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[PING] [PATCH 00/37] Manual typos: Overview
- From: Rical Jasan <ricaljasan at pacific dot net>
- To: libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:38:46 -0700
- Subject: [PING] [PATCH 00/37] Manual typos: Overview
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- References: <57552E42 dot 3030405 at pacific dot net>
ping^4
On 06/06/2016 01:03 AM, Rical Jasan wrote:
> ping^3
>
> Current status:
>
> * 01-26 have been reviewed.
> * 01-02 have been merged.
> * 03 & 08 requested additional review.
>
> The additional review in 03 is in regards to some variable names that
> appear to have changed. The reviewer will need to have the manual open
> to the relevant section for context. There were a few places where, for
> example, in the description for function foo with a parameter bar-ptr,
> the description refers to a parameter "bar", which not being the name of
> a parameter for the function, seemed to be a typo.
>
> The additional review in 08 is in regards to the use of besides vs.
> beside. Beside is a preposition meaning next to and is usually used for
> spatial descriptions; besides, while also a preposition, can be an
> adverb and usually introduces some new information (i.e., in addition
> to). At least, that's how my grammar usually goes, so it would be nice
> to have someone else look over those changes.
>
> Thank you,
> Rical
>
> On 05/06/2016 12:54 AM, ricaljasan@pacific.net wrote:
>> Typos addressed in this patchset include obvious mistakes such as
>> repeated repeated words, wrong case or tense, speling mistakes, and
>> wrong variable names. The occasional comma is also addressed, where
>> its absence introduces ambiguity, or its presence disturbs the
>> sentence.
>>
>> Verified patches apply cleanly against latest master and that `make
>> info|html|pdf' completes without error on x86_64.
>>
>> ---
>> INSTALL | 8 +--
>> manual/argp.texi | 10 ++--
>> manual/arith.texi | 16 ++---
>> manual/charset.texi | 68 ++++++++++-----------
>> manual/conf.texi | 10 ++--
>> manual/contrib.texi | 6 +-
>> manual/crypt.texi | 8 +--
>> manual/ctype.texi | 4 +-
>> manual/debug.texi | 4 +-
>> manual/errno.texi | 22 +++----
>> manual/filesys.texi | 42 ++++++-------
>> manual/getopt.texi | 10 ++--
>> manual/install.texi | 6 +-
>> manual/intro.texi | 2 +-
>> manual/job.texi | 2 +-
>> manual/lang.texi | 4 +-
>> manual/llio.texi | 78 ++++++++++++-------------
>> manual/locale.texi | 16 ++---
>> manual/maint.texi | 2 +-
>> manual/math.texi | 36 ++++++------
>> manual/memory.texi | 24 ++++----
>> manual/message.texi | 159 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
>> manual/nss.texi | 44 +++++++-------
>> manual/pattern.texi | 24 ++++----
>> manual/probes.texi | 4 +-
>> manual/process.texi | 2 +-
>> manual/resource.texi | 52 ++++++++---------
>> manual/search.texi | 36 ++++++------
>> manual/setjmp.texi | 8 +--
>> manual/signal.texi | 6 +-
>> manual/socket.texi | 28 ++++-----
>> manual/startup.texi | 8 +--
>> manual/stdio.texi | 85 ++++++++++++++-------------
>> manual/string.texi | 24 ++++----
>> manual/sysinfo.texi | 52 ++++++++---------
>> manual/syslog.texi | 4 +-
>> manual/terminal.texi | 18 +++---
>> manual/threads.texi | 2 +-
>> manual/time.texi | 40 ++++++-------
>> manual/users.texi | 35 ++++++-----
>> 40 files changed, 504 insertions(+), 505 deletions(-)
>>
>