1.0.13.13: Actually export RESOLVE-CONFLICT et al from SB-EXT

[sbcl.git] / doc / manual / intro.texinfo

diff --git a/doc/manual/intro.texinfo b/doc/manual/intro.texinfo
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@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ of SMP on multiprocessor machines. @xref{Threading}.
 
 @item Network Interface
 @code{sb-bsd-sockets} is a low-level networking interface, providing
-both TCP and UDP sockets. x@ref{Networking}.
+both TCP and UDP sockets. @xref{Networking}.
 
 @item Introspective Facilities
 @code{sb-introspect} module offers numerous introspective extensions,
@@ -93,14 +93,14 @@ processes, accessing environment variables, etc.
 facilities.
 
 @item Extensible Streams
-@code{sb-gray} is an implentation of @emph{Gray Streams}. @xref{Gray
+@code{sb-gray} is an implementation of @emph{Gray Streams}. @xref{Gray
 Streams}.
 
 @code{sb-simple-streams} is an implementation of the @emph{simple
 streams} API proposed by Franz Inc. @xref{Simple Streams}.
 
 @item Profiling
-@code{sb-profile} is a exact per-function profiler. @xref{Accurate
+@code{sb-profile} is a exact per-function profiler. @xref{Deterministic
 Profiler}.
 
 @code{sb-sprof} is a statistical profiler, capable of call-graph
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ standardization process.
 
 @item Executable Fasl Packaging
 @code{sb-executable} can be used to concatenate multiple fasls into a
-single executable (though the presense of an SBCL runtime and core image
+single executable (though the presence of an SBCL runtime and core image
 is still required to run it).
 
 The @code{:executable} argument to @ref{Function
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ runtime.
 @item Bitwise Rotation
 @code{sb-rotate-byte} provides an efficient primitive for bitwise
 rotation of integers, an operation required by eg. numerous
-cryptographic algorightms, but not available as a primitive in ANSI
+cryptographic algorithms, but not available as a primitive in ANSI
 Common Lisp. @xref{sb-rotate-byte}.
 
 @item Test Harness
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ case, but still isn't as of SBCL 0.7.6.)
 @menu
 * Editor Integration::          
 * Language Reference::          
+* Generating Executables::      
 @end menu
 
 @node Editor Integration
@@ -297,12 +298,21 @@ SLIME can be downloaded from
 @subsection Language Reference
 
 @dfn{CLHS} (Common Lisp Hyperspec) is a hypertext version of the ANSI
-standard, made freely available by @emph{Xanalyst} -- an invaluable
+standard, made freely available by @emph{LispWorks} -- an invaluable
 reference.
 
 See: @uref{http://www.lispworks.com/reference/HyperSpec/index.html}
 
+@node Generating Executables
+@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
+@subsection Generating Executables
 
+SBCL can generate stand-alone executables.  The generated executables
+include the SBCL runtime itself, so no restrictions are placed on
+program functionality.  For example, a deployed program can call
+@code{compile} and @code{load}, which requires the compiler to be present
+in the executable.  For further information, @xref{Function
+sb-ext:save-lisp-and-die}.
 
 
 @node More SBCL Information
@@ -378,10 +388,10 @@ case the documentation strings are only readable in the source code.
 @subsection Internals Documentation
 
 If you're interested in the development of the SBCL system itself,
-then subcribing to @cite{sbcl-devel} is a good idea.
+then subscribing to @cite{sbcl-devel} is a good idea.
 
 SBCL internals documentation -- besides comments in the source -- is
-currenly maitained as a @emph{wiki-like} website:
+currently maintained as a @emph{wiki-like} website:
 @uref{http://sbcl-internals.cliki.net/}.
 
 Some low-level information describing the programming details of the