docs patch

Adriaan de Groot <adridg-FlD2LfDziEhmR6Xm/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tools.aap.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Adding a paragraph at the beginnig of the manual that states what AAP is and 
what it's supposed to do. It's always surprised me that the tutorial doesn't 
start with this.


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pub  1024D/FEA2A3FE 2002-06-18 Adriaan de Groot <[email protected]>
            If the door is ajar, can we fill it with door-jamb?
start.diff (text/x-diff, 1 KB)
--- doc-orig/tutor-start.sgml	Wed Oct 15 21:37:43 2003
+++ doc-new/tutor-start.sgml	Wed Oct 15 22:05:35 2003
@@ -9,6 +9,33 @@
 -->
 
 <para>
+&Aap; is a program that builds (compiles and links) other
+programs, much like the venerable make(1) program.
+However, &Aap; uses the power of Python to make
+the "recipes" (instructions on how to build a program)
+more readable and more flexible.
+&Aap; -- with some help from SConf -- can replace the age-old
+autotools and make toolchain.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+&Aap; does not trade power for complexity.
+For many programs, you need only list the name
+of the program, the libraries it needs, and the sources,
+and &Aap; does the rest.
+A powerful module system makes adding new programming languages
+to &Aap;'s repertoire fairly straightforward.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+&Aap; supports C, C++, D, Qt's moc, KDE's dcopidl, and libtool.
+</para>
+
+
+<bridgehead>Installation</bridgehead>
+
+
+<para>
 To start using &Aap; you must have two applications:
 <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Python version 1.5 or later</para></listitem>
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