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Date:      Fri, 25 Mar 2016 03:09:49 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org>
To:        doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r48468 - in head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook: slow-porting uses
Message-ID:  <201603250309.u2P39n2Y061805@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: wblock
Date: Fri Mar 25 03:09:49 2016
New Revision: 48468
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/48468

Log:
  Edits to simplify wording and reduce sentence length.

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/slow-porting/chapter.xml
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/slow-porting/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/slow-porting/chapter.xml	Fri Mar 25 02:17:49 2016	(r48467)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/slow-porting/chapter.xml	Fri Mar 25 03:09:49 2016	(r48468)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       <filename>bsd.port.mk</filename> in another window while
       reading this really helps to understand it.</para>
 
-    <para>But do not worry not many people understand exactly how
+    <para>But do not worry, not many people understand exactly how
       <filename>bsd.port.mk</filename> is working...
       <!-- smiley --><emphasis>:-)</emphasis></para>
 
@@ -442,10 +442,10 @@ DOS2UNIX_REGEX=	.*\.([ch]|cpp)</programl
       <programlisting>USES=	dos2unix
 DOS2UNIX_GLOB=	*.c *.cpp *.h</programlisting>
 
-      <para>If there are more than one distribution file and some
-	other than the default need to have files converted, the base
-	directory for the conversions can be changed so that they are
-	also converted.</para>
+
+      <para>The base directory for the conversion can be set.  This
+	is useful when there are multiple distfiles and several
+	contain files which require line-ending conversion.</para>
 
       <programlisting>USES=	dos2unix
 DOS2UNIX_WRKSRC=	${WRKDIR}</programlisting>

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml	Fri Mar 25 02:17:49 2016	(r48467)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml	Fri Mar 25 03:09:49 2016	(r48468)
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
     <para>Possible arguments: (none)</para>
 
     <para>The port has files with line endings in
-      <acronym>DOS</acronym> format which need to be converted.  Four
+      <acronym>DOS</acronym> format which need to be converted.  Several
       variables can be set to control which files will be converted.
       The default is to convert <emphasis>all</emphasis> files,
       including binaries.  See <xref
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
 
       <listitem>
 	<para><varname>DOS2UNIX_WRKSRC</varname>: the directory from
-	  which to start doing the conversions, defaults to
+	  which to start the conversions.  Defaults to
 	  <literal>${WRKSRC}</literal>.</para>
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>



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