From: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 22:21:51 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (Using Variables): Add paragraph that xrefs to Automatic Variables.
X-Git-Tag: 3.70.2~25
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=22846c70222bb77c34d9d2c730e302552cfad8be;p=thirdparty%2Fmake.git

(Using Variables): Add paragraph that xrefs to Automatic Variables.
Add Automatic Variables item to the menu.
---

diff --git a/make.texinfo b/make.texinfo
index 08a2f189..87f660a2 100644
--- a/make.texinfo
+++ b/make.texinfo
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 @set RCSID $Id$
 @set EDITION 0.45
 @set VERSION 3.71 Beta
-@set UPDATED 11 February 1994
-@set UPDATE-MONTH February 1994
+@set UPDATED 20 April 1994
+@set UPDATE-MONTH April 1994
 
 @c finalout
 
@@ -3563,6 +3563,10 @@ purposes in the makefile, and reserving upper case for parameters that
 control implicit rules or for parameters that the user should override with
 command options (@pxref{Overriding, ,Overriding Variables}).
 
+A few variables have names that are a single punctuation character or
+just a few characters.  These are the @dfn{automatic variables}, and
+they have particular specialized uses.  @xref{Automatic Variables}.
+
 @menu
 * Reference::                   How to use the value of a variable.
 * Flavors::                     Variables come in two flavors.
@@ -3576,6 +3580,8 @@ command options (@pxref{Overriding, ,Overriding Variables}).
 * Defining::                    An alternate way to set a variable 
                                   to a verbatim string.
 * Environment::                 Variable values can come from the environment.
+* Automatic Variables::         Some special variables have predefined
+                                  meanings for use with implicit rules.
 @end menu
 
 @node Reference, Flavors,  , Using Variables