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Therese Godefroy |
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Subject: |
www/server home-pkgblurbs.html |
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Date: |
Tue, 31 Dec 2019 08:00:18 -0500 (EST) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 19/12/31 08:00:18
Modified files:
server : home-pkgblurbs.html
Log message:
Replace <tt> with <code> (wrong commit), then single quotes, to avoid
validation errors with html5-header.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/home-pkgblurbs.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.82&r2=1.83
Patches:
Index: home-pkgblurbs.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/server/home-pkgblurbs.html,v
retrieving revision 1.82
retrieving revision 1.83
diff -u -b -r1.82 -r1.83
--- home-pkgblurbs.html 31 Dec 2019 11:58:03 -0000 1.82
+++ home-pkgblurbs.html 31 Dec 2019 13:00:18 -0000 1.83
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
<!--#if expr="$pkg_selection = /:(8sync|ALL):/" -->
<h4 id="pkg_8sync">
<a href="/software/8sync/">8sync</a></h4><p>
-8sync (pronounced <code>eight-sync</code>) is an asynchronous programming
+8sync (pronounced ‘eight-sync’) is an asynchronous programming
library for GNU Guile. It makes use of delimited continuations to avoid
a mess of callbacks, resulting in clean, easy-to-read, non-blocking code.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#pkg_8sync">doc</a>)</small></p>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
printing. It accomplishes this by being able to delegate files to
external handlers, such as Groff and Gzip. It handles as many steps as
is necessary to produce a pretty-printed file. It also includes some
-extra abilities for special cases, such as pretty-printing <code>--help</code>
+extra abilities for special cases, such as pretty-printing ‘--help’
output.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#a2ps">doc</a>)</small></p>
<!--#endif -->
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
bc is an arbitrary precision numeric processing language. It includes
an interactive environment for evaluating mathematical statements.
Its syntax is similar to that of C, so basic usage is familiar. It also
-includes <code>dc</code>, a reverse-polish calculator.
+includes ‘dc’, a reverse-polish calculator.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#bc">doc</a>)</small></p>
<!--#endif -->
@@ -287,10 +287,10 @@
<h4 id="binutils">
<a href="/software/binutils/">Binutils</a></h4><p>
GNU Binutils is a collection of tools for working with binary
-files. Perhaps the most notable are <code>ld</code>, a linker, and
-<code>as</code>, an assembler. Other tools include programs to display binary
+files. Perhaps the most notable are ‘ld’, a linker, and
+‘as’, an assembler. Other tools include programs to display binary
profiling information, list the strings in a binary file, and utilities
-for working with archives. The <code>bfd</code> library for working with
+for working with archives. The ‘bfd’ library for working with
executable and object formats is also included.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#binutils">doc</a>)</small></p>
<!--#endif -->
@@ -309,8 +309,8 @@
<h4 id="bool">
<a href="/software/bool/">Bool</a></h4><p>
GNU Bool is a utility to perform text searches on files using Boolean
-expressions. For example, a search for <code>hello AND world</code> would
-return a file containing the phrase <code>Hello, world!</code>. It supports
+expressions. For example, a search for ‘hello AND world’ would
+return a file containing the phrase ‘Hello, world!’. It supports
both AND and OR statements, as well as the NEAR statement to search for
the occurrence of words in close proximity to each other. It handles
context gracefully, accounting for new lines and paragraph changes.
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
<p><!-- TRANSLATORS: stale -->
GNU combine works to merge files based on a common key in a hash table. It
can be seen as similar to, albeit much more powerful than, the standard
-<code>join</code> utility. Unlike <code>join</code>, any number of files may
+‘join’ utility. Unlike ‘join’, any number of files may
be merged based on the matches found. combine also has other advanced
features, such as date parsing and directory traversal.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#combine">doc</a>)</small></p>
@@ -498,8 +498,8 @@
<!--#if expr="$pkg_selection = /:(config|ALL):/" -->
<h4 id="config">
<a href="/software/config/">Config</a></h4><p>
-The <code>config.guess</code> script tries to guess a canonical system triple,
-and <code>config.sub</code> validates and canonicalizes. These are used as
+The ‘config.guess’ script tries to guess a canonical system triple,
+and ‘config.sub’ validates and canonicalizes. These are used as
part of configuration in nearly all GNU packages (and many others).
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#config">doc</a>)</small></p>
<!--#endif -->
@@ -666,10 +666,10 @@
<h4 id="diffutils">
<a href="/software/diffutils/">Diffutils</a></h4><p>
GNU Diffutils is a package containing tools for finding the differences
-between files. The <code>diff</code> command is used to show how two
-files differ, while <code>cmp</code> shows the offsets and line numbers
-where they differ. <code>diff3</code> allows you to compare three files.
