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diff --git a/development/jam/slack-desc b/development/jam/slack-desc index 3c9357f3ee6a..b94a5a46a185 100644 --- a/development/jam/slack-desc +++ b/development/jam/slack-desc @@ -1,11 +1,19 @@ -jam: Jam - Make(1) Redux +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line +# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' +# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must +# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':'. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +jam: Jam (Make(1) Redux) +jam: +jam: Jam is a program construction tool, like make(1). Jam recursively +jam: builds target files from source files, using dependency information +jam: and updating actions expressed in the Jambase file, which is written +jam: in jam's own interpreted language. The default Jambase is compiled +jam: into jam and provides a boilerplate for common use, relying on a +jam: user-provide file "Jamfile" to enumerate actual targets and sources. jam: -jam: Jam is a program construction tool, like make(1). Jam recursively builds -jam: target files from source files, using dependency information and updating -jam: actions expressed in the Jambase file, which is written in jam's own -jam: interpreted language. The default Jambase is compiled into jam and -jam: provides a boilerplate for common use, relying on a user-provide file -jam: "Jamfile" to enumerate actual targets and sources. -jam: jam: http://public.perforce.com/public/jam/src/Jam.html -jam: +jam: |