X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ian/git?p=subdirmk.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=e5ef4b4f5c28a1291e1d4b9c4e981d1ffb4f4eb7;hp=cc309f6ae1ec796febb92b7b4fad8083f2d9669d;hb=cf671b1e82db48e7eebe5909d9ae475ed992186a;hpb=25a516a59e7811b8626b5fe40b49c5ef942db697 diff --git a/README b/README index cc309f6..e5ef4b4 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ individual targets (as specified according to their dependencies). You can define other per-directory recursive targets too: simply mention (usually, by setting) the variable &TARGETS_zonk, or whatever. -This will create a src/zonk target. +This will create a src/zonk target (for appropriate value of src/). Unlike `all', these other targets only exist in areas of the project where at least something mentions them. So for example, if &TARGETS_zonk is mentioned in src but not lib, `make zonk' in @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ mention its name in Perdir.sd.mk (see below). Perdir.sd.mk, inclusion ----------------------- -The file Perdir.sd.mk in the toplevel of fthe source is automatically +The file Perdir.sd.mk in the toplevel of the source is automatically processed after each individual directory's Subdir.sd.mk, and the &-substituted contents therefore appear once for each subdirectory. @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ empty string). &! disables & until EOL (and then disappears) &# delete everything to end of line - (useful if the RHS contains unrecognise & constructions) + (useful if the RHS contains unrecognised & constructions) &!STUFF changes the escape sequence from & to literally STUFF