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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2012-04-19 17:54:32 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2012-04-19 17:54:32 +0000
commitec78dd8d5701cbadcf66bf155e57190708415ba9 (patch)
tree9ad63c57ca0838a4ac7591b242f4d580a7e7052c /Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
parent2a5e4bc8fccdc8c9b2b023e6d296a7ad9b9970e2 (diff)
doc tweaks
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@26051 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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-rwxr-xr-xMaster/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl45
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl b/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
index 35930655bd7..094834405a5 100755
--- a/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
+++ b/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
@@ -297,12 +297,12 @@ sub main {
# give a short message about usage
print "
tlmgr revision $tlmgrrevision
-usage: tlmgr <options> <action> <arguments>
-where <action> is one of:\n";
+usage: tlmgr OPTION... ACTION ARGUMENT...
+where ACTION is one of:\n";
for my $k (sort keys %actionoptions) {
print " $k\n";
}
- print "\nUse\n tlmgr <action> --help
+ print "\nUse\n tlmgr ACTION --help
for more details on a specific option, and
tlmgr --help
for the full story.\n";
@@ -4708,7 +4708,7 @@ sub check_depends {
# on a client system or overriding global settings.
#
# tlmgr postaction [--w32mode=user|admin] [--fileassocmode=1|2] [--all]
-# [install|remove] [shortcut|fileassoc|script] [<package> <package> ...]
+# [install|remove] [shortcut|fileassoc|script] [<pkg>...]
sub action_postaction {
my $how = shift @ARGV;
@@ -5579,9 +5579,9 @@ Report what would be updated without actually updating anything.
Make your local TeX installation correspond to what is in the package
repository (typically useful when updating from CTAN).
-=item C<tlmgr show> I<pkgname>
+=item C<tlmgr show> I<pkg>
-Display detailed information about I<pkgname>, such as the installation
+Display detailed information about I<pkg>, such as the installation
status and description.
=back
@@ -6301,19 +6301,19 @@ Print the TeX Live identifier for the detected platform
C<--print-arch> is a synonym.
-=head2 search [I<options>] I<what>
+=head2 search [I<option>...] I<what>
-=head3 search [I<options>] --file I<what>
+=head3 search [I<option>...] --file I<what>
-=head3 search [I<options>] --taxonomy I<what>
+=head3 search [I<option>...] --taxonomy I<what>
-=head3 search [I<options>] --keyword I<what>
+=head3 search [I<option>...] --keyword I<what>
-=head3 search [I<options>] --functionality I<what>
+=head3 search [I<option>...] --functionality I<what>
-=head3 search [I<options>] --characterization I<what>
+=head3 search [I<option>...] --characterization I<what>
-=head3 search [I<options>] --all I<what>
+=head3 search [I<option>...] --all I<what>
By default, search the names, short descriptions, and long descriptions
of all locally installed packages for the argument I<what>, interpreted
@@ -6369,7 +6369,7 @@ Search for package names, descriptions, and taxonomies, but not files.
=back
-=head2 info [I<options>] [collections|schemes|I<pkg>...]
+=head2 info [I<option>...] [collections|schemes|I<pkg>...]
With no argument, lists all packages available at the package
repository, prefixing those already installed with C<i>.
@@ -6377,19 +6377,18 @@ repository, prefixing those already installed with C<i>.
With the single word C<collections> or C<schemes> as the argument, lists
the request type instead of all packages.
-With anything else as arguments,
-display information about I<pkg>: the name, category, short and long
-description, installation status, and TeX Live revision number.
-Searches in the remote installation source for the package if it is not
-locally installed.
+With any other arguments, display information about I<pkg>: the name,
+category, short and long description, installation status, and TeX Live
+revision number. If I<pkg> is not locally installed, searches in the
+remote installation source.
It also displays information taken from the TeX Catalogue, namely the
package version, date, and license. Consider these, especially the
-package version, approximations only, due to timing skew of the updates
-of the difference pieces. The C<revision> value, by contrast, comes
-directly from TL and is reliable.
+package version, as approximations only, due to timing skew of the
+updates of the different pieces. By contrast, the C<revision> value
+comes directly from TL and is reliable.
-The former actions B<show> and B<list> are merged into this action,
+The former actions C<show> and C<list> are merged into this action,
but are still supported for backward compatibility.
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