Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 09:01:23 -0700 From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <garys@opusnet.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/84619: [patch] pcvt(4) manpage uses "their" for "there", etc Message-ID: <tnfytn12cs.ytn@mail.opusnet.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200508061600.j76G0YJX052372@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>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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