cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq book.sgml

[Tom Rhodes]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 23:36:04 +0100
Marc Fonvieille <blackend at FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 04:54:55PM +0000, Pav Lucistnik wrote:
> > pav         2005-03-10 16:54:55 UTC
> > 
> >   FreeBSD doc repository (ports committer)
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq book.sgml 
> >   Log:
> >   - X section
> >     * Replace question about how to compile XFree86 3.x app with XFree86-4
> >       libraries with a question how to install X.org when system defaults
> >       to XFree86-4 and vice versa.
> >   
>  
>        <qandaentry>
>          <question id="xfree86-version">
> -          <para>An X app I am building depends on &xfree86; 3.3.X, but I
> -          have &xfree86; 4.X installed. What should I do?</para>
> +          <para>I want to install different <application>X</application>
> +            server.</para>
>          </question>
> 
> You should not use application tags for the term "X" (server), it's not
> an application but more a "family".  For example you will not write
> <application>C compiler</application>, but
> <application>gcc</application> is correct.
> 
>          <answer>
> -          <para>To tell the port build to link to the &xfree86; 4.X libraries,
> -	  add the following to <filename>/etc/make.conf</filename>, (if you 
> -          do not have this file, create it):</para>
> -
> -	  <programlisting>XFREE86_VERSION=        4</programlisting>
> +          <para>&os; versions prior 5.3 will use the default &xfree86;
> +            4.X, while latter verions will default to &xorg;.
> +            If you want to run different <application>X</application>
> 
> Same thing here.  <application>&xfree86;&nbsp;</application> and
> <application>&xorg;</application> should also be used.
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-install.html
> 
> may be a good example on "X11 terms tagging."

This blame is all mine, not Pav's.  I asked him to use
application because I did not know we already had a standard
tag for it.

-- 
Tom Rhodes