Finally, note that a variable using the @samp{nobase_} prefix can
always be replaced by several variables, one for each destination
directory (@pxref{Uniform}). For instance the last example could be
-rewritten as follows.
+rewritten as follows:
@example
imagesdir = $(pkgdatadir)/images
There are other variables in Automake that follow similar principles
to allow user options. For instance Texinfo rules (@pxref{Texinfo})
-uses @code{MAKEINFOFLAGS} and @code{AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS}. Similarly,
+use @code{MAKEINFOFLAGS} and @code{AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS}. Similarly,
DejaGnu tests (@pxref{Tests}) use @code{RUNTESTDEFAULTFLAGS} and
@code{AM_RUNTESTDEFAULTFLAGS}. The tags and ctags rules
(@pxref{Tags}) use @code{ETAGSFLAGS}, @code{AM_ETAGSFLAGS},
with parallel makes, so you may decide that the recover rule is solely
to help non-parallel make users and leave things as-is. Fixing this
requires some locking mechanism to ensure only one instance of the
-recover rule rebuilds @code{data.stamp}. One could imagine something
+recover rule rebuilds @file{data.stamp}. One could imagine something
along the following lines.
@example
fi
@end example
-Using a dedicated witness like this is very handy when the list of
-output files is not known beforehand. As an illustration, consider
-the following rules to compile many @file{*.el} files into
+Using a dedicated witness, like @file{data.stamp}, is very handy when
+the list of output files is not known beforehand. As an illustration,
+consider the following rules to compile many @file{*.el} files into
@file{*.elc} files in a single command. It does not matter how
@code{ELFILES} is defined (as long as it is not empty: empty targets
are not accepted by POSIX).
file from a repository of third-party macros. Because Autoconf has
stalled, Automake also becomes a kind of repository for such
third-party macros, even macros completely unrelated to Automake (for
-instance macros that fixes broken Autoconf macros).
+instance macros that fix broken Autoconf macros).
The 1.2 release contains 20 macros, among which the
@code{AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE} macro that simplifies the creation of
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