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authorSean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>2021-03-09 09:37:26 -0700
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add some abbreviations to docs: hostattrs, propspecs
Signed-off-by: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
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@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ Host
~~~~
A machine, container, chroot, or similar. Has a plist of static informational
-*host attributes*, usually including at least a hostname, and a property
-application specification defining the properties it has.
+*host attributes* ("hostattrs"), usually including at least a hostname, and a
+property application specification defining the properties it has.
Property
~~~~~~~~
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ Root Lisp
The Lisp image you control directly when you execute deployments. Typically
running on your development laptop/workstation (and not as the ``root`` user).
-Property application specification
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Property application specification ("propspec")
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
An ordered list specifying the properties that a host has and/or lacks. For
example,::
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ example,::
Property application specifications are always applied in order, so properties
later in the list implicitly depend on properties earlier in the list.
-Unevaluated property application specification
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Unevaluated property application specification ("unevaluated propspec")
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A property application specification, except in atomic property applications
of the form ``(PROPERTY . ARGS)``, ``ARGS`` are expressions to be evaluated to