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Fix some minor issues in the manual.

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Adam Spiers 2011-11-24 17:14:51 +00:00
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@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ The following options are supported:
@item -d @var{dir}
@itemx --dir=@var{dir}
Set the stow directory to @var{dir}. Defaults to the value of the environment
variable @code{STOW_DIR} if set, or the current directory otherwise.
variable @env{STOW_DIR} if set, or the current directory otherwise.
@item -t @var{dir}
@itemx --target=@var{dir}
@ -294,10 +294,10 @@ regular expression, if that file is already stowed by another package.
This is effectively the opposite of @code{--override}.
(N.B. the name @code{--defer} was chosen in the sense that the package
currently being stowed is treated with lower precedence than any already
installed package, not in the sense that the operation is being
postponed to be run at a later point in time; do not confuse this
nomenclature with the wording used in @xref{Deferred Operation}.)
currently being stowed is treated with lower precedence than any
already installed package, not in the sense that the operation is
being postponed to be run at a later point in time; do not confuse
this nomenclature with the wording used in @ref{Deferred Operation}.)
For example, the following options
@ -308,8 +308,8 @@ For example, the following options
@noindent
will cause stow to skip over pre-existing man and info pages.
Equivalently, you could use --defer='man|info' since the argument is just
a Perl regex.
Equivalently, you could use @code{--defer='man|info'} since the
argument is just a Perl regex.
Note that the regular expression is anchored to the beginning of the path
relative to the target directory, because this is what you will want to do most
@ -379,10 +379,11 @@ number of times.
@item -S
@item --stow
explictly stow the package name(s) that follow this option. May be omitted if
you are not using the @samp{-D} or @samp{-R} options in the same invocation.
See @xref{Mixing Operations}, for details of when you might like to use this
feature. This option may be repeated any number of times.
explictly stow the package name(s) that follow this option. May be
omitted if you are not using the @samp{-D} or @samp{-R} options in the
same invocation. @xref{Mixing Operations}, for details of when you
might like to use this feature. This option may be repeated any number
of times.
@end table
The following options are useful for cleaning up your target tree:
@ -418,7 +419,7 @@ This option is deprecated as conflicts are now printed by default and no
operations will be performed if any conflicts are detected.
@end table
@ref{Resource Files} for a way to set default values for any of these
@xref{Resource Files}, for a way to set default values for any of these
options.
@c ===========================================================================
@ -744,11 +745,11 @@ stow -D emacs-21.3 -S emacs-21.4a
@noindent
which will replace emacs-21.3 with emacs-21.4a using a single invocation.
This is much faster and cleaner than performing two separate invocations of
stow, because redundant folding/unfolding operations can be factored out. In
addition, all the operations are calculated and merged before being executed
@pxref{Deferred Operation}, so the amount of of time in which GNU Emacs is
unavailable is minimised.
This is much faster and cleaner than performing two separate
invocations of stow, because redundant folding/unfolding operations
can be factored out. In addition, all the operations are calculated
and merged before being executed (@pxref{Deferred Operation}), so the
amount of of time in which GNU Emacs is unavailable is minimised.
You can mix and match any number of actions, for example,
@ -872,11 +873,11 @@ must place it in the stow tree.
Some software packages allow you to specify, at compile-time, separate
locations for installation and for run-time. Perl is one such package;
@xref{Perl and Perl 5 Modules}. Others allow you to compile the
see @ref{Perl and Perl 5 Modules}. Others allow you to compile the
package, then give a different destination in the @samp{make install}
step without causing the binaries or other files to get rebuilt. Most
GNU software falls into this category; Emacs is a notable exception.
See @ref{GNU Emacs}, and @ref{Other FSF Software}.
@xref{GNU Emacs}, and @ref{Other FSF Software}.
Still other software packages cannot abide the idea of separate
installation and run-time locations at all. If you try to @samp{make