[svn:parrot] r37139 - trunk/docs/book
fperrad at svn.parrot.org
fperrad at svn.parrot.org
Thu Mar 5 21:14:50 UTC 2009
Author: fperrad
Date: Thu Mar 5 21:14:50 2009
New Revision: 37139
URL: https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/changeset/37139
Log:
[book] cleanups, apply patch from TT #404.
Modified:
trunk/docs/book/ch02_getting_started.pod
trunk/docs/book/ch03_pir_basics.pod
Modified: trunk/docs/book/ch02_getting_started.pod
==============================================================================
--- trunk/docs/book/ch02_getting_started.pod Thu Mar 5 20:32:20 2009 (r37138)
+++ trunk/docs/book/ch02_getting_started.pod Thu Mar 5 21:14:50 2009 (r37139)
@@ -69,51 +69,51 @@
=over 4
-=item* C Compiler
+=item * C Compiler
Parrot can be built with a number of C compilers. Parrot is written using the
C89 standard, and the Parrot project officially supports the most recent
C89 compiler on major systems, including the most recent versions of Microsoft
C Compiler and the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).
-=item* make
+=item * make
Make is a program to manage and automate the build process. Unix-based systems
will typically have access to the C<make> command as part of the normal
development tools. Windows systems can get the C<nmake> utility to perform the
same task.
-=item* Subversion
+=item * Subversion
Subversion is the source control system that is used by the Parrot project.
You need subversion to checkout the latest version of the source code. You can
get subversion at L<http://subversion.tigris.org>, or through one of the
common packaging systems.
-=item* bison and flex
+=item * bison and flex
Bison and Flex are used to create the lexical analyzer and parser components
for the PIR compilers IMCC and PIRC. These are not necessary most of the time
unless you are planning to hack on IMCC and PIRC directly.
-=item* ICU
+=item * ICU
ICU is a library for handling and manipulating Unicode text strings. Without
ICU libraries installed, you wont be able to use Unicode with your built
Parrot.
-=item* GMP
+=item * GMP
GMP is a mathematics library for manipulating arbitrary precision and
arbitrary size numbers. GMP is an optional library used by the BigInt
and BigNum PMCs.
-=item* Readline
+=item * Readline
The readline library allows some advanced behaviors on the command line such
as command history.
-=item* PCRE
+=item * PCRE
PCRE is a library that provides access to the Perl 5 regular expression syntax.
In order to use these regular expressions, you will want to install PCRE. To
@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@
sudo apt-get install libpcre3-dev
-=item* GDBM
+=item * GDBM
-=item* PQ
+=item * PQ
-=item* GLUT
+=item * GLUT
GLUT is an interface to the OpenGL API. It enables programs running on Parrot
to have access to 3D graphics. To get GLUT on Linux systems you can use the
Modified: trunk/docs/book/ch03_pir_basics.pod
==============================================================================
--- trunk/docs/book/ch03_pir_basics.pod Thu Mar 5 20:32:20 2009 (r37138)
+++ trunk/docs/book/ch03_pir_basics.pod Thu Mar 5 21:14:50 2009 (r37139)
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@
The two calls are equivalent, and the C<read> opcode calls the C<'read'()>
method internally.
-=item C<$P0.'readline'()
+=item C<$P0.'readline'()>
Reads an entire line (up to a newline character or EOF) from the filehandle.
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