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Re: [PATCH] Typos in documentation


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Typos in documentation
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:23:31 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.130005 (Ma Gnus v0.5) Emacs/24.2 (gnu/linux)

Thanks for catching these!

I applied most of the changes.  See below (nitpicking ahead!).

Andreas Enge <address@hidden> skribis:

> --- guix.alt/doc/guix.texi    2012-12-11 21:53:49.000000000 +0100
> +++ guix/doc/guix.texi        2012-12-11 22:20:49.000000000 +0100
> @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
>  @cindex package store
>  The result of package build functions is @dfn{cached} in the file
>  system, in a special directory called the @dfn{package store}.  In
> -practice, each package is installed in a directory of its own, in the
> +practice, each package is installed in a subdirectory of its own in the

A sub-directory is also a directory.  Saying that it’s under /nix/store
should make the “sub” part clear, IMO.

> -scripts, etc.  This direct correspondence allows users to make sure a
> +scripts, etc..  This direct correspondence allows users to make sure a

I think the two periods would look odd, typographically.

> -Primarily, @var{options} specify the operations to be performed during
> +Primarily, @var{options} specifies the operations to be performed during

A trick meant to be equivalent to “the options listed in @var{options}”.

Thanks!

Ludo’.



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