Update STDLIB documentation

Language cleaned up by the technical writers xsipewe and tmanevik
from Combitech. Proofreading and corrections by Björn Gustavsson
and Hans Bolinder.

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell_default.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell_default.xml
index 4a90b7d7cc..81c99bce10 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell_default.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell_default.xml
@@ -32,25 +32,27 @@
     <checked>Joe Armstrong</checked>
     <date>1996-09-09</date>
     <rev>A</rev>
-    <file>shell_default.sgml</file>
+    <file>shell_default.xml</file>
   </header>
   <module>shell_default</module>
-  <modulesummary>Customizing the Erlang Environment</modulesummary>
+  <modulesummary>Customizing the Erlang environment.</modulesummary>
   <description>
-    <p>The functions in <c>shell_default</c> are called when no module
-      name is given in a shell command.
-      </p>
-    <p>Consider the following shell dialogue:</p>
+    <p>The functions in this module are called when no module name is
+      specified in a shell command.</p>
+
+    <p>Consider the following shell dialog:</p>
+
     <pre>
-1 > <input>lists:reverse("abc").</input>
+1> <input>lists:reverse("abc").</input>
 "cba"
-2 > <input>c(foo).</input>
-{ok, foo}    </pre>
-    <p>In command one, the module <c>lists</c> is called. In command
-      two, no module name is specified. The shell searches the modules
-      <c>user_default</c> followed by <c>shell_default</c> for the
-      function <c>foo/1</c>.
-      </p>
+2> <input>c(foo).</input>
+{ok, foo}</pre>
+
+    <p>In command one, module <seealso marker="lists"><c>lists</c></seealso> is
+      called. In command two, no module name is specified. The shell searches
+      module <c>user_default</c> followed by module <c>shell_default</c> for
+      function <c>foo/1</c>.</p>
+
     <p><c>shell_default</c> is intended for "system wide"
       customizations to the shell. <c>user_default</c> is intended for
       "local" or individual user customizations.</p>
@@ -60,10 +62,12 @@
     <title>Hint</title>
     <p>To add your own commands to the shell, create a module called
       <c>user_default</c> and add the commands you want. Then add the
-      following line as the <em>first</em> line in your <c>.erlang</c> file in your
-      home directory. </p>
+      following line as the <em>first</em> line in your <c>.erlang</c> file in
+      your home directory.</p>
+
     <pre>
-code:load_abs("$PATH/user_default").    </pre>
+code:load_abs("$PATH/user_default").</pre>
+
     <p><c>$PATH</c> is the directory where your
       <c>user_default</c> module can be found.</p>
   </section>