From: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 06:22:24 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Documentation polishing.
X-Git-Tag: 1.7~2
X-Git-Url: http://thyrsus.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ca8a6547dfc386c5745ad98f3e2f3f060d7ab798;p=semex.git

Documentation polishing.
---

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 007b371..feb5ab8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 		semex news
 
 Repository head:
+  Documentation polishing - not specific to System V for many years now.
   License changed to BSD
 
 1.6: 2010-10-21 
diff --git a/semex.xml b/semex.xml
index f44d28d..edc5be1 100644
--- a/semex.xml
+++ b/semex.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 </refmeta>
 <refnamediv id='name'>
 <refname>semex </refname>
-<refpurpose> exerciser for System V semaphore operations</refpurpose>
+<refpurpose> exerciser for POSIX semaphore operations</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
 
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@
 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>semget</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 and
 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>semop</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-system calls of System V UNIX. You can use it to experiment with the
-semaphore features in order to understand them better. It includes
-on-line help.</para>
+system calls of POSIX-conforming Unixes. You can use it to experiment
+with the semaphore features in order to understand them better. It may
+also be useful for scripts which must act concurrently. It includes
+embedded help.</para>
 
 <para>Calls that might cause <command>semex</command> to block
 (<citerefentry><refentrytitle>semop</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ currently selected semaphore (newline is a synonym for the `v' command).</para>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1 id='bugs'><title>BUGS</title>
-<para>The 'p' and 'v' commands are not Dyskstra's P and V operations.</para>
+<para>The 'p' and 'v' commands are not Dijkstra's P and V operations.</para>
 
 <para>There is no way for <command>semex</command> to specify more
 than one semaphore op at once in
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ than one semaphore op at once in
 
 <para>Eric S. Raymond <email>esr@snark.thyrsus.com</email>.  You may
 find updates and related resources at <ulink
-url='http://www.catb.org/~esr/'>http://www.catb.org/~esr/</ulink>.</para>
+url='http://www.catb.org/~esr/'>http://www.catb.org/~esr/semex</ulink>.</para>
 
 </refsect1>
 </refentry>