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@@ -154,25 +154,35 @@ These changes to information units should be noted:
Description.
-* **New information unit**
+* **New information units**
- There is a new generic information unit called "describe" which can be used
- to document things that are not covered by the other units::
+ There are new generic information units: One is called "describe" and can be
+ used to document things that are not covered by the other units::
.. describe:: a == b
The equals operator.
+ The others are::
+
+ .. cmdoption:: -O
+
+ Describes a command-line option.
+
+ .. envvar:: PYTHONINSPECT
+
+ Describes an environment variable.
+
Structure
---------
-The LaTeX docs were split in several toplevel manuals. Now, all files
-are part of the same documentation tree, as indicated by the *toctree*
-directives in the sources. Every *toctree* directive embeds other files
-as subdocuments of the current file (this structure is not necessarily
-mirrored in the filesystem layout). The toplevel file is
-:file:`contents.rst`.
+The LaTeX docs were split in several toplevel manuals. Now, all files are part
+of the same documentation tree, as indicated by the *toctree* directives in the
+sources (though individual output formats may choose to split them up into parts
+again). Every *toctree* directive embeds other files as subdocuments of the
+current file (this structure is not necessarily mirrored in the filesystem
+layout). The toplevel file is :file:`contents.rst`.
However, most of the old directory structure has been kept, with the
directories renamed as follows:
@@ -184,7 +194,7 @@ directories renamed as follows:
* :file:`inst` -> :file:`installing`
* :file:`lib` -> :file:`library`
* :file:`mac` -> merged into :file:`library`, with :file:`mac/using.tex`
- moved to :file:`howto/pythonmac.rst`
+ moved to :file:`using/mac.rst`
* :file:`ref` -> :file:`reference`
* :file:`tut` -> :file:`tutorial`, with the single TeX file split up