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[PATCH 1/7] Docs: Offset modifiers with commas


From: Michael Witten
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] Docs: Offset modifiers with commas
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:59:14 +0000

Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <address@hidden>
---
 doc/make.texi |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi
index 13cecbd..efc28f7 100644
--- a/doc/make.texi
+++ b/doc/make.texi
@@ -5183,7 +5183,7 @@ sets @samp{bar} to @samp{a.c b.c c.c}.
 @cindex dollar sign (@code{$}), in variable name
 
 Computed variable names are a complicated concept needed only for
-sophisticated makefile programming.  For most purposes you need not
+sophisticated makefile programming.  For most purposes, you need not
 consider them, except to know that making a variable with a dollar sign
 in its name might have strange results.  However, if you are the type
 that wants to understand everything, or you are actually interested in
@@ -5202,7 +5202,7 @@ a := $($(x))
 @noindent
 defines @code{a} as @samp{z}: the @samp{$(x)} inside @samp{$($(x))} expands
 to @samp{y}, so @samp{$($(x))} expands to @samp{$(y)} which in turn expands
-to @samp{z}.  Here the name of the variable to reference is not stated
+to @samp{z}.  Here, the name of the variable to reference is not stated
 explicitly; it is computed by expansion of @samp{$(x)}.  The reference
 @samp{$(x)} here is nested within the outer variable reference.
 
@@ -5217,7 +5217,7 @@ a := $($($(x)))
 @end example
 
 @noindent
-Here the innermost @samp{$(x)} expands to @samp{y}, so @samp{$($(x))}
+Here, the innermost @samp{$(x)} expands to @samp{y}, so @samp{$($(x))}
 expands to @samp{$(y)} which in turn expands to @samp{z}; now we have
 @samp{$(z)}, which becomes @samp{u}.
 
-- 
1.7.4.18.g68fe8




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