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Date:      Thu, 22 Sep 2022 05:31:48 +0000
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Subject:   [Bug 266111] FAQ: minor corrections and improvements
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Pau Amma <pauamma@FreeBSD.org> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Pau Amma <pauamma@FreeBSD.org> ---
(In reply to Graham Perrin from comment #0)

I'm not sure I agree overall with not wording FAQs as questions. For one th=
ing,
my brain, coming upon this and not seeing a question, would likely alert and
drop out of reading for comprehension and into editor mode because that's n=
ot
woerded as a question. It would take conscious effort to get it back on tra=
ck.
I no longer use the FAQ much myself, but it would still hinder my attempt to
help someone in IRC, so it's not just about me, even if no one but me has t=
hat
problem which I doubt. (That's how I handle the proofreading and most of the
copyediting I do, BTW: I just read and when my brain goes "*ping* problem
here!" I look closer.)

Regarding that specific question, I would instead tighten it up as "Typing
'startx' displays '

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