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authorJan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>2013-09-12 21:12:49 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2013-09-12 22:09:57 +0200
commit79640424059328268b9fb6c5fa8eb777b27a177e (patch)
treee3579216d1afd438e667044869dcdf9c732ef18c /man/os-release.xml
parent982e44dbc3e70c97e83464a30354b80973d52b41 (diff)
man: wording and grammar updates
This is a recurring submission and includes corrections to various issue spotted. I guess I can just skip over reporting ubiquitous comma placement fixes… Highligts in this particular commit: - the "unsigned" type qualifier is completed to form a full type "unsigned int" - alphabetic -> lexicographic (that way we automatically define how numbers get sorted)
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diff --git a/man/os-release.xml b/man/os-release.xml
index 045dd08f1..c1dd62f71 100644
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+++ b/man/os-release.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
list of environment-like shell-compatible variable
assignments. It is possible to source the
configuration from shell scripts, however, beyond mere
- variable assignments no shell features are supported
+ variable assignments, no shell features are supported
(this means variable expansion is explicitly not
supported), allowing applications to read the file
without implementing a shell compatible execution
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
a-z, 0-9. All strings should be in UTF-8 format, and
non-printable characters should not be used. If double
or single quotes or backslashes are to be used within
- variable assignments they should be escaped with
+ variable assignments, they should be escaped with
backslashes, following shell style. It is not
supported to concatenate multiple individually quoted
strings. Lines beginning with "#" shall be ignored as
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
<listitem><para>A string identifying
the operating system, without a
version component, and suitable for
- presentation to the user. If not set
+ presentation to the user. If not set,
defaults to
<literal>NAME=Linux</literal>. Example:
<literal>NAME=Fedora</literal> or
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
excluding any version information and
suitable for processing by scripts or
usage in generated filenames. If not
- set defaults to
+ set, defaults to
<literal>ID=linux</literal>. Example:
<literal>ID=fedora</literal> or
<literal>ID=debian</literal>.</para></listitem>
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
<listitem><para>A space-separated list
of operating system identifiers in the
same syntax as the
- <varname>ID=</varname> setting. Should
+ <varname>ID=</varname> setting. It should
list identifiers of operating systems
that are closely related to the local
operating system in regards to
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@
OS is a derivative from. An
OS should generally only list other OS
identifiers it itself is a derivative
- from, and not any OSes that
- are derived from it, but symmetric
+ of, and not any OSes that
+ are derived from it, though symmetric
relationships are possible. Build
scripts and similar should check this
variable if they need to identify the
@@ -179,11 +179,11 @@
closest. This field is
optional. Example: for an operating
system with
- <literal>ID=centos</literal> an
+ <literal>ID=centos</literal>, an
assignment of <literal>ID_LIKE="rhel
fedora"</literal> would be
appropriate. For an operating system
- with <literal>ID=ubuntu</literal> an
+ with <literal>ID=ubuntu</literal>, an
assignment of
<literal>ID_LIKE=debian</literal> is
appropriate.</para></listitem>
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
presentation to the user. May or may
not contain a release code name or OS
version of some kind, as suitable. If
- not set defaults to
+ not set, defaults to
<literal>PRETTY_NAME="Linux"</literal>. Example:
<literal>PRETTY_NAME="Fedora 17 (Beefy
Miracle)"</literal>.</para></listitem>
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
<literal>tel:</literal>. Only one URL
shall be listed in each setting. If
multiple resources need to be
- referenced it is recommended to
+ referenced, it is recommended to
provide an online landing page linking
all available resources. Examples:
<literal>HOME_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/"</literal>
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
<para>Note that operating system vendors may choose
not to provide version information, for example to
- accommodate for rolling releases. In this case VERSION
+ accommodate for rolling releases. In this case, VERSION
and VERSION_ID may be unset. Applications should not
rely on these fields to be set.</para>