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
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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