* doc/automake.texi (Java support): Rename this node ...
(Java support with gcj): ... to this, and change its title from
"Compiling Java sources" to "Compiling Java sources using gcj".
(@detailmenu, @menu, @cindex): Update and make more precise.
(Java): Change the title of this node from simply "Java" to
"Java bytecode compilation".
(@detailmenu, @menu, @cindex): Update and make more precise.
---
ChangeLog | 11 +++++++++++
doc/automake.texi | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------
2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8a697e6..74accb7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2011-09-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: clearer distinction between `.java' with javac and with gcj
+ * doc/automake.texi (Java support): Rename this node ...
+ (Java support with gcj): ... to this, and change its title from
+ "Compiling Java sources" to "Compiling Java sources using gcj".
+ (@detailmenu, @menu, @cindex): Update and make more precise.
+ (Java): Change the title of this node from simply "Java" to
+ "Java bytecode compilation".
+ (@detailmenu, @menu, @cindex): Update and make more precise.
+
2011-09-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
java: complain if java_JAVA is used but $(javadir) is undefined
diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi
index bf2c872..4c5b9f8 100644
--- a/doc/automake.texi
+++ b/doc/automake.texi
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ Building Programs and Libraries
* Assembly Support:: Compiling assembly sources
* Fortran 77 Support:: Compiling Fortran 77 sources
* Fortran 9x Support:: Compiling Fortran 9x sources
-* Java Support:: Compiling Java sources
+* Java Support with gcj:: Compiling Java sources using gcj
* Vala Support:: Compiling Vala sources
* Support for Other Languages:: Compiling other languages
* ANSI:: Automatic de-ANSI-fication (deprecated, soon
to be removed)
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ Other GNU Tools
* Emacs Lisp:: Emacs Lisp
* gettext:: Gettext
* Libtool:: Libtool
-* Java:: Java
+* Java:: Java bytecode compilation
* Python:: Python
Building documentation
@@ -4627,7 +4627,7 @@ to build programs and libraries.
* Assembly Support:: Compiling assembly sources
* Fortran 77 Support:: Compiling Fortran 77 sources
* Fortran 9x Support:: Compiling Fortran 9x sources
-* Java Support:: Compiling Java sources
+* Java Support with gcj:: Compiling Java sources using gcj
* Vala Support:: Compiling Vala sources
* Support for Other Languages:: Compiling other languages
* ANSI:: Automatic de-ANSI-fication (deprecated, soon
to be removed)
@@ -6688,12 +6688,14 @@ is as follows:
@end table
-@node Java Support
+@node Java Support with gcj
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
-@section Java Support
+@section Compiling Java sources using gcj
-@cindex Java support
-@cindex Support for Java
+@cindex Java support with gcj
+@cindex Support for Java with gcj
+@cindex Java to native code, compilation
+@cindex Compilation of Java to native code
Automake includes support for natively compiled Java, using @command{gcj},
the Java front end to the GNU Compiler Collection (preliminary support
@@ -6792,8 +6794,9 @@ source file.
Automake currently only includes full support for C, C++ (@pxref{C++
Support}), Objective C (@pxref{Objective C Support}), Fortran 77
(@pxref{Fortran 77 Support}), Fortran 9x (@pxref{Fortran 9x Support}),
-and Java (@pxref{Java Support}). There is only rudimentary support for other
-languages, support for which will be improved based on user demand.
+and Java (@pxref{Java Support with gcj}). There is only rudimentary
+support for other languages, support for which will be improved based
+on user demand.
Some limited support for adding your own languages is available via the
suffix rule handling (@pxref{Suffixes}).
@@ -7467,7 +7470,7 @@ use in GNU programs, it tries hard to interoperate with
other GNU tools.
* Emacs Lisp:: Emacs Lisp
* gettext:: Gettext
* Libtool:: Libtool
-* Java:: Java
+* Java:: Java bytecode compilation
* Python:: Python
@end menu
@@ -7560,15 +7563,17 @@ libtool, The Libtool Manual}) with the
@code{LTLIBRARIES} primary.
@node Java
-@section Java
+@section Java bytecode compilation
@cindex @code{_JAVA} primary, defined
@cindex @code{JAVA} primary, defined
@cindex Primary variable, @code{JAVA}
+@cindex Java to bytecode, compilation
+@cindex Compilation of Java to bytecode
Automake provides some minimal support for Java bytecode compilation with
the @code{JAVA} primary (in addition to the support for compiling Java to
-native machine code; @pxref{Java Support}).
+native machine code; @pxref{Java Support with gcj}).
Any @file{.java} files listed in a @code{_JAVA} variable will be
compiled with @code{JAVAC} at build time. By default, @file{.java}
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