Changeset 0c4501b for chapter08

Timestamp:

12/14/2022 11:36:16 PM (17 months ago)

Author:

David Bryant <davidbryant@…>

Branches:

11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, bdubbs/gcc13, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

dbaab99

Parents:

3c5ecc9

Message:

Patch capitalization. Substitute "spell-checking" for "spell":
"Spell" can be a noun or a verb, but it's never an adjective.
Clarify the description of "xxd".

File:

• chapter08/vim.xml (modified) (7 diffs)

chapter08/vim.xml

@@ -55 +55 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">echo '#define SYS_VIMRC_FILE "/etc/vimrc"' &gt;&gt; src/feature.h</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Prepare vim for compilation:</para>
+    <para>Prepare Vim for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
@@ -84 +84 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Many users are used to using <command>vi</command> instead of
+    <para>Many users reflexively type <command>vi</command> instead of
     <command>vim</command>. To allow execution of <command>vim</command>
     when users habitually enter <command>vi</command>, create a
@@ -95 +95 @@
 done</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>By default, vim's documentation is installed in <filename
+    <para>By default, Vim's documentation is installed in <filename
     class="directory">/usr/share/vim</filename>. The following symlink
     allows the documentation to be accessed via <filename
@@ -104 +104 @@
 
     <para>If an X Window System is going to be installed on the LFS
-    system, it may be necessary to recompile vim after installing X. Vim
+    system, it may be necessary to recompile Vim after installing X. Vim
     comes with a GUI version of the editor that requires X and some
     additional libraries to be installed. For more information on this
-    process, refer to the vim documentation and the vim installation page
+    process, refer to the Vim documentation and the Vim installation page
     in the BLFS book at <ulink
     url="&blfs-book;postlfs/vim.html"/>.</para>
@@ -167 +167 @@
 
     <note>
-      <para>By default, vim only installs spell files for the English language.
-      To install spell files for your preferred language, copy the
+      <para>By default, vim only installs spell-checking files for the English language.
+      To install spell-checking files for your preferred language, copy the
       <filename class='extension'>.spl</filename> and optionally, the
       <filename class='extension'>.sug</filename> files for your language
@@ -176 +176 @@
         /usr/share/&vim-docdir;/spell/</filename>.</para>
 
-      <para>To use these spell files, some configuration in
+      <para>To use these spell-checking files, some configuration in
       <filename>/etc/vimrc</filename> is needed, e.g.:</para>
 
@@ -298 +298 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>Creates a hex dump of the given file; it can
-          also do the reverse, so it can be used for binary patching</para>
+          also perform the inverse operation, so it can be used for binary
+          patching</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim xxd">
             <primary sortas="b-xxd">xxd</primary>