[using gcc book] ch1 objective-c blurb

Chris Devers cdevers@pobox.com
Tue Aug 26 16:40:00 GMT 2003


On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Joseph S. Myers wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>
> > @chapter Programming Languages Supported by GCC
>
> Note that the g77 manual has a link to this section of the GCC manual,
> that will need updating - but this change to avoid mentioning languages
> in the title of the chapter will reduce the fragility of that link in
> future.

Okay, I'll work this into a rewritten chapter 1, and will send the patch
along after I do so.

> > GCC stands for ``GNU Compiler Collection.''  It is an integrated
>
> I think the manual should be using logical quoting.

...for example?

The ``foo'' quoting style is used pervasively in the text, including the
chapter 1 phrase that Zack is using here. Are you saying that these should
be something to the effect of @quote{foo} instead?


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