> From: Paul Smith <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:02:11 -0400 > Cc: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > Besides you wrote locate is a verb equivalent to "to find", why you > > did not use 'find' instead of 'locate'? > > For the same reason I didn't use any of the other synonyms of "find".
No, he has a point here. Using different, though synonym, words for the same entity runs the risk of confusing the reader. You will see that I significantly reduced the number of synonyms in the description, and instead made a point of using the same wording over and over again, precisely for that reason: to make it easier for the reader to connect the dots. > > If make only does directory search on the target, why the manual says: > > "section '4.4 Searching Directories for Prerequisites'? > > I don't know; you'll have to ask Richard or Roland. Probably they, like > Eli, felt that it was simpler to explain if it was discussed in terms of > prerequisites instead of targets. Actually, I used prerequisites because most of the description already did to begin with. All I did was throw away the few instances of "target". _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
