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[ghc-hetmet.git] / docs / users_guide / ghci.xml

diff --git a/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml b/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml
index 7fd49e7..c0167bf 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml
@@ -1737,7 +1737,8 @@ $ ghci -lm
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Generates a &ldquo;tags&rdquo; file for Vi-style editors
-           (<literal>:ctags</literal>) or Emacs-style editors (<literal>etags</literal>).  If
+           (<literal>:ctags</literal>) or
+        Emacs-style editors (<literal>:etags</literal>).  If
            no filename is specified, the defaulit <filename>tags</filename> or
            <filename>TAGS</filename> is
            used, respectively.  Tags for all the functions, constructors and
@@ -1845,6 +1846,15 @@ Prelude> :. cmds.ghci
 
       <varlistentry>
        <term>
+          <literal>:etags</literal> 
+        </term>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>See <literal>:ctags</literal>.</para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+       <term>
           <literal>:force <replaceable>identifier</replaceable> ...</literal>
           <indexterm><primary><literal>:force</literal></primary></indexterm>
         </term>
@@ -1981,7 +1991,7 @@ Prelude> :. cmds.ghci
             However, we cannot simply pass the arguments to the
             <literal>main</literal> function while we are testing in ghci,
             as the <literal>main</literal> function doesn't take its
-            directly.
+            arguments directly.
           </para>
 
           <para>
@@ -2026,7 +2036,7 @@ Prelude> :main foo bar
        <listitem>
          <para>Prints a value without forcing its evaluation.
             <literal>:print</literal> may be used on values whose types are
-            unkonwn or partially known, which might be the case for local
+            unknown or partially known, which might be the case for local
             variables with polymorphic types at a breakpoint.  While inspecting
             the runtime value, <literal>:print</literal> attempts to
             reconstruct the type of the value, and will elaborate the type in
@@ -2046,7 +2056,7 @@ Prelude> :main foo bar
           <indexterm><primary><literal>:quit</literal></primary></indexterm>
         </term>
        <listitem>
-         <para>Quits GHCi.  You can also quit by typing a control-D
+         <para>Quits GHCi.  You can also quit by typing control-D
          at the prompt.</para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -2191,7 +2201,7 @@ Prelude> :main foo bar
           <indexterm><primary><literal>:show modules</literal></primary></indexterm>
         </term>
        <listitem>
-         <para>Show the list of modules currently load.</para>
+         <para>Show the list of modules currently loaded.</para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
@@ -2302,7 +2312,7 @@ Prelude> :main foo bar
 
     <para>The <literal>:set</literal> command sets two types of
     options: GHCi options, which begin with
-    &lsquo;<literal>+</literal>&rdquo; and &ldquo;command-line&rdquo;
+    &lsquo;<literal>+</literal>&rsquo;, and &ldquo;command-line&rdquo;
     options, which begin with &lsquo;-&rsquo;.  </para>
 
     <para>NOTE: at the moment, the <literal>:set</literal> command
@@ -2414,9 +2424,10 @@ Prelude> :set -fno-glasgow-exts
     <indexterm><primary>startup</primary><secondary>files, GHCi</secondary>
     </indexterm>
 
-    <para>When it starts, GHCi always reads and executes commands from
-    <filename>$HOME/.ghci</filename>, followed by
-    <filename>./.ghci</filename>.</para>
+    <para>When it starts, unless the <literal>-ignore-dot-ghci</literal>
+    flag is given, GHCi reads and executes commands from
+    <filename>./.ghci</filename>, followed by
+    <filename>$HOME/.ghci</filename>.</para>
 
     <para>The <filename>.ghci</filename> in your home directory is
     most useful for turning on favourite options (eg. <literal>:set
@@ -2425,7 +2436,7 @@ Prelude> :set -fno-glasgow-exts
     project is a useful way to set certain project-wide options so you
     don't have to type them everytime you start GHCi: eg. if your
     project uses GHC extensions and CPP, and has source files in three
-    subdirectories A B and C, you might put the following lines in
+    subdirectories A, B and C, you might put the following lines in
     <filename>.ghci</filename>:</para>
 
 <screen>
@@ -2573,7 +2584,7 @@ Prelude> :set -fno-glasgow-exts
        <term>I can't use Control-C to interrupt computations in
           GHCi on Windows.</term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>See <xref linkend="ghci-windows"/></para>
+          <para>See <xref linkend="ghci-windows"/>.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>