[pure-lang-svn] SF.net SVN: pure-lang: [246] pure/trunk

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Revision: 246
          http://pure-lang.svn.sourceforge.net/pure-lang/?rev=246&view=rev
Author:   agraef
Date:     2008-06-16 02:44:43 -0700 (Mon, 16 Jun 2008)

Log Message:
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Update usage and installation instructions.

Modified Paths:
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    pure/trunk/INSTALL
    pure/trunk/README

Modified: pure/trunk/INSTALL
===================================================================
--- pure/trunk/INSTALL	2008-06-16 09:44:02 UTC (rev 245)
+++ pure/trunk/INSTALL	2008-06-16 09:44:43 UTC (rev 246)
@@ -324,12 +324,15 @@
 documentation in a variety of formats (this requires groff); see the Makefile
 for details.
 
-Last but not least, maintainers can roll distribution tarballs with 'make
-dist' and 'make distcheck' (the latter is like 'make dist', but also does a
-test build and installation to verify that your tarball contains all needed
-bits and pieces).
+Maintainers can roll distribution tarballs with 'make dist' and 'make
+distcheck' (the latter is like 'make dist', but also does a test build and
+installation to verify that your tarball contains all needed bits and pieces).
 
+Last but not least, if you modify configure.ac for some reason then you
+regenerate the configure script and config.h.in with 'make config'. This needs
+autoconf, of course. (The distribution was prepared using autoconf 2.61.)
 
+
 SYSTEM NOTES
 ====== =====
 

Modified: pure/trunk/README
===================================================================
--- pure/trunk/README	2008-06-16 09:44:02 UTC (rev 245)
+++ pure/trunk/README	2008-06-16 09:44:43 UTC (rev 246)
@@ -70,27 +70,23 @@
 > 
 
 Pure scripts are just ordinary text files, which can be created with any text
-editor. For Emacs users, the most convenient way to edit and run Pure scripts
-is Emacs Pure mode which works with both GNU Emacs and XEmacs. You'll have to
-install the pure-mode.el file from the Pure source directory into your Emacs
-site-lisp directory, and enable the mode in your .emacs file as explained at
-the beginning of the pure-mode.el file. Then you can just open and edit a Pure
-script in Emacs, and run it inside an Emacs buffer with Ctrl-C Ctrl-C. Syntax
-highlighting, auto-indentation and command line completion are also supported.
+editor. The distribution contains some language definition files and
+programming modes to provide syntax highlighting in various popular text
+editors, such as Emacs, Kate and Vim. The Emacs mode also lets you run the
+Pure interpreter in an Emacs buffer, this is probably the most convenient
+interface to the interpreter if you're friends with Emacs. A syntax file for
+Andre Simon's highlight program is also included, this lets you pretty-print
+Pure source in various output formats such as HTML and LaTeX. You can find all
+this stuff in the etc subdirectory in the source distribution, installation
+instructions are included in the files.
 
-The source directory also contains Pure syntax highlighting files for Kate and
-Vim. You can install these into your .kde/share/apps/katepart/syntax and
-.vim/syntax directories, respectively. (The Vim mode must also be enabled in
-your vim startup file; see the comments at the beginning of pure.vim for
-details.)
+Online documentation is available as a manual page, which contains detailed
+information on how to use the interpreter and a description of the Pure
+language. You can invoke the manpage with 'man pure' after installation or
+using the 'help' command inside the interpreter. When using Emacs, it can be
+displayed using Emacs' built-in manpage reader (the 'help' command won't work
+if the interpreter is running in an Emacs buffer).
 
-Online documentation is available as a manpage, which contains detailed
-information on how to use the interpreter and a brief description of the Pure
-language. You can invoke the manpage with 'man pure' after installation, or
-using the 'help' command inside the interpreter, or with Emacs' built-in
-manpage reader (the 'help' command won't work if the interpreter is running
-inside an Emacs buffer).
-
 Some example programs can be found in the examples subdir in the sources; in
 particular, have a look at the hello.pure program which will quickly give you
 an idea how Pure programs look like. You should also browse the scripts in the
@@ -100,7 +96,7 @@
 This is currently all you get; more elaborate documentation of the Pure
 language still needs to be written. But Pure is a really simple language; if
 you have some experience using FPLs then you should be able to find your way
-with the manpage and the provided examples. Of course, you can also post
+with the manual page and the provided examples. Of course, you can also post
 questions to the Pure mailing list (see http://pure-lang.sf.net).
 
 Enjoy! :)


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