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diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/introduction.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/introduction.xml index 36bec17825..ee8b82e60f 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/introduction.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/introduction.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2003</year><year>2014</year> + <year>2003</year><year>2015</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -28,20 +28,38 @@ <rev></rev> <file>introduction.xml</file> </header> + <marker id="erlang ref manual"></marker> + + <p>This section is the Erlang reference manual. It describes the + Erlang programming language. </p> <section> <title>Purpose</title> - <p>This reference manual describes the Erlang programming - language. The focus is on the language itself, not - the implementation. The language constructs are described in - text and with examples rather than formally specified, with - the intention to make the manual more readable. - The manual is not intended as a tutorial.</p> - <p>Information about this implementation of Erlang can be found, for - example, in <em>System Principles</em> (starting and stopping, - boot scripts, code loading, error logging, creating target - systems), <em>Efficiency Guide</em> (memory consumption, system - limits) and <em>ERTS User's Guide</em> (crash dumps, drivers).</p> + <p>The focus of the Erlang reference manual is on the language itself, + not the implementation of it. The language constructs are described in + text and with examples rather than formally specified. This is + to make the manual more readable. + The Erlang reference manual is not intended as a tutorial.</p> + <p>Information about implementation of Erlang can, for example, be found, + in the following:</p> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item><p><seealso marker="doc/system_principles:system_principles"> + System Principles</seealso></p> + <p>Starting and stopping, boot scripts, code loading, + <seealso marker="doc/system_principles:error_logging"> + error logging</seealso>, + <seealso marker="doc/system_principles:create_target"> + creating target systems</seealso></p> + </item> + <item><p><seealso marker="doc/efficiency_guide:advanced"> + Efficiency Guide</seealso></p> + <p>Memory consumption, system limits</p> + </item> + <item><p>ERTS User's Guide</p> + <p><seealso marker="erts:crash_dump">Crash dumps</seealso>, + <seealso marker="erts:driver">drivers</seealso></p> + </item> + </list> </section> <section> @@ -53,13 +71,13 @@ <section> <title>Document Conventions</title> - <p>In the document, the following terminology is used:</p> + <p>In this section, the following terminology is used:</p> <list type="bulleted"> <item>A <em>sequence</em> is one or more items. For example, a clause body consists of a sequence of expressions. This means that there must be at least one expression.</item> <item>A <em>list</em> is any number of items. For example, - an argument list can consist of zero, one or more arguments.</item> + an argument list can consist of zero, one, or more arguments.</item> </list> <p>If a feature has been added recently, in Erlang 5.0/OTP R7 or later, this is mentioned in the text.</p> @@ -68,15 +86,16 @@ <section> <title>Complete List of BIFs</title> <p>For a complete list of BIFs, their arguments and return values, - refer to <c>erlang(3)</c>.</p> + see <seealso marker="erts:erlang#process_flag/2">erlang(3)</seealso> + manual page in ERTS.</p> </section> <section> <title>Reserved Words</title> <p>The following are reserved words in Erlang:</p> - <p>after and andalso band begin bnot bor bsl bsr bxor case catch + <p><c>after and andalso band begin bnot bor bsl bsr bxor case catch cond div end fun if let not of or orelse receive rem try - when xor</p> + when xor</c></p> </section> </chapter> |