Changeset 6dff9ef for chapter06/ncurses.xml

Timestamp:

11/04/2022 12:29:02 AM (18 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/pip3, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

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Parents:

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git-author:

David Bryant <davidbryant@…> (11/04/2022 12:24:54 AM)

git-committer:

David Bryant <davidbryant@…> (11/04/2022 12:29:02 AM)

Message:

Edit English idiom. punctuation, etc., throughout chapter 6.

File:

• chapter06/ncurses.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

chapter06/ncurses.xml

@@ -120 +120 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>This ensures that Ncurses does not build support for the Ada
-          compiler which may be present on the host but will not be available
+          compiler, which may be present on the host but will not be available
           once we enter the <command>chroot</command> environment.</para>
         </listitem>
@@ -128 +128 @@
         <term><parameter>--disable-stripping</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>This switch prevents the building system from stripping
-          the programs using <command>strip</command> program from the host.
-          Using host tools on cross-compiled program can cause failure.</para>
+          <para>This switch prevents the building system from
+          using the <command>strip</command> program from the host.
+          Using host tools on cross-compiled programs can cause failure.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -170 +170 @@
         <term><parameter>TIC_PATH=$(pwd)/build/progs/tic</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>We need to pass the path of the just built
-          <command>tic</command> able to run on the building machine, so that
+          <para>We need to pass the path of the newly built
+          <command>tic</command> program that runs on the building machine, so
           the terminal database can be created without errors.</para>
         </listitem>