Fixed some typos and updated the man-page. Could someone please check for a

way to install the man-page by default ?!?


--Sven

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Mon Apr 13 13:40:50 MEST 1998 Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	*docs/gimp.1: fixes and updates to the man-page
+
 Mon Apr 13 13:00:20 MEST 1998 Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* gimp_tips.txt: more tips and nicer line wrap

docs/gimp.1

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH GIMP 1 "19 Feb 1998" Version 1.0
+.TH GIMP 1 "13 Apr 1998" Version 1.0
 .SH NAME
 Gimp - an image manipulation and paint program.
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
 stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
 .SH FILES
 
-	Most gimp configuration is read in from the users init file,
+Most gimp configuration is read in from the users init file,
 \fB$HOME\fP/.gimp/gimprc. The sytem wide equivalent is in
 \fB$PREFIX\fP/share/gimp/gimprc. The system wide file is parsed first
 and the user gimprc can override the sytem
@@ -101,21 +101,25 @@ such as widget color and fonts sizes can be set here.
 \fB$HOME\fP/.gimp/plug-ins - location of user installed plugins.
 
 \fB$HOME\fP/.gimp/pluginrc - plugin initialization values are stored
-here. This file is parsed onstartup and regenerated if need be.
+here. This file is parsed on startup and regenerated if need be.
 
 \fB$HOME\fP/.gimp/tmp - default location that gimp uses as temporary space.
 
-	Gimp's data files are stored in \fB$PREFIX\fP/share/gimp where
+Gimp's data files are stored in \fB$PREFIX\fP/share/gimp where
 \fB$PREFIX\fP is set on install, but is typically /usr/local.
 
 \fB$PREFIX\fP/share/gimp/brushes - system wide brush files.
 
-\fB$HOME\fP/.gimp/palettes - user created and installed brush
+\fB$HOME\fP/.gimp/brushes - user created and installed brush
 files. This files are in the .gbr (gimp brush) format.
 
-\fB$PREFIX\fP/share/gimp/palettes - the system wide palette files.
+\fB$PREFIX\fP/share/gimp/palettes - the system wide palette files. The 
+files are copied to the user palettes directory when gimp is first ran
+to allow the user to modify the palettes. This directory is not searched 
+for palettes by default.
 
-\fB$HOME\fP/.gimp/palettes - user created and modified palette files.
+\fB$HOME\fP/.gimp/palettes - copies of the system palette files as well as
+user created and modified palette files.
 
 \fB$PREFIX\fP/share/gimp/patterns - basic set of patterns for use in
 gimp.
@@ -172,29 +176,37 @@ both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
 supporting documentation. 
 
 .SH SUGGESTIONS AND BUG REPORTS
-	Any bugs found should be reported to the Gimp Developer mailing list
+Any bugs found should be reported to the Gimp Developer mailing list
-at gimp-developer@scam.xcf.berkeley.edu. Before reporting bugs, please 
+at gimp-developer@scam.xcf.berkeley.edu or you may want to make use
-check to see if the bug is mentioned in the FAQ's or the mailing list
+of the online bug-tracking system available on the web at
-archive. See the section on Other Info for locations of these.
+http://www.wilberworks.com/bugs.html.
-	When supporting Gimp bugs, it is important to include a
+
-reliable way to reproduce the bug, verison number of Gimp (and
+Before reporting bugs, please check to see if the bug is mentioned 
-probabaly GTK), OS name and verison, and any relevant hardware
+in the FAQ's or the mailing list archive. See the section on Other 
-specs. It is also very important to include as much info about the
+Info for locations of these.
-Xserver the problem was found on as possible including at least server 
+
+When reporting Gimp bugs, it is important to include a
+reliable way to reproduce the bug, version number of Gimp (and
+probably GTK), OS name and verison, and any relevant hardware
+specs. It is also very important to include as much info aas possible 
+about the Xserver the problem was found on including at least server 
 name, the visual, and the bit depth.
-	If a bug is causing a crash, it is very useful if a stack trace 
+
+If a bug is causing a crash, it is very useful if a stack trace 
 can be provided. And of course, patches to rectify the bug are even
 better.
 
 .SH OTHER INFO
 
-	The cannonical place to find GIMP info is at http://www.gimp.org.
+The cannonical place to find GIMP info is at http://www.gimp.org.
 Here you can find links to just about every other gimp site, tutorials, data 
 sets, mailing list archives, and more.
-	There is also a Gimp User Manual available at 
+
+There is also a Gimp User Manual available at 
 http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d95olofs/manual/ that goes into much more detail 
 about the interactive use of Gimp.
-	The latest version of Gimp and the gtk libs is always available at 
+
+The latest version of Gimp and the gtk libs is always available at 
 ftp://ftp.gimp.org.
 
 .SH AUTHORS