CfR: config chapter changes

Warren Block wblock at wonkity.com
Thu Feb 16 03:24:55 UTC 2012


On Wed, 15 Feb 2012, Glen Barber wrote:

>>        <para>User crontabs allow individual users to schedule tasks without the
>> @@ -487,10 +487,11 @@
>>          permissions of the user who owns the crontab.</para>
>>
>>        <para>The <username>root</username> user can have a user
>> crontab just like
>> -        any other user. This one is different from
>> -        <filename>/etc/crontab</filename> (the system crontab). Because of the
>> -        system crontab, there is usually no need to create a user crontab
>> -        for <username>root</username>.</para>
>> +	any other user.  The <username>root</username> user crontab is
>> +	distinct from <filename>/etc/crontab</filename> (the system crontab).
>
> I don't understand this sentence.  "Distinct" why/how?  Maybe it would
> be better to just say "separate" here.

Distinct was my word, trying to point out that /etc/crontab is *not* 
root's crontab.

...

>> @@ -1944,7 +1942,7 @@
>>  	out of space and the update to fail.</para>
>>
>>        <sect3>
>> -	<title>More Details about Soft Updates</title>
>> +	<title>More Details About Soft Updates</title>
>>
>
> I'm not sure this "about" should be capitalized.  I may be wrong, but I
> do not believe prepositions should be capitalized in titles like this
> unless they are the first word of the title.

Or, in AP style, if they are longer than four letters.



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