bug#7766: (lack of) config.h description in manual

2011-01-09 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
retitle 7766 docs: work on index issues thanks * Karl Berry wrote on Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 01:00:20AM CET: > > Subsidiary points: in the general index (I continue to very strongly > encourage you to merge all indexes, BTW), I didn't find anything useful > for "preprocessor", or "#define", or "conf

bug#7766: (lack of) config.h description in manual

2011-01-08 Thread Karl Berry
Hmm, I see a natural split into two, not three nodes. Ok, fine. Below, I replaced the existing one rather than using another lower hierarchy level. Does this seem acceptable to you? Sure, but I suggest making the @node names closer to the @section names, and not using that unusual

bug#7766: (lack of) config.h description in manual

2011-01-08 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Karl, * Karl Berry wrote on Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 01:00:20AM CET: > Finally, the "amhello explained" node is pretty long. It seems to break > up naturally into three pieces, for each of the files being explained. > Perhaps it would be good to make them each separate (sub)nodes. Hmm, I see a na

bug#7766: (lack of) config.h description in manual

2010-12-31 Thread Karl Berry
Hi Ralf and all, A new GNU maintainer just asked me about how to use $(pkgdatadir) from his C program. I looked at the Automake manual and didn't see anywhere especially good to point him at :(. A couple thoughts I had as a result of looking at this for him: First, tiny English point in node Op