[patch] proposed automake.texi patch for "How the Linker is Chosen"

[Adrian Bunk]

Hi,

IMHO the big diagram in "How the Linker is Chosen" of automake.texi is 
harder to understand than simply writing the rules behind.

The proposed patch below tries this.

cu
Adrian


--- doc/automake.texi.old       2005-01-19 14:16:44.000000000 +0100
+++ doc/automake.texi   2005-01-19 14:24:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -4290,50 +4290,15 @@
 @cindex Automatic linker selection
 @cindex Selecting the linker automatically
 
-The following diagram demonstrates under what conditions a particular
-linker is chosen by Automake.
-
-For example, if Fortran 77, C and C++ source code were to be compiled
-into a program, then the C++ linker will be used.  In this case, if the
+If C++ source code is compiled with C and/or Fortran 77 source code
+into a program, the C++ linker will be used. In this case, if the
 C or Fortran 77 linkers required any special libraries that weren't
 included by the C++ linker, then they must be manually added to an
 @code{_LDADD} or @code{_LIBADD} variable by the user writing the
 @file{Makefile.am}.
 
address@hidden
-                     \              Linker
-          source      \
-           code        \     C        C++     Fortran
-     -----------------  +---------+---------+---------+
-                        |         |         |         |
-     C                  |    x    |         |         |
-                        |         |         |         |
-                        +---------+---------+---------+
-                        |         |         |         |
-         C++            |         |    x    |         |
-                        |         |         |         |
-                        +---------+---------+---------+
-                        |         |         |         |
-               Fortran  |         |         |    x    |
-                        |         |         |         |
-                        +---------+---------+---------+
-                        |         |         |         |
-     C + C++            |         |    x    |         |
-                        |         |         |         |
-                        +---------+---------+---------+
-                        |         |         |         |
-     C +       Fortran  |         |         |    x    |
-                        |         |         |         |
-                        +---------+---------+---------+
-                        |         |         |         |
-         C++ + Fortran  |         |    x    |         |
-                        |         |         |         |
-                        +---------+---------+---------+
-                        |         |         |         |
-     C + C++ + Fortran  |         |    x    |         |
-                        |         |         |         |
-                        +---------+---------+---------+
address@hidden example
+If Fortran 77 source code is compiled with C source code
+into a program, the Fortran 77 linker will be used.
 
 @node Fortran 9x Support
 @comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up