ifconfig, nameif, netstat, nisdomainname (link to
+hostname), plipconfig, rarp, route, slattach and ypdomainname (link to
+hostname)</para></sect3>
+
+</sect2>
+
diff --git a/appendixa/nettools.xml b/appendixa/nettools.xml
index eb7ed016e..ed413a87a 100644
--- a/appendixa/nettools.xml
+++ b/appendixa/nettools.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
<?dbhtml filename="net-tools.html" dir="appendixa"?>
&aa-nettools-down;
+&aa-nettools-shortdesc;
&aa-nettools-desc;
&aa-nettools-dep;