Merge pull request #2167 from divayprakash/typos-fix

[make/en] fixed typos and spellings, added content

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/make.html.markdown b/make.html.markdown
index b3425b8a..ab128475 100644
--- a/make.html.markdown
+++ b/make.html.markdown
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ A Makefile defines a graph of rules for creating a target (or targets).
 Its purpose is to do the minimum amount of work needed to update a

 target to the most recent version of the source. Famously written over a

 weekend by Stuart Feldman in 1976, it is still widely used (particularly

-on Unix) despite many competitors and criticisms.

+on Unix and Linux) despite many competitors and criticisms.

 

-There are many varieties of make in existence, this article assumes that

-we are using GNU make which is the standard on Linux.

+There are many varieties of make in existence, however this article 

+assumes that we are using GNU make which is the standard on Linux.

 

 ```make

 

 # Comments can be written like this.

 

-# Files should be named Makefile and then be can run as `make <target>`.

+# File should be named Makefile and then can be run as `make <target>`.

 # Otherwise we use `make -f "filename" <target>`.

 

 # Warning - only use TABS to indent in Makefiles, never spaces!

@@ -27,13 +27,16 @@ we are using GNU make which is the standard on Linux.
 # Basics

 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------

 

+# Rules are of the format

+# target: <prerequisite>

+# where prerequisites are optional.

+

 # A rule - this rule will only run if file0.txt doesn't exist.

 file0.txt:

 	echo "foo" > file0.txt

 	# Even comments in these 'recipe' sections get passed to the shell.

 	# Try `make file0.txt` or simply `make` - first rule is the default.

 

-

 # This rule will only run if file0.txt is newer than file1.txt.

 file1.txt: file0.txt

 	cat file0.txt > file1.txt

@@ -99,8 +102,8 @@ process: ex1.txt file0.txt
 %.png: %.svg

 	inkscape --export-png $^

 

-# Pattern rules will only do anything if make decides to create the \

-target.

+# Pattern rules will only do anything if make decides to create the

+# target.

 

 # Directory paths are normally ignored when matching pattern rules. But

 # make will try to use the most appropriate rule available.

@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ var := hello
 var2 ::=  $(var) hello

 #:= and ::= are equivalent.

 

-# These variables are evaluated procedurely (in the order that they

+# These variables are evaluated procedurally (in the order that they

 # appear), thus breaking with the rest of the language !

 

 # This doesn't work