docs/master

diff preface.roff @ 181:eb6eeb10afd5

Various stuff: Checked quotes, s/further more/furthermore/, etc
author markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
date Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:24:47 +0200
parents 4c7db172fb59
children 05a243dffaca
line diff
     1.1 --- a/preface.roff	Wed Jul 11 00:00:34 2012 +0200
     1.2 +++ b/preface.roff	Wed Jul 11 09:24:47 2012 +0200
     1.3 @@ -116,19 +116,19 @@
     1.4  Good Unix shell knowledge is required, because MH relies fundamentally
     1.5  on the shell. Without the power of the shell, MH becomes a motorcycle
     1.6  without winding roads: boring.
     1.7 -Introductions to Unix and its shell can be found in ``The UNIX Programming
     1.8 -Environment'' by Kernighan and Pike
     1.9 +Introductions to Unix and its shell can be found in \fIThe UNIX Programming
    1.10 +Environment\fP by Kernighan and Pike
    1.11  .[
    1.12  kernighan pike unix prog env
    1.13  .]
    1.14 -or ``The UNIX System'' by Bourne.
    1.15 +or \fIThe UNIX System\fP by Bourne.
    1.16  .[
    1.17  bourne unix system
    1.18  .]
    1.19  The reader is assumed to be a C programmer,
    1.20  but the document should be understandable otherwise, too.
    1.21  The definitive guide to C is Kernighan and Ritchie's
    1.22 -``The C Programming Language''.
    1.23 +\fIThe C Programming Language\fP.
    1.24  .[
    1.25  kernighan ritchie c prog lang
    1.26  .]
    1.27 @@ -146,25 +146,26 @@
    1.28  The reader is expected to know the format of email messages and
    1.29  the structure of email transfer systems, at least on a basic level.
    1.30  It's advisable to have cross-read the RFCs 821 and 822.
    1.31 -Further more, basic understanding of MIME is good to have.
    1.32 +Furthermore, basic understanding of MIME is good to have.
    1.33  The Wikipedia provides good introduction-level information about email.
    1.34  .P
    1.35  Frequent references to the Unix philosophy will be made.
    1.36  Gancarz has tried to sum it up in his book
    1.37 -``The UNIX Philosophy''.
    1.38 +\fIThe UNIX Philosophy\fP.
    1.39  .[
    1.40  gancarz unix phil
    1.41  .]
    1.42 -Even better, though less concrete, are ``The UNIX Programming Environment''
    1.43 +Even better, though less concrete, are \fIThe UNIX Programming
    1.44 +Environment\fP
    1.45  .[
    1.46  kernighan pike unix prog env
    1.47  .]
    1.48 -and ``The Practice of Programming''
    1.49 +and \fIThe Practice of Programming\fP
    1.50  .[
    1.51  kernighan pike practice of prog
    1.52  .]
    1.53  by Kernighan and Pike.
    1.54 -The term paper ``Why the Unix Philosophy still matters''
    1.55 +The term paper \fIWhy the Unix Philosophy still matters\fP
    1.56  .[
    1.57  why unix phil still matters schnalke
    1.58  .]
    1.59 @@ -173,7 +174,7 @@
    1.60  .P
    1.61  Although a brief introduction to MH is provided in Chapter 1, the reader
    1.62  is encouraged to have a look at the \fIMH Book\fP
    1.63 -``MH & nmh: Email for Users & Programmers'' by Jerry Peek.
    1.64 +\fIMH & nmh: Email for Users & Programmers\fP by Jerry Peek.
    1.65  .[
    1.66  peek mh
    1.67  .]