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diff --git a/doc/apt-config.8.xml b/doc/apt-config.8.xml
index 94c247dd1..39205e737 100644
--- a/doc/apt-config.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-config.8.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-
%aptent;
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
&apt-email;
&apt-product;
- 29 February 2004
+ 2012-06-09T00:00:00Z
@@ -39,20 +39,20 @@
apt-config is an internal program used by various
portions of the APT suite to provide consistent configurability. It accesses
the main configuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf in a
- manner that is easy to use by scripted applications.
+ manner that is easy to use for scripted applications.
Unless the , or option is
- given one of the commands below must be present.
+ given, one of the commands below must be present.
- shell is used to access the configuration information from a shell
- script. It is given pairs of arguments, the first being a shell
- variable and the second the configuration value to query. As output
- it lists a series of shell assignments commands for each present value.
- In a shell script it should be used like:
+ shell is used to access the configuration information from a shell
+ script. It is given pairs of arguments, the first being a shell
+ variable and the second the configuration value to query. As output
+ it lists shell assignment commands for each value present.
+ In a shell script it should be used as follows:
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ eval $RES
- Defines the output of each config option. %t will be replaced with the name of the option,
- %f with the complete optionname and %v with the value of the option.
+ Defines the output of each config option. %t will be replaced with its individual name,
+ %f with its full hierarchical name and %v with its value.
Use uppercase letters and special characters in the value will be encoded to ensure that
- it can e.g. be savely used in a quoted-string as defined by RFC822. Additionally
- %n will be replaced by a newline, %N by a tab. A % can be
+ it can e.g. be safely used in a quoted-string as defined by RFC822. Additionally
+ %n will be replaced by a newline, and %N by a tab. A % can be
printed by using %%.