updated HACKING

diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 2bd825ae0f0adb63e6c812b8ef7b462640ea69e3..d4f14a4b8d0a90d179e26b5318b15bd6f2f25bb2 100644 (file)
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@
 * Changes other than bug fixes must be mentioned in NEWS
 
 
+================================================================
+= Naming
+
+* We've adopted the convention that internal AC_SUBSTs should be
+  named with a leading `_am_', and internally generated targets should
+  be named with a leading `_am-'.  This convention is very new
+  (as of Feb 7 2001) and so it isn't yet universally used.  But all
+  new code should use it.
+
 ================================================================
 = Editing `.am' files
 
@@ -50,7 +59,7 @@
 
 * For install and uninstall rules, if a loop is required, it should be
   silent.  Then the body of the loop itself should print each
-  "important" comman it runs.  The printed commands should be preceded
+  "important" command it runs.  The printed commands should be preceded
   by a single space.