Slight formatting changes and typo fixes. Add description of NEWS markings.

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE
index 6d30fc1..8b69ccd 100644 (file)
--- a/CONTRIBUTE
+++ b/CONTRIBUTE
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ o   Coding Standards
        Emacs has certain additional style and coding conventions.
 
        Ref: http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_toc.html
-       Ref: Standards Info Manual
+       Ref: GNU Coding Standards Info Manual
 
 
 o      Copyright Assignment
 
        We can accept small changes without legal papers, and for
-       medium-size changes a copyright disclaimer is ok too.  Toa
+       medium-size changes a copyright disclaimer is ok too.  To
        accept substantial contributions from you, we need a copyright
        assignment form filled out and filed with the FSF.
 
@@ -52,11 +52,13 @@ o   Getting the Source Code
 
        The latest version of Emacs can be downloaded using CVS or
        Arch from the Savannah web site.  It is important to write
-       your patch based this version; if you start from an older
-       version, your patch may be outdated when you write it.
+       your patch based on this version; if you start from an older
+       version, your patch may be outdated when you write it, and
+       maintainers will have hard time applying it.
 
-       After you have downloaded the source, you should read the file
-       INSTALL.CVS for further instructions.
+       After you have downloaded the CVS source, you should read the
+       file INSTALL.CVS for build instructions (they differ to some
+       extent from a normal build).
 
        Ref: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/emacs
 
@@ -66,27 +68,28 @@ o   Submitting Patches
        Every patch must have several pieces of information before we
        can properly evaluate it.
 
-       For bug fixes, a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
-       this bug.
+       * For bug fixes, a description of the bug and how your patch
+         fixes this bug.
 
-       For new features, a description of the feature and your
-       implementation.
+       * For new features, a description of the feature and your
+         implementation.
 
-       A ChangeLog entry as plaintext (separate from the patch); see
-       the various ChangeLog files for format and content. Note that,
-       unlike some other projects, we do require ChangeLogs also for
-       documentation i.e. texinfo files.
+       * A ChangeLog entry as plaintext (separate from the patch);
+         see the various ChangeLog files for format and content. Note
+         that, unlike some other projects, we do require ChangeLogs
+         also for documentation, i.e. Texinfo files.
 
-       Ref: Change Log Concepts node of the Standards Info Manual
+         Ref: "Change Log Concepts" node of the GNU Coding Standards
+         Info Manual, for how to write good log entries.
 
-       The patch itself.  If you are accessing the CVS repository use
-       "cvs update; cvs diff -cp"; else, use "diff -cp OLD NEW".  If
-       your version of diff does not support these options, then get
-       the latest version of GNU diff.
+       * The patch itself.  If you are accessing the CVS repository
+         use "cvs update; cvs diff -cp"; else, use "diff -cp OLD NEW".
+         If your version of diff does not support these options, then
+         get the latest version of GNU Diff. 
 
-       We accept patches as plain text (preferred for the compilers
-       themselves), MIME attachments (preferred for the web pages), or
-       as uuencoded gzipped text.
+       * We accept the patches as plain text (preferred for the
+         compilers themselves), MIME attachments (preferred for the
+         web pages), or as uuencoded gzipped text.
 
        When you have all these pieces, bundle them up in a mail message
        and send it to emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org or emacs-devel@gnu.org.
@@ -114,11 +117,20 @@ o Supplemental information for Emacs Developers:
        documentation.  If it does, you can either do this yourself or
        add an item to the NEWS file.
 
-       The best way to understand Emacs Internals is to read the code
-       but the  nodes "Tips" and "GNU Emacs Internals" in the Appendix
+       If you document your change in NEWS, please mark the NEWS
+       entry with the documentation status of the change: if you
+       submit the changes for the manuals, mark it with "+++"; if it
+       doesn't need to be documented, mark it with "---"; if it needs
+       to be documented, but you didn't submit documentation changes,
+       leave the NEWS entry unmarked.  (These marks are checked by
+       the Emacs maintainers to make sure every change was reflected
+       in the manuals.)
+
+       The best way to understand Emacs Internals is to read the code,
+       but the nodes "Tips" and "GNU Emacs Internals" in the Appendix
        of the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual may also help.
 
-       The file DEBUG describes how to debug Emacs bugs.
+       The file etc/DEBUG describes how to debug Emacs bugs.
 
        Avoid using `defadvice' or `eval-after-load' for Lisp
        code to be included in Emacs.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fff5e52..3611833 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-07-07  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+       * CONTRIBUTE: Slight formatting changes and typo fixes.  Add
+       description of NEWS markings.
+
 2006-07-07  Kim F. Storm  <storm@cua.dk>
 
        * CONTRIBUTE: Mention INSTALL.CVS.