[oe-commits] [bitbake] 02/02: doc: minor tweaks to ch 1 of BB user manual

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commit bc84ce7e6542dac1a150b9733411190cff591948
Author: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>
AuthorDate: Fri Feb 7 05:51:11 2020 -0500

    doc: minor tweaks to ch 1 of BB user manual
    
    Tweaks include:
    
      - hyphenation
      - rewording for brevity or clarification
      - adding <firstterm> markup where appropriate
    
    Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>
    Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org>
---
 doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml | 18 ++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml
index c87eac5..f5526c0 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
                     (e.g. Cygwin, the BSDs, and so forth).
                     </para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>
-                    Be self contained, rather than tightly
+                    Be self-contained, rather than tightly
                     integrated into the build machine's root
                     filesystem.
                     </para></listitem>
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@
                         them</para></listitem>
                     <listitem><para>How to configure and compile the
                         source code</para></listitem>
+                    <listitem><para>How to assemble the generated artifacts into
+                        one or more installable packages</para></listitem>
                     <listitem><para>Where on the target machine to install the
                         package or packages created</para></listitem>
                 </itemizedlist>
@@ -229,7 +231,7 @@
             <para>
                 Within the context of BitBake, or any project utilizing BitBake
                 as its build system, files with the <filename>.bb</filename>
-                extension are referred to as recipes.
+                extension are referred to as <firstterm>recipes</firstterm>.
                 <note>
                     The term "package" is also commonly used to describe recipes.
                     However, since the same word is used to describe packaged
@@ -252,9 +254,9 @@
                 various configuration variables that govern the project's build
                 process.
                 These files fall into several areas that define
-                machine configuration options, distribution configuration
-                options, compiler tuning options, general common
-                configuration options, and user configuration options.
+                machine configuration, distribution configuration,
+                possible compiler tuning, general common
+                configuration, and user configuration.
                 The main configuration file is the sample
                 <filename>bitbake.conf</filename> file, which is
                 located within the BitBake source tree
@@ -292,7 +294,7 @@
                 Layers allow you to isolate different types of
                 customizations from each other.
                 While you might find it tempting to keep everything in one layer
-                when working on a single project, the more modular you organize
+                when working on a single project, the more modular
                 your metadata, the easier it is to cope with future changes.
             </para>
 
@@ -300,8 +302,8 @@
                 To illustrate how you can use layers to keep things modular,
                 consider customizations you might make to support a specific target machine.
                 These types of customizations typically reside in a special layer,
-                rather than a general layer, called a Board Support Package (BSP)
-                Layer.
+                rather than a general layer, called a <firstterm>Board Support Package</firstterm> (BSP)
+                layer.
                 Furthermore, the machine customizations should be isolated from
                 recipes and metadata that support a new GUI environment, for
                 example.

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