From: kanschat <kanschat@0785d39b-7218-0410-832d-ea1e28bc413d>
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 15:39:15 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: write the format of FESystem into get_fe_by_name
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write the format of FESystem into get_fe_by_name

git-svn-id: https://svn.dealii.org/trunk@32992 0785d39b-7218-0410-832d-ea1e28bc413d
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diff --git a/deal.II/include/deal.II/fe/fe_tools.h b/deal.II/include/deal.II/fe/fe_tools.h
index 5b9e220f74..6df036d5e3 100644
--- a/deal.II/include/deal.II/fe/fe_tools.h
+++ b/deal.II/include/deal.II/fe/fe_tools.h
@@ -803,17 +803,15 @@ namespace FETools
    * accordingly.
    *
    * The name must be in the form which is returned by the
-   * FiniteElement::get_name function, where a few modifications are allowed:
-   *
-   * <ul>
-   * <li> Dimension template parameters &lt;2&gt; etc. can be
+   * FiniteElement::get_name function, where dimension template parameters &lt;2&gt; etc. can be
    * omitted. Alternatively, the explicit number can be replaced by
    * <tt>dim</tt> or <tt>d</tt>. If a number is given, it <b>must</b> match
    * the template parameter of this function.
    *
-   * <li> The powers used for FESystem may either be numbers or can be
+   * The names of FESystem elements follow the pattern <code>FESystem[FE_Base1^p1-FE_Base2^p2]</code>
+   * The powers <code>p1</code> etc. may either be numbers or can be
    * replaced by <tt>dim</tt> or <tt>d</tt>.
-   * </ul>
+   *
    *
    * If no finite element can be reconstructed from this string, an exception
    * of type @p FETools::ExcInvalidFEName is thrown.