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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @setfilename standards.info
 @settitle GNU Coding Standards
 @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
-@set lastupdate March 23, 2010
+@set lastupdate June 21, 2010
 @c %**end of header
 
 @dircategory GNU organization
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ interface at
 @url{http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustandards-commit}.
 Archives are also available there.
 
-@cindex @code{maintainers@@gnu.org} email address
+@cindex @code{bug-standards@@gnu.org} email address
+@cindex Savannah repository for gnustandards
+@cindex gnustandards project repository
 Please send corrections or suggestions for this document to
 @email{bug-standards@@gnu.org}.  If you make a suggestion, please
 include a suggested new wording for it, to help us consider the
@@ -853,8 +855,10 @@ multi-column format.
 @node Graphical Interfaces
 @section Standards for Graphical Interfaces
 @cindex graphical user interface
+@cindex interface styles
+@cindex user interface styles
 
-@cindex gtk+
+@cindex GTK+
 When you write a program that provides a graphical user interface,
 please make it work with the X Window System and the GTK+ toolkit
 unless the functionality specifically requires some alternative (for
@@ -865,13 +869,18 @@ functionality.  (In many cases, the graphical user interface can be a
 separate program which invokes the command-line program.)  This is
 so that the same jobs can be done from scripts.
 
-@cindex corba
-@cindex gnome
-Please also consider providing a CORBA interface (for use from GNOME), a
-library interface (for use from C), and perhaps a keyboard-driven
-console interface (for use by users from console mode).  Once you are
-doing the work to provide the functionality and the graphical interface,
-these won't be much extra work.
+@cindex CORBA
+@cindex GNOME
+@cindex D-bus
+@cindex keyboard interface
+@cindex library interface
+Please also consider providing a D-bus interface for use from other
+running programs, such as within GNOME.  (GNOME used to use CORBA
+for this, but that is being phased out.)  In addition, consider
+providing a library interface (for use from C), and perhaps a
+keyboard-driven console interface (for use by users from console
+mode).  Once you are doing the work to provide the functionality and
+the graphical interface, these won't be much extra work.
 
 
 @node Command-Line Interfaces
@@ -1039,10 +1048,6 @@ GNU General Public License, @url{http://www.gnu.org/@/licenses/@/gpl.html}.
 @item LGPL
 GNU Lesser General Public License, @url{http://www.gnu.org/@/licenses/@/lgpl.html}.
 
-@item GPL/Guile
-GNU GPL with the exception for Guile; for example, GPLv3+/Guile means
-the GNU GPL version 3 or later, with the extra exception for Guile.
-
 @item GPL/Ada
 GNU GPL with the exception for Ada.
 
@@ -1074,7 +1079,7 @@ The non-license that is being in the public domain,
 The license for Python, @url{http://www.python.org/@/2.0.1/@/license.html}.
 
 @item RBSD
-The revised (3-clause) BSD, compatible with the GNU GPL,
+The revised (3-clause) BSD, compatible with the GNU GPL,@*
 @url{http://www.xfree86.org/@/3.3.6/@/COPYRIGHT2.html#5}.
 
 @item X11
@@ -4186,7 +4191,7 @@ documentation.
 By contrast, it is ok to refer to journal articles and textbooks in
 the comments of a program for explanation of how it functions, even
 though they are non-free.  This is because we don't include such
-things in the GNU system even they are free---they are outside the
+things in the GNU system even if they are free---they are outside the
 scope of what a software distribution needs to include.
 
 Referring to a web site that describes or recommends a non-free