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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-04-05 18:07:33 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-04-05 18:07:33 +0000
commit1c7395d469d47d74a0f215fa029895e2640cecab (patch)
treeefe95b44e12cb05af8e950c13ff7ec63ba62d269 /Build/source
parenta1c852a3f5dc3f688df7e459bb9d60d6f0da89f8 (diff)
update for something resembling aleph reality
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@12634 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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-rw-r--r--Build/source/texk/web2c/man/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--Build/source/texk/web2c/man/aleph.man47
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/ChangeLog b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/ChangeLog
index 68f0b6b46c9..cb1ce237a41 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/ChangeLog
+++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-04-05 Karl Berry <karl@tug.org>
+
+ * aleph.man: some minor content updates.
+
2009-03-30 Peter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de>
* omega.man (removed): Omega has been removed. Copied to ...
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/aleph.man b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/aleph.man
index ce1b77dc134..cad9084f70c 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/aleph.man
+++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/aleph.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH ALEPH 1 "27 December 1997" "Web2C @VERSION@"
+.TH ALEPH 1 "5 April 2009" "Web2C @VERSION@"
.\"=====================================================================
.if n .ds MF Metafont
.if t .ds MF M\s-2ETAFONT\s0
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
.if n .ds AY AmSLaTeX
.\"=====================================================================
.SH NAME
-aleph, inialeph, viraleph \- extended unicode TeX
+aleph \- extended unicode TeX
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B aleph
.RI [ options ]
@@ -65,16 +65,8 @@ Aleph's command line options are similar to those of \*(TX.
Aleph is experimental software.
.\"=====================================================================
.SH OPTIONS
-This version of Aleph understands the following command line options.
-.TP
-.BI --oft \ format
-.rb
-Use
-.I format
-as the name of the format to be used, instead of the name by which
-Aleph was called or a
-.I %&
-line.
+Run aleph --help to see the complete list of options; this is not
+exhaustive.
.TP
.B -halt-on-error
.rb
@@ -86,10 +78,8 @@ Print help message and exit.
.TP
.B --ini
.rb
-Be
-.BR inialeph ,
-for dumping formats; this is implicitly true if the program is called
-as
+Be `initial' Aleph for dumping formats; this is implicitly true if the
+program is called as
.BR inialeph .
.TP
.BI --interaction \ mode
@@ -181,8 +171,8 @@ Enable the
.BI \ewrite18{ command }
construct. The
.I command
-can be any Bourne shell command. This construct is normally
-disallowed for security reasons.
+can be any Bourne shell command. By default, this construct is
+enabled in a restricted mode, for security reasons.
.TP
.B --version
.rb
@@ -234,24 +224,12 @@ Command template for switching to editor. The default, usually
.BR vi ,
is set when Aleph is compiled.
.\"=====================================================================
-.SH FILES
-The location of the files mentioned below varies from system to
-system. Use the
-.B kpsewhich
-utility to find their locations.
-.TP
-.I aleph.pool
-Encoded text of Aleph's messages.
-.TP
-.I *.oft
-Predigested Aleph format (.\|oft) files.
-.br
-.\"=====================================================================
.SH NOTES
This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete
documentation for this version of Aleph can be found in the info
manual
.IR "Web2C: A TeX implementation" .
+See http://tug/org/web2c.
.\"=====================================================================
.SH BUGS
This version of Aleph implements a number of optional extensions.
@@ -267,12 +245,6 @@ dimensions are added or subtracted. Cases where this occurs are rare,
but when it does the generated
.I DVI
file will be invalid.
-.PP
-Aleph is experimental software, and if you are an active user it is
-strongly recommended that you subscribe to the Omega mailing list.
-Visit the Omega website
-.B http://omega.cse.unsw.edu.au
-for information on how to subscribe.
.\"=====================================================================
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR tex (1),
@@ -280,3 +252,4 @@ for information on how to subscribe.
.\"=====================================================================
.SH AUTHORS
The primary authors of Aleph are John Plaice and Yannis Haralambous.
+It is currently maintained (for severe bug fixes only) by Taco Hoekwater.