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Re: [gfortran] g77 compatibility patch
On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, Paul Brook wrote:
> > I don't know texinfo. In scanning gfortran.texi, I did not see an
> > appropriate section. Do we want to add a "G77 Compatibility" section
> > or a more general "Extentions to Fortran 95" section or both? I'll
> > merge the g77.info text (with appropriate editing) into gfortran.texi,
> > but I can't promise that the mark-up will be correct.
>
> Yes, you'll need to add a new section. My preference would be to add
> "Extentions to Fortran 95", possibly with a "G77 compatibility" subsection.
> IIRC g77 implements [some of] these functions for compatibility with
> something else, so that would be a better subsection caregory.
>
> My knowledge of texinfo is limited to making copy/paste/modify changes to the
> existing manuals, so I'm afraid I cant help you much with the formatting
> side.
This looks rather like a case of copy/paste/modify changes from the
Texinfo sources of the G77 manual; the Texinfo style of that manual may
not be ideal, but it will do as a start.
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Joseph S. Myers
jsm@polyomino.org.uk