-Finally, <code>sdiff</code> offers an interactive means to merge two files.
+between files. The ‘diff’ command is used to show how two
+files differ, while ‘cmp’ shows the offsets and line numbers
+where they differ. ‘diff3’ allows you to compare three files.
+Finally, ‘sdiff’ offers an interactive means to merge two files.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#diffutils">doc</a>)</small></p>
<!--#endif -->
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@
or modifying files. It can monitor different sets of directories for
different events. When an event is detected, direvent calls a specified
external program with information about the event, such as the location
-within the file system where it occurred. Thus, <code>direvent</code>
+within the file system where it occurred. Thus, ‘direvent’
provides an easy way to react immediately if given files undergo changes,
for example, to track changes in important system configuration files.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#direvent">doc</a>)</small></p>
@@ -836,10 +836,10 @@
<a href="/software/findutils/">Findutils</a></h4><p>
Findutils supplies the basic file directory searching utilities of
the GNU system. It consists of two primary searching utilities:
-<code>find</code> recursively searches for files in a directory according
-to given criteria and <code>locate</code> lists files in a database that
-match a query. Two auxiliary tools are included: <code>updatedb</code>
-updates the file name database and <code>xargs</code> may be used to apply
+‘find’ recursively searches for files in a directory according
+to given criteria and ‘locate’ lists files in a database that
+match a query. Two auxiliary tools are included: ‘updatedb’
+updates the file name database and ‘xargs’ may be used to apply
commands with arbitrarily long arguments.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#findutils">doc</a>)</small></p>
<!--#endif -->
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@
GNU FreeDink is a free and portable re-implementation of the engine
for the role-playing game Dink Smallwood. It supports not only the
original game data files but it also supports user-produced game mods
-or <code>D-Mods</code>. To that extent, it also includes a front-end for
+or ‘D-Mods’. To that extent, it also includes a front-end for
managing all of your D-Mods.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#freedink">doc</a>)</small></p>
<!--#endif -->
@@ -1100,9 +1100,9 @@
command-line options using the getopt_long function found in GNU libc,
removing some of the tedium of this task for large programs that accept
many options. The options parsed by the generated function may be in both
-short (e.g., <code>-h</code>) and long (<code>--help</code>) formats, as
specified
+short (e.g., ‘-h’) and long (‘--help’) formats, as
specified
by the GNU coding standards. Additionally, the output of the standard
-options <code>--help</code> and <code>--version</code> is generated
automatically.
+options ‘--help’ and ‘--version’ is generated
automatically.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#gengetopt">doc</a>)</small></p>
<!--#endif -->
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@
across many systems, working with Unicode strings, cryptographic
computation, and much more. The code is intended to be shared at the
level of source files, rather than being a standalone library that is
-distributed, built, and installed. The included <code>gnulib-tool</code>
+distributed, built, and installed. The included ‘gnulib-tool’
script helps with using Gnulib code in other packages. Gnulib also
includes copies of licensing and maintenance-related files, for
convenience.
@@ -1799,7 +1799,7 @@
<a href="/software/groff/">Groff</a></h4><p>
Groff is a typesetting package that reads plain text and produces
formatted output based on formatting commands contained within the text.
-It is usually the formatter of <code>man</code> documentation pages.
+It is usually the formatter of ‘man’ documentation pages.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#groff">doc</a>)</small></p>
<!--#endif -->
@@ -2050,9 +2050,9 @@
<h4 id="gzip">
<a href="/software/gzip/">Gzip</a></h4><p>
GNU Gzip provides data compression and decompression utilities; the
-typical extension is <code>.gz</code>. Unlike the <code>zip</code> format, it
+typical extension is ‘.gz’. Unlike the ‘zip’ format,
it
compresses a single file; as a result, it is often used in conjunction
-with <code>tar</code>, resulting in <code>.tar.gz</code> or <code>.tgz</code>,
etc.
+with ‘tar’, resulting in ‘.tar.gz’ or
‘.tgz’, etc.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#gzip">doc</a>)</small></p>
<!--#endif -->
@@ -2060,7 +2060,7 @@
<h4 id="halifax">
<a href="/software/halifax/">HaliFAX</a></h4><p>
HaliFAX supports sending and viewing faxes, including a wrapper around
-the <code>lpr</code> command.
+the ‘lpr’ command.
This package is looking for a maintainer.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#halifax">doc</a>)</small></p>
<!--#endif -->
@@ -2080,7 +2080,7 @@
<!--#if expr="$pkg_selection = /:(hello|ALL):/" -->
<h4 id="hello">
<a href="/software/hello/">Hello</a></h4><p>
-GNU Hello prints the message <code>Hello, world!</code> and then exits.
