Misc. doc fixes

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branch : setuptools
extra : convert_revision : svn%3A6015fed2-1504-0410-9fe1-9d1591cc4771/sandbox/trunk/setuptools%4042381

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/pkg_resources.txt b/pkg_resources.txt
index 1f8f7276..f52ed46e 100755
--- a/pkg_resources.txt
+++ b/pkg_resources.txt
@@ -365,10 +365,11 @@ Locating Plugins
 
 Extensible applications will sometimes have a "plugin directory" or a set of
 plugin directories, from which they want to load entry points or other
-metadata.  The ``find_plugins()`` method allows you to do this, by
+metadata.  The ``find_plugins()`` method allows you to do this, by scanning an
+environment for the newest version of each project that can be safely loaded
+without conflicts or missing requirements.
 
 ``find_plugins(plugin_env, full_env=None, fallback=True)``
-
    Scan `plugin_env` and identify which distributions could be added to this
    working set without version conflicts or missing requirements.
 
@@ -418,12 +419,12 @@ metadata.  The ``find_plugins()`` method allows you to do this, by
    plugin is tried, until a working version is found.  If false, the resolution
    process continues with the next plugin project name.
 
-    Some applications may have stricter fallback requirements than others. For
-    example, an application that has a database schema or persistent objects
-    may not be able to safely downgrade a version of a package. Others may want
-    to ensure that a new plugin configuration is either 100% good or else
-    revert to a known-good configuration.  (That is, they may wish to revert to
-    a known configuration if the `error_info` return value is non-empty.)
+   Some applications may have stricter fallback requirements than others. For
+   example, an application that has a database schema or persistent objects
+   may not be able to safely downgrade a version of a package. Others may want
+   to ensure that a new plugin configuration is either 100% good or else
+   revert to a known-good configuration.  (That is, they may wish to revert to
+   a known configuration if the `error_info` return value is non-empty.)
 
    Note that this algorithm gives precedence to satisfying the dependencies of
    alphabetically prior project names in case of version conflicts. If two
diff --git a/setuptools.txt b/setuptools.txt
index b1bc873f..a70bb759 100755
--- a/setuptools.txt
+++ b/setuptools.txt
@@ -959,6 +959,14 @@ the desired staging area if it's not the default.
 There are several options to control the precise behavior of the ``develop``
 command; see the section on the `develop`_ command below for more details.
 
+Note that you can also apply setuptools commands to non-setuptools projects,
+using commands like this::
+ 
+   python -c "import setuptools; execfile('setup.py')" develop
+
+That is, you can simply list the normal setup commands and options following
+the quoted part.
+
 
 Distributing a ``setuptools``-based project
 ===========================================