Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 22:21:15 -0400 From: Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/40909: [PATCH] Typos in /usr/share/man/man4/ukbd.4.gz Message-ID: <a05200300b963bf78ff44@[129.85.219.160]> In-Reply-To: <200207230910.g6N9A7rH020574@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200207230910.g6N9A7rH020574@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Yep, my bad. If you can reverse the patch easily please do so; otherwise let me know and I'll regenerate it. Chris At 2:10 AM -0700 2002/07/23, Ceri Davies wrote: >The following reply was made to PR docs/40909; it has been noted by GNATS. > >From: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> >To: Chris Pepper <pepper@rockefeller.edu> >Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org >Subject: Re: docs/40909: [PATCH] Typos in /usr/share/man/man4/ukbd.4.gz >Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 10:02:55 +0100 > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 10:36:22PM -0400, Chris Pepper said: > > > > >Description: > > ukbd.4 has infelicities. > > Hi Chris, > > I'm sorry but I'm not keen on any of the changes presented below - > is it possible that the patch is reversed, as each of these three > changes seems to introduce, rather than fix, grammatical error. > > > -If both an AT keyboard and one or more USB keyboards are used at >the same time, the > > +If both an AT keyboard as well as USB keyboards are used at the >same time, the > > AT keyboard will appear as > > The original text scans better - "both" and "as well as" should probably > never appear in the same sentence. > > > -From this point onwards, the first USB keyboard will be the keyboard > > -used for the console. > > +From this point on onwards, the first USB keyboard will be the keyboard > > +to be used as the console. > > The change in the first line introduces an error - "on" is repeated. > The change in the second line stirs the pedant in me, since "all the > console is not a keyboard" to paraphrase a popular saying. > > > -Because of the order of device > > +Because of the order of the device > > initialization, the USB keyboard will be detected > > .Em after > > the console driver > > "The order of device initialization" is correct here. > > Sorry for seemingly jumping on this with teeth bared. > > Ceri > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message -- Chris Pepper: <http://www.reppep.com/~pepper/>; Rockefeller University: <http://www.rockefeller.edu/>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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