A few doc tweaks.

diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index fe8c3c25d5ee41bc1e796385a5b673474949f7ba..b0a84a4d7fad9d1a6fd971f39a88d931fd4883f3 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2001-03-09  Bruno Haible  <haible@clisp.cons.org>
+
+       * Makefile.am (MAKEINFO): Add 'env', to avoid shell syntax error in
+       texi2dvi.
+
+       * gettext.texi (Overview): Including libintl.h is not enough. Talk
+       about libintl.so as well.
+       (Comparison): gettext_noop is never defined in libintl.h.
+
 2001-03-03  Bruno Haible  <haible@clisp.cons.org>
 
        * nls.texi (Using This Package): Rewrite paragraph about LANGUAGE.

diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index d8c23e8bf2c068138d1d54bcff09e1f896f1c6ea..f1f0a3cac6f7df715ce28540630732555a597d09 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.2 gnits
 
 SED = sed
 
-MAKEINFO = LANG= LANGUAGE= @MAKEINFO@
+MAKEINFO = env LANG= LANGUAGE= @MAKEINFO@
 
 info_TEXINFOS = gettext.texi
 gettext_TEXINFOS = iso-apdx.texi

diff --git a/doc/gettext.texi b/doc/gettext.texi
index 20b28f2567015d43214b7238f5439e57ac8503a5..3709b1c704685afd8bd0d5bfb5b2e9246504a3c2 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/gettext.texi
+++ b/doc/gettext.texi
@@ -633,8 +633,21 @@ or in a central header file:
 @noindent
 Doing this allows you to prepare the sources for internationalization.
 Later when you feel ready for the step to use the @code{gettext} library
-simply remove these definitions, include @file{libintl.h} and link
-against @file{libintl.a}.  That is all you have to change.
+simply replace these definitions by the following:
+
+@example
+@group
+#include <libintl.h>
+#define _(String) gettext (String)
+#define gettext_noop(String) (String)
+#define N_(String) gettext_noop (String)
+@end group
+@end example
+
+and link against @file{libintl.a} or @file{libintl.so}.  Note that on
+GNU systems, you don't need to link with @code{libintl} because the
+@code{gettext} library functions are already contained in GNU libc.
+That is all you have to change.
 
 Once the C sources have been modified, the @code{xgettext} program
 is used to find and extract all translatable strings, and create an
@@ -3899,17 +3912,12 @@ program which does not depend on translations to be available, but which
 can use any that becomes available.
 
 The same procedure can be done for the @code{gettext_noop} invocations
-(@pxref{Special cases}).  First you can define @code{gettext_noop} to a
-no-op macro and later use the definition from @file{libintl.h}.  Because
-this name is not used in Suns implementation of @file{libintl.h},
-you should consider the following code for your project:
+(@pxref{Special cases}).  One usually defines @code{gettext_noop} as a
+no-op macro.  So you should consider the following code for your project:
 
 @example
-#ifdef gettext_noop
-# define N_(String) gettext_noop (String)
-#else
-# define N_(String) (String)
-#endif
+#define gettext_noop(String) (String)
+#define N_(String) gettext_noop (String)
 @end example
 
 @code{N_} is a short form similar to @code{_}.  The @file{Makefile} in