text fixes for wheel change

* Add description for "wheel" command
* Explain why pip3 warning does not matter for us
* Format and typo fixes

chapter08/meson.xml

@@ -70,14 +70,16 @@ install -vDm644 data/shell-completions/zsh/_meson /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>-w dist</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-           <para>Put the created wheels into the `dist` directory.</para>
+           <para>Put the created wheels into the
+           <filename class='directory'>dist</filename> directory.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>--find-links dist</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-           <para>Install wheels from the 'dist' directory.</para>
+           <para>Install wheels from the
+           <filename class='directory'>dist</filename> directory.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 

chapter08/python.xml

@@ -93,11 +93,17 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>In serveral places we use the <command>pip3</command> command to
-    install Python 3 programs and modules for all users as root. This conflicts
+    install Python 3 programs and modules for all users as
-    with the Python developers recommendation to build packages in a virtual
+    <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem>. This conflicts
-    environment as a regular user. To this end, a multi-line warning is
+    with the Python developers recommendation to install packages into a
-    written when using <command>pip3</command> as the root user.  If desired,
+    virtual environment or the home directory of a regular user (by running
-    supress this warning by running the following command:</para>
+    <command>pip3</command> as this user). To this end, a multi-line warning
+    is written when using <command>pip3</command> as the
+    <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> user.  The main reason
+    of this recommendation is for avoiding a conflict with the system
+    package manager (<command>dpkg</command> for example), but LFS does not
+    have a system-wide package manager so this is not a problem.  If desired,
+    suppress this warning by running the following command:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">sed -e '/def warn_if_run_as_root/a\    return' \
     -i /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/req_command.py

chapter08/wheel.xml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <sect2 role="package">
     <title/>
 
-    <para>Wheel is a Python library that implements the reference
+    <para>Wheel is a Python library that is the reference
     implementation of the Python wheel packaging standard.</para>
 
     <segmentedlist>
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><command>install</command></term>
         <listitem>
-           <para>Install the package</para>
+           <para>Install the package.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
@@ -79,16 +79,33 @@
     <title>Contents of Wheel</title>
 
     <segmentedlist>
-      <segtitle>Installed module</segtitle>
+      <segtitle>Installed program</segtitle>
       <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
 
       <seglistitem>
-        <seg>wheel.py</seg>
+        <seg>wheel</seg>
         <seg>/usr/lib/python&python-minor;/site-packages/wheel</seg>
       </seglistitem>
-
     </segmentedlist>
 
+    <variablelist>
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
+      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
+      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
+
+      <varlistentry id="wheel-wheel">
+        <term><command>wheel</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            is an utility to unpack, pack, or convert wheel packages
+          </para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-wheel">
+            <primary sortas="b-wheel">wheel</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+
   </sect2>
 
 </sect1>