texlive[50796] Master: doc

[commits+karl at tug.org]

Revision: 50796
          http://tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=50796
Author:   karl
Date:     2019-04-06 00:43:08 +0200 (Sat, 06 Apr 2019)
Log Message:
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doc

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/Master/install-tl
    trunk/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl

Modified: trunk/Master/install-tl
===================================================================
--- trunk/Master/install-tl	2019-04-05 22:35:28 UTC (rev 50795)
+++ trunk/Master/install-tl	2019-04-05 22:43:08 UTC (rev 50796)
@@ -2710,10 +2710,10 @@
 
 =item C<tcl>
 
-The tcl user interface (default on Mac OS and Windows).  It starts
-out with a small number of configuration options, roughly equivalent
+The Tcl/Tk user interface (default on Macs and Windows).  It starts
+with a small number of configuration options, roughly equivalent
 to what the wizard option below offers, but a button C<Advanced>
-takes you to a screen with roughly the same options as the perltk
+takes you to a screen with roughly the same options as the C<perltk>
 interface.
 
 =item C<wizard>
@@ -2738,13 +2738,13 @@
 where all gui options except C<text> are diverted to the default
 C<tcl> GUI.
 
-The C<tcl> GUI requires Tcl/Tk. This is part of Mac OS and is often
-already installed on Linux. For Windows, TeX Live provides a Tcl/Tk
+The C<tcl> GUI requires Tcl/Tk. This is standard on Macs and is often
+already installed on GNU/Linux. For Windows, TeX Live provides a Tcl/Tk
 runtime.
 
 =item B<-no-gui>
 
-Use the text mode installer (default except on Windows and Mac OS).
+Use the text mode installer (default except on Windows and Macs).
 
 =for comment Keep language list in sync with tlmgr.
 
@@ -2751,7 +2751,7 @@
 =item B<-lang> I<llcode>
 
 By default, the GUI tries to deduce your language from the
-environment. The tcl GUI uses the language detection built into
+environment. The Tcl GUI uses the language detection built into
 Tcl/Tk; the Perl/Tk GUIs use the C<LC_MESSAGES> environment
 variable. If that fails you can select a different language by
 giving this option with a language code (based on ISO 639-1).
@@ -2782,12 +2782,12 @@
 
 =item B<-select-repository>
 
-This option allows you to choose a particular mirror from the
-current list of active CTAN mirrors. This option is supported in the
-text, wizard and perltk installer modes, and will also offer to
-install from local media if available, or from a repository
-specified on the command line.  It's useful when the (default)
-automatic redirection does not choose a good host for you.
+This option allows you to choose a particular mirror from the current
+list of active CTAN mirrors. This option is supported in the C<text>,
+C<wizard> and C<perltk> installer modes, and will also offer to install
+from local media if available, or from a repository specified on the
+command line. It's useful when the (default) automatic redirection does
+not choose a good host for you.
 
 =item B<-all-options>
 
@@ -2814,7 +2814,7 @@
 
 =item B<-debug-translation>
 
-In the Perl/Tk GUI modes, this options reports any missing, or more
+In the Perl/Tk GUI modes, this option reports any missing, or more
 likely untranslated, messages to standard error. Helpful for
 translators to see what remains to be done.
 

Modified: trunk/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
===================================================================
--- trunk/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl	2019-04-05 22:35:28 UTC (rev 50795)
+++ trunk/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl	2019-04-05 22:43:08 UTC (rev 50796)
@@ -2520,7 +2520,7 @@
   #
   # for some packages (texworks, psview, ...) we only have w32 packages
   # in the repository, but it is possible that alternative repositories
-  # ship binaries for some platforms (like texworks for linux on tlcontrib)
+  # ship binaries for some platforms (like texworks for GNU/Linux on tlcontrib)
   # currently updating from tlnet will remove these alternative .ARCH
   # packages because they are not listed anywhere locally, so they
   # are considered as disappearing.
@@ -9292,11 +9292,13 @@
 systems Perl/Tk (as well as Perl of course) has to be installed
 outside of TL.  L<https://tug.org/texlive/distro.html#perltk> has a
 list of invocations for some distros.  For Windows the necessary
-modules are no longer shipped within TeX Live.
+modules are no longer shipped within TeX Live, so you'll have to have an
+external Perl available that includes them.
 
-We are talking here about the GUI built into tlmgr itself, not about
-the other tlmgr GUIs: tlshell, tlcockpit (Java-based) and, for Mac
-OS only, TeX Live Utility. These are invoked as separate programs.
+We are talking here about the GUI built into tlmgr itself, not about the
+other tlmgr GUIs, which are: tlshell (Tcl/Tk-based), tlcockpit
+(Java-based) and, only on Macs, TeX Live Utility. These are invoked as
+separate programs.
 
 The GUI mode of tlmgr is started with the invocation C<tlmgr gui>;
 assuming Tk is loadable, the graphical user interface will be shown.