manual: improve markup: itemize list in `Extending'.

* doc/automake.texi (Extending): Use `@item's for user override
semantics.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fc419d78d9ada2a9634daffcc10896820cbeaf45..7d8a116301967c89b9587d3af4a509710b274446 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-04-14  Karl Berry  <karl@freefriends.org>
+
+       manual: improve markup: itemize list in `Extending'.
+       * doc/automake.texi (Extending): Use `@item's for user override
+       semantics.
+
 2009-04-13  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 
        bin_PROGRAMS = $(EXTRA_PROGRAMS) should work.

diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi
index de46d2195710961ce329da7935d5dc164b68978e..c5ac962e545dc4dc716bb2702768fc501b3de856 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/automake.texi
+++ b/doc/automake.texi
@@ -9314,12 +9314,18 @@ different places (@file{Makefile.am}, @file{configure.ac}, and
 @command{automake} itself), it is possible to have conflicting
 definitions of rules or variables.  When building @file{Makefile.in}
 the following priorities are respected by @command{automake} to ensure
-the user always has the last word.  User defined variables in
-@file{Makefile.am} have priority over variables @code{AC_SUBST}ed from
-@file{configure.ac}, and @code{AC_SUBST}ed variables have priority
-over @command{automake}-defined variables.  As far as rules are
-concerned, a user-defined rule overrides any
+the user always has the last word:
+
+@itemize
+@item
+User defined variables in @file{Makefile.am} have priority over
+variables @code{AC_SUBST}ed from @file{configure.ac}, and
+@code{AC_SUBST}ed variables have priority over
+@command{automake}-defined variables.
+@item
+As far as rules are concerned, a user-defined rule overrides any
 @command{automake}-defined rule for the same target.
+@end itemize
 
 @cindex overriding rules
 @cindex overriding semantics