docs/84619: [patch] pcvt(4) manpage uses "their" for "there", etc

Gary W. Swearingen garys at opusnet.com
Sat Aug 6 16:00:38 UTC 2005


>Number:         84619
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [patch] pcvt(4) manpage uses "their" for "there", etc
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Aug 06 16:00:34 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gary W. Swearingen
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
n/a
>Description:

pcvt(4) manpage has several English problems.

>How-To-Repeat:
n/a

>Fix:

--- pcvt..orig.4	Thu Aug  4 08:21:39 2005
+++ pcvt.4	Thu Aug  4 13:34:09 2005
@@ -142,11 +142,11 @@
 operating system.
 It has been designed to be highly configurable in order to satisfy
 everyone's needs.
-The preferred way for those configurations is to
+The preferred configuration method is to
 provide appropriate
-.Em options
-lines within the config file, possibly overriding the built-in default
-values.
+.Em option
+lines within the kernel configuration file,
+possibly overriding the built-in defaults.
 .Pp
 The following list gives a short overview of the available configuration
 options.
@@ -154,13 +154,9 @@
 .Pa i386/isa/pcvt/pcvt_conf.h
 in the kernel source tree for detailed documentation.
 .Pp
-Note: the following conventions apply to all the Boolean options.
-If an option is given with no value, a value of 1
-(activated)
-is substituted.
-If an option value is given as 0, this options is
-deactivated.
-Any other value is substituted by 1, too.
+Note: The following conventions apply to all Boolean options.
+If an option value is given as 0, the option is deactivated.
+With any other value, or no value, the option is activated.
 If an option
 is omitted, a built-in default is assumed.
 .Bl -tag -width indent
@@ -648,7 +644,7 @@
 .Pp
 Depending on the configuration of a
 .Nm
-driver, their might be a simple screen saver available.
+driver, there might be a simple screen saver available.
 It is controlled
 by the command
 .Pp
@@ -658,7 +654,7 @@
 .El
 .Pp
 taking a pointer to an integer as argument.
-Despite of its command name,
+Despite its command name,
 this is available on
 .Em any
 kind of adaptor if configured in by the

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