+GNU Hello prints the message ‘Hello, world!’ and then exits.
It serves as an example of standard GNU coding practices. As such,
it supports command-line arguments, multiple languages, and so on.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#hello">doc</a>)</small></p>
@@ -2090,7 +2090,7 @@
<h4 id="help2man">
<a href="/software/help2man/">Help2man</a></h4><p>
GNU help2man is a program that converts the output of standard
-<code>--help</code> and <code>--version</code> command-line arguments into a
+‘--help’ and ‘--version’ command-line arguments into a
manual page automatically.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#help2man">doc</a>)</small></p>
<!--#endif -->
@@ -2989,7 +2989,7 @@
<h4 id="patch">
<a href="/software/patch/">Patch</a></h4><p>
Patch is a program that applies changes to files based on differences
-laid out as by the program <code>diff</code>. The changes may be applied to
+laid out as by the program ‘diff’. The changes may be applied to
one or more files depending on the contents of the diff file. It accepts
several different diff formats. It may also be used to revert previously
applied differences.
@@ -3052,7 +3052,7 @@
<a href="/software/plotutils/">Plotutils</a></h4>
<p><!-- TRANSLATORS: stale -->
GNU Plotutils is a package for plotting and working with 2D graphics.
-It includes a library, <code>libplot</code>, for C and C++ for exporting 2D
+It includes a library, ‘libplot’, for C and C++ for exporting 2D
vector graphics in many file formats. It also has support for 2D vector
graphics animations. The package also contains command-line programs
for plotting scientific data.
@@ -3105,7 +3105,7 @@
are scheduled in a cooperative way, rather than in the standard
preemptive way, such that they are managed according to priority
and events. However, Pth also features emulation of POSIX.1c threads
-(<code>pthreads</code>) for backwards compatibility.
+(‘pthreads’) for backwards compatibility.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#pth">doc</a>)</small></p>
<!--#endif -->
@@ -3150,7 +3150,7 @@
Radius is a server for remote user authentication and accounting. It is
generally useful for networks that require a centralized authentication
and accounting services for its workstations. Authentication can be
-performed in a variety of ways, such as via <code>/etc/passwd</code> or
+performed in a variety of ways, such as via ‘/etc/passwd’ or
credentials stored in an SQL database.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#radius">doc</a>)</small></p>
<!--#endif -->
@@ -3354,7 +3354,7 @@
of many different commands, in order to provide a single tool to
distribute with a source distribution in order to ensure portability of
shell scripts. For example, shtool can perform the jobs of the common
-commands <code>install</code>, <code>mkdir</code> or <code>echo</code> on
systems
+commands ‘install’, ‘mkdir’ or ‘echo’ on
systems
that lack them.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#shtool">doc</a>)</small></p>
<!--#endif -->
@@ -3554,10 +3554,10 @@
<!--#if expr="$pkg_selection = /:(termutils|ALL):/" -->
<h4 id="termutils">
<a href="/software/termutils/">Termutils</a></h4><p>
-The GNU Termutils package contains two programs, <code>tput</code> and
-<code>tabs</code>. <code>tput</code> is used in shell scripts to manipulate
the
+The GNU Termutils package contains two programs, ‘tput’ and
+‘tabs’. ‘tput’ is used in shell scripts to manipulate
the
terminal display, for example by clearing it or moving the cursor to a
-specific point, centering text or underlining text. <code>tabs</code> is
+specific point, centering text or underlining text. ‘tabs’ is
used to specify and set hardware tab stops on terminals that support it.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#termutils">doc</a>)</small></p>
<!--#endif -->
@@ -3699,8 +3699,8 @@
<!--#if expr="$pkg_selection = /:(vc-dwim|ALL):/" -->
<h4 id="vc-dwim">
<a href="/software/vc-dwim/">Vc-dwim</a></h4><p>
-The vc-dwim package contains two tools, <code>vc-dwim</code> and
-<code>vc-chlog</code>. vc-dwim is a tool that simplifies the task of
+The vc-dwim package contains two tools, ‘vc-dwim’ and
+‘vc-chlog’. vc-dwim is a tool that simplifies the task of
maintaining a ChangeLog and using version control at the same time, for
example by printing a reminder when a file change has been described in
the ChangeLog but the file has not been added to the VC. vc-chlog scans
@@ -3789,7 +3789,7 @@
<h4 id="which">
<a href="/software/which/">Which</a></h4><p>
The which program finds the location of executables in PATH, with a
-variety of options. It is an alternative to the shell <code>type</code>
+variety of options. It is an alternative to the shell ‘type’
built-in command.
<small>(<a href="/manual/manual.html#which">doc</a>)</small></p>
<!--#endif -->
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