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;;; apt-sources.el --- Mode for editing apt source.list file
;;
-;; Time-stamp: "2002-07-16 18:18:08 drs"
-;; Version: 0.9.5
+;; Time-stamp: "2002-07-18 18:21:02 drs"
+;; Version: 0.9.6
;; $Revision:
;; $Id:
;; $Source:
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;; This mode is for editing '/etc/apt/sources.list', the APT (Advanced
;; Package Tool) configuration file found on Debian systems starting
-;; with Debian 2.0 'slink'. This mode font-locks the file and add some
-;; things including new source lines and modifying existing source
-;; lines.
+;; with Debian 2.0 'slink'.
+
+;; APT is a package retrieval tool for Debian (a GNU distribution, see
+;; http://www.debian.org); for example you could install Emacs with
+;; the command:
+;;
+;; apt-get install emacs21
+;;
+;; and APT will then retrieve the package and install it for you. The
+;; sources.list file tells APT where to look for packages. Mine looks
+;; like this:
+;;
+;; deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib
+;; deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main
+;;
+;; deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian ../project/experimental main
+;;
+;; This mode font-locks the file and add some things including new
+;; source lines and modifying existing source lines.
;;
;; This mode can be costumized in diferent parts. You can (interactively)
;; change if you want blank lines around a new source line and comment
@@ -55,6 +71,8 @@
;;; History:
+;; 0.9.6 -- Added a better description to what is APT and file 'sources.list'.
+;; (Ole Laursen <olau@hardworking.dk>)
;; 0.9.5 -- Fixed typo in docstring of function `apt-sources-around-lines'.
;; -- Rewrite function `apt-sources-around-lines' with a better algorithm.
;; (John Paul Wallington <jpw@shootybangbang.com>)