[PING] [PATCH 00/37] Manual typos: Overview

[Rical Jasan <ricaljasan 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(-)
>>
>