Release 2.0.8

[gob-dx.git] / doc / gob2.1.in

diff --git a/doc/gob2.1.in b/doc/gob2.1.in
index 1f11512121a31fedaccd187cff8496b474971525..67c6f55d89aa7c967c540add399bbe716398122e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/gob2.1.in
+++ b/doc/gob2.1.in
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ unchanged however.
 .TP
 .B --always-private-header
 Always create a \fB<basename>-private.h\fR file, even if it would be empty.
-This is the default.
 .TP
 .B --ondemand-private-header
 Create the private header only if it would have something in it, that is,
 if there are some private data members or protected methods.
+This is the default.
 .TP
 .B --no-private-header
 Never create a private header file.  If we use any private data members,
@@ -91,9 +91,12 @@ and SELF_CLASS macros.
 Do not remove the initial underscore from method names.
 .TP
 .B --always-private-struct
-Always include the private pointer in the public header file.  This is useful for
-files which are part of a library and you want to reserve the right to add some
-private data members without breaking binary compatibility.
+Always include the private pointer in the public header file.  This is useful
+for files which are part of a library and you want to reserve the right to add
+some private data members without breaking binary compatibility.
+.TP
+.B -o --output-dir
+The directory into which output should be placed.
 
 .SH TYPENAMES
 .PP
@@ -206,7 +209,7 @@ For example:
 
 .SH DATA MEMBERS
 .PP
-There are five types of data members.  Three of them are normal data numbers,
+There are five types of data members.  Three of them are normal data members,
 one is class wide (global) in scope and one is a virtual one, usually linked to
 a normal data member or a class wide data member.  The three normal data
 members are public, protected and private.  Public and protected are basically
@@ -517,8 +520,8 @@ are defined by using the \'export\' attribute.
 .PP
 To get bettery type safety on some of the property types, you can specify
 the \'type\' attribute which will add casts where appropriate in code dealing
-with this property.  This is especially useful for POINTER types.  But
-even for others.
+with this property.  This is especially useful for POINTER and OBJECT types.
+But even for others.
 
 .SH METHODS
 .PP
@@ -808,9 +811,9 @@ your .c file.  These serve the same function as the above, they make it easier
 to type and easier to change typenames around which can help a lot during
 prototyping stage.  However you should note that the Self type should not be
 used in function prototypes as one of the arguments or as a return value type.
-This is because this is a simple C typedef which is only available inside you
-.c file.  You can disable both the self casting macros and the self type
-aliases by passing --no-self-alias to
+This is because this is a simple C typedef which is only available inside your
+\&.c file and not in the header files.  You can disable both the self casting
+macros and the self type aliases by passing --no-self-alias to gob.
 
 .SH DEALING WITH DIFFERENT GOB VERSIONS
 .PP
@@ -1109,7 +1112,7 @@ check for GOB2 in your configure.in file.  You can use the supplied m4 macro
 which will also check the version of gob.  Basically you include this:
 .nf
 
-  GOB2_CHECK(2.0.0)
+  GOB2_CHECK([2.0.0])
 
 .fi
 This will replace @GOB2@ in your makefiles with the full path of gob2.  Thus