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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml index fb6421e1c5..df681a505f 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml @@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ <app>kernel</app> <appsummary>The Kernel application.</appsummary> <description> - <p>The <c>Kernel</c> application has all the code necessary to run + <p>The Kernel application has all the code necessary to run the Erlang runtime system: file servers, code servers, and so on.</p> - <p>The <c>Kernel</c> application is the first application started. It is + <p>The Kernel application is the first application started. It is mandatory in the sense that the minimal system based on - Erlang/OTP consists of <c>Kernel</c> and <c>STDLIB</c>. <c>Kernel</c> + Erlang/OTP consists of Kernel and STDLIB. Kernel contains the following functional areas:</p> <list type="bulleted"> <item>Start, stop, supervision, configuration, and distribution of applications</item> @@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ <section> <title>Error Logger Event Handlers</title> <p>Two standard error logger event handlers are defined in - the <c>Kernel</c> application. These are described in + the Kernel application. These are described in <seealso marker="error_logger"><c>error_logger(3)</c></seealso>.</p> </section> <section> <title>Configuration</title> - <p>The following configuration parameters are defined for the <c>Kernel</c> + <p>The following configuration parameters are defined for the Kernel application. For more information about configuration parameters, see file <seealso marker="app"><c>app(4)</c></seealso>.</p> <taglist> @@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ depth to which terms are printed by the error logger event handlers included in OTP. This configuration parameter is used by the two event handlers - defined by the <c>Kernel</c> application and the two event - handlers in the <c>SASL</c> application. + defined by the Kernel application and the two event + handlers in the SASL application. (If you have implemented your own error handlers, this configuration parameter has no effect on them.)</p> @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ <c>~P</c> and <c>~W</c>, respectively, and <c>Depth</c> is used as the depth parameter. For details, see <seealso marker="stdlib:io#format/2"><c>io:format/2</c></seealso> - in <c>STDLIB</c>.</p> + in STDLIB.</p> <note><p>A reasonable starting value for <c>Depth</c> is <c>30</c>. We recommend to test crashing various processes in your @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ <p>The name (string) of an Inet user configuration file. For details, see section <seealso marker="erts:inet_cfg"><c>Inet Configuration</c></seealso> - in the <c>ERTS</c> User's Guide.</p> + in the ERTS User's Guide.</p> </item> <tag><c>net_setuptime = SetupTime</c></tag> <item> @@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ MaxT = TickTime + TickTime / 4</code> <tag><c>start_timer = true | false</c></tag> <item> <p>Starts the <c>timer_server</c> if the parameter is - <c>true</c> (see <seealso marker="stdlib:timer"><c>stdlib:timer(3)</c></seealso>). + <c>true</c> (see <seealso marker="stdlib:timer"><c>timer(3)</c></seealso>). This parameter is to be set to <c>true</c> in an embedded system using this service.</p> <p>Defaults to <c>false</c>.</p> |