Changeset 2256873 for chapter06/man.xml

Timestamp:

10/06/2004 10:58:24 PM (20 years ago)

Author:

Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>

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Last edit round.

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• chapter06/man.xml (modified) (8 diffs)

chapter06/man.xml

@@ -105 +105 @@
 
 <para>Additional information with regards to the compression of
-man&mdash;and info&mdash;pages can be found in the BLFS book at
+man and info pages can be found in the BLFS book at
 <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/cvs/postlfs/compressdoc.html"><phrase 
 condition="pdf">http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/cvs/postlfs/
@@ -122 +122 @@
 </segmentedlist>
 
-<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
+<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
 
@@ -128 +128 @@
 <term><command>apropos</command></term>
 <listitem>
-<para>searches the whatis database and displays the short descriptions
-of system commands that contain a given string.</para>
+<para>Searches the whatis database and displays the short descriptions
+of system commands that contain a given string</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-man apropos"><primary sortas="b-apropos">apropos</primary></indexterm>
 </listitem>
@@ -137 +137 @@
 <term><command>makewhatis</command></term>
 <listitem>
-<para>builds the whatis database. It reads all the manual pages in the
+<para>Builds the whatis database; it reads all the manual pages in the
 manpath and writes the name and a short description in the whatis
-database for each page.</para>
+database for each page</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-man makewhatis"><primary sortas="b-makewhatis">makewhatis</primary></indexterm>
 </listitem>
@@ -147 +147 @@
 <term><command>man</command></term>
 <listitem>
-<para>formats and displays the requested on-line manual page.</para>
+<para>Formats and displays the requested on-line manual page</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-man man"><primary sortas="b-man">man</primary></indexterm>
 </listitem>
@@ -155 +155 @@
 <term><command>man2dvi</command></term>
 <listitem>
-<para>converts a manual page into dvi format.</para>
+<para>Converts a manual page into dvi format</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-man man2dvi"><primary sortas="b-man2dvi">man2dvi</primary></indexterm>
 </listitem>
@@ -163 +163 @@
 <term><command>man2html</command></term>
 <listitem>
-<para>converts a manual page into HTML.</para>
+<para>Converts a manual page into HTML</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-man man2html"><primary sortas="b-man2html">man2html</primary></indexterm>
 </listitem>
@@ -171 +171 @@
 <term><command>whatis</command></term>
 <listitem>
-<para>searches the whatis database and displays the short descriptions
+<para>Searches the whatis database and displays the short descriptions
 of system commands that contain the given keyword as a separate
-word.</para>
+word</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-man whatis"><primary sortas="b-whatis">whatis</primary></indexterm>
 </listitem>