jimw Mon Dec 17 16:45:22 2001 EDT
Modified files:
/phpdoc/en preface.xml
Log:
tighten up the preface text even more.
Index: phpdoc/en/preface.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/preface.xml:1.23 phpdoc/en/preface.xml:1.24
--- phpdoc/en/preface.xml:1.23 Mon Dec 17 14:13:59 2001
+++ phpdoc/en/preface.xml Mon Dec 17 16:45:16 2001
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.23 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.24 $ -->
<preface id="preface">
<title>Preface</title>
@@ -11,31 +11,22 @@
language. Much of its syntax is borrowed from C, Java and
Perl with some unique features thrown in. The main goal of
the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically
- generated pages quickly. You can do many more with PHP. Read
- on, and see.
+ generated pages quickly, but you can do much more with PHP.
</simpara>
</abstract>
<para>
- This manual tries to give you an overview of PHP's
- capabilites, the functions provided, and features
- instructions about how to solve some common problems.
- The main focus of this manual is to give a reference
- for functions, so you can easily find syntax information
- and usage examples. We also provide details about the
- building blocks of PHP.
- </para>
- <para>
- We provide this manual is several formats and languages.
- To read more about the formats, and how we generate them,
- read the appendix titled <link linkend="about">'About the
- manual'</link>. You can find information about used
- conventions, and further suggested reading in that part.
+ This manual consists primarily of a function reference, but also contains a
+ language reference, explanations of some of PHP's major features, and other
+ supplemental information.
</para>
+
<para>
- You can download actual versions of this manual in several
- formats at <ulink url="&url.php.docs;">&url.php.docs;</ulink>.
- The downloads are updated as the content changes.
+ You can download this manual in several formats at <ulink
+ url="&url.php.docs;">&url.php.docs;</ulink>. The downloads are updated as
+ the content changes. More information about how this manual is developed
+ can be found in the <link linkend="about">'About the manual'</link>
+ appendix.
</para>
</preface>
