diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/tools/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/tools/chapter.sgml index 45c24ff136..c97a66b1e1 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/tools/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/tools/chapter.sgml @@ -4,28 +4,28 @@ $FreeBSD$ --> - - Programming Tools + + Programming Tools - This chapter was written by &a.jraynard;. - Modifications for the Developers' Handbook by &a.murray;. - + This chapter was written by &a.jraynard;. + Modifications for the Developers' Handbook by &a.murray;. + - Synopsis + Synopsis - This document is an introduction to using some of the - programming tools supplied with FreeBSD, although much of it - will be applicable to many other versions of Unix. It does - not attempt to describe coding in any - detail. Most of the document assumes little or no previous - programming knowledge, although it is hoped that most - programmers will find something of value in it. + This document is an introduction to using some of the + programming tools supplied with FreeBSD, although much of it + will be applicable to many other versions of Unix. It does + not attempt to describe coding in any + detail. Most of the document assumes little or no previous + programming knowledge, although it is hoped that most + programmers will find something of value in it. - + - Introduction + Introduction - FreeBSD offers an excellent development environment. + FreeBSD offers an excellent development environment. Compilers for C, C++, and Fortran and an assembler come with the basic system, not to mention a Perl interpreter and classic Unix tools such as sed and awk. @@ -37,26 +37,25 @@ with little or no modification on a wide range of platforms. - However, all this power can be rather overwhelming at - first if you've never written programs on a Unix platform - before. This document aims to help you get up and running, - without getting too deeply into more advanced topics. The - intention is that this document should give you enough of the - basics to be able to make some sense of the - documentation. + However, all this power can be rather overwhelming at first + if you've never written programs on a Unix platform before. + This document aims to help you get up and running, without + getting too deeply into more advanced topics. The intention is + that this document should give you enough of the basics to be + able to make some sense of the documentation. - Most of the document requires little or no knowledge of + Most of the document requires little or no knowledge of programming, although it does assume a basic competence with using Unix and a willingness to learn! - + - - Introduction to Programming + + Introduction to Programming - A program is a set of instructions that tell the computer - to do various things; sometimes the instruction it has to - perform depends on what happened when it performed a previous + A program is a set of instructions that tell the computer to + do various things; sometimes the instruction it has to perform + depends on what happened when it performed a previous instruction. This section gives an overview of the two main ways in which you can give these instructions, or commands as they are usually called. One way