programmer.sgml sometimes uses the term `option' when it really means `method'. This is inconsistent and confusing.
Here is the patch. Index: programmer.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/src/CVS/dpkg/doc/programmer.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.1 diff -u -r1.1 programmer.sgml --- programmer.sgml 1998/10/25 22:24:03 1.1 +++ programmer.sgml 1999/08/15 10:13:51 @@ -3324,7 +3324,7 @@ <tag><tt/update/ <tag><tt/install/ <item>executable programs, the scripts themselves. -<tag><tt/desc.<var/option// +<tag><tt/desc.<var/method// <item>description file. </taglist> <p> @@ -3352,11 +3352,11 @@ <var/group/ and <var/method/. <var/vardir/ is the base directory for storing <prgn/dpkg/ and <prgn/dselect/'s state, usually <tt>/var/lib/dpkg</>; this is passed in so that the <tt/--admindir/ -option to <prgn/dselect/ is honoured). +method to <prgn/dselect/ is honoured). <p> -Each option may have an extended description in -<tt/desc.<var/option//. This should be formatted like the extended +Each method may have an extended description in +<tt/desc.<var/method//. This should be formatted like the extended description part of a <tt/Description/ field entry <em/shifted one character to the left/. <p>
