[pure-lang-svn] SF.net SVN: pure-lang:[659] pure/trunk/pure.1.in

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Revision: 659
          http://pure-lang.svn.sourceforge.net/pure-lang/?rev=659&view=rev
Author:   agraef
Date:     2008-08-29 22:22:12 +0000 (Fri, 29 Aug 2008)

Log Message:
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Update documentation.

Modified Paths:
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    pure/trunk/pure.1.in

Modified: pure/trunk/pure.1.in
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--- pure/trunk/pure.1.in	2008-08-29 21:08:59 UTC (rev 658)
+++ pure/trunk/pure.1.in	2008-08-29 22:22:12 UTC (rev 659)
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@
 convenient, fully interactive environment for running Pure scripts and
 evaluating expressions.
 .PP
+Pure programs (a.k.a.
+.IR scripts )
+are just ordinary text files containing Pure code. A bunch of syntax
+highlighting files and programming modes for various popular text editors are
+included in the Pure sources. There's no difference between the Pure
+programming language and the input language accepted by the interpreter,
+except that the interpreter also understands some special commands when
+running in interactive mode; see the INTERACTIVE USAGE section for details.
+.PP
 If any source scripts are specified on the command line, they are loaded and
 executed, after which the interpreter exits. Otherwise the interpreter enters
 the interactive read-eval-print loop. You can also use the
@@ -64,9 +73,9 @@
 When the interpreter is in interactive mode and reads from a tty, commands are
 read using
 .BR readline (3)
-(providing completion for all commands listed in section INTERACTIVE USAGE
-below, as well as for symbols defined in the running program) and, when
-exiting the interpreter, the command history is stored in
+(providing completion for all commands listed under INTERACTIVE USAGE, as well
+as for symbols defined in the running program) and, when exiting the
+interpreter, the command history is stored in
 .BR ~/.pure_history ,
 from where it is restored the next time you run the interpreter.
 .PP


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