[systemd-devel] [PATCH] man: wording and grammar updates

Lennart Poettering lennart at poettering.net
Tue Sep 10 09:35:03 PDT 2013


On Sun, 25.08.13 09:01, Jan Engelhardt (jengelh at inai.de) wrote:

Thanks!

Applied!

> This includes regularly-submitted corrections to comma setting and
> orthographical mishaps that appeared in man/ in recent commits.
> 
> In this particular commit:
> - the usual comma fixes
> - expand contractions (this is prose)
> ---
>  man/journalctl.xml                 |  2 +-
>  man/sd_journal_get_cursor.xml      |  2 +-
>  man/sd_journal_get_fd.xml          | 14 +++++++-------
>  man/sd_notify.xml                  |  2 +-
>  man/shutdown.xml                   |  4 ++--
>  man/systemd-backlight at .service.xml |  4 ++--
>  man/systemd-cgls.xml               |  2 +-
>  man/systemd-efi-boot-generator.xml |  4 ++--
>  man/systemd-nspawn.xml             |  2 +-
>  man/systemd.exec.xml               |  9 ++++-----
>  man/systemd.journal-fields.xml     |  2 +-
>  man/systemd.mount.xml              |  2 +-
>  man/systemd.service.xml            |  4 ++--
>  man/systemd.special.xml            |  2 +-
>  man/systemd.time.xml               |  2 +-
>  man/systemd.xml                    |  2 +-
>  man/telinit.xml                    |  2 +-
>  man/timedatectl.xml                |  2 +-
>  man/tmpfiles.d.xml                 | 12 ++++++------
>  19 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
> index 8680e53..e7097d6 100644
> --- a/man/journalctl.xml
> +++ b/man/journalctl.xml
> @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
>                                                          <option>short-monotonic</option>
>                                                  </term>
>                                                  <listitem>
> -                                                        <para>is very similar
> +                                                        <para>is very similar,
>                                                          but shows monotonic
>                                                          timestamps instead of
>                                                          wallclock timestamps.
> diff --git a/man/sd_journal_get_cursor.xml b/man/sd_journal_get_cursor.xml
> index 861927e..4cee7d5 100644
> --- a/man/sd_journal_get_cursor.xml
> +++ b/man/sd_journal_get_cursor.xml
> @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
>                  returns 0 on success or a negative errno-style error
>                  code. <function>sd_journal_test_cursor()</function>
>                  returns positive if the current entry matches the
> -                specified cursor, 0 if it doesn't match the specified
> +                specified cursor, 0 if it does not match the specified
>                  cursor or a negative errno-style error code on
>                  failure.</para>
>          </refsect1>
> diff --git a/man/sd_journal_get_fd.xml b/man/sd_journal_get_fd.xml
> index 1c6f250..c4387b0 100644
> --- a/man/sd_journal_get_fd.xml
> +++ b/man/sd_journal_get_fd.xml
> @@ -232,15 +232,15 @@ else {
>                  <constant>SD_JOURNAL_APPEND</constant> or
>                  <constant>SD_JOURNAL_INVALIDATE</constant> on success or
>                  a negative errno-style error code. If
> -                <constant>SD_JOURNAL_NOP</constant> is returned the
> -                journal didn't change since the last invocation. If
> -                <constant>SD_JOURNAL_APPEND</constant> is returned new
> +                <constant>SD_JOURNAL_NOP</constant> is returned, the
> +                journal did not change since the last invocation. If
> +                <constant>SD_JOURNAL_APPEND</constant> is returned, new
>                  entries have been appended to the end of the
> -                journal. If <constant>SD_JOURNAL_INVALIDATE</constant>
> +                journal. If <constant>SD_JOURNAL_INVALIDATE</constant>,
>                  journal files were added or removed (possibly due to
> -                rotation). In the latter event live-view UIs should
> -                probably refresh their entire display while in the
> -                case of <constant>SD_JOURNAL_APPEND</constant> it is
> +                rotation). In the latter event, live-view UIs should
> +                probably refresh their entire display, while in the
> +                case of <constant>SD_JOURNAL_APPEND</constant>, it is
>                  sufficient to simply continue reading at the previous
>                  end of the journal.</para>
>          </refsect1>
> diff --git a/man/sd_notify.xml b/man/sd_notify.xml
> index 7d96890..fc0f2f6 100644
> --- a/man/sd_notify.xml
> +++ b/man/sd_notify.xml
> @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
>                  the status was sent these functions return with a
>                  positive return value. In order to support both, init
>                  systems that implement this scheme and those which
> -                don't, it is generally recommended to ignore the return
> +                do not, it is generally recommended to ignore the return
>                  value of this call.</para>
>          </refsect1>
>  
> diff --git a/man/shutdown.xml b/man/shutdown.xml
> index af799c6..795fb66 100644
> --- a/man/shutdown.xml
> +++ b/man/shutdown.xml
> @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
>                          <varlistentry>
>                                  <term><option>-k</option></term>
>  
> -                                <listitem><para>Don't halt, power-off,
> +                                <listitem><para>Do not halt, power-off,
>                                  reboot, just write wall
>                                  message.</para></listitem>
>                          </varlistentry>
> @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
>                          <varlistentry>
>                                  <term><option>--no-wall</option></term>
>  
> -                                <listitem><para>Don't send wall
> +                                <listitem><para>Do not send wall
>                                  message before
>                                  halt, power-off, reboot.</para></listitem>
>                          </varlistentry>
> diff --git a/man/systemd-backlight at .service.xml b/man/systemd-backlight at .service.xml
> index f2f5472..2b73625 100644
> --- a/man/systemd-backlight at .service.xml
> +++ b/man/systemd-backlight at .service.xml
> @@ -57,9 +57,9 @@
>                  <para><filename>systemd-backlight at .service</filename>
>                  is a service that restores the display backlight
>                  brightness at early-boot and saves it at shutdown. On
> -                disk the backlight brightness is stored in
> +                disk, the backlight brightness is stored in
>                  <filename>/var/lib/backlight/</filename>. Note that by
> -                default only firmware backlight devices are
> +                default, only firmware backlight devices are
>                  saved/restored.</para>
>          </refsect1>
>  
> diff --git a/man/systemd-cgls.xml b/man/systemd-cgls.xml
> index 53e7f7d..2877f22 100644
> --- a/man/systemd-cgls.xml
> +++ b/man/systemd-cgls.xml
> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
>                          <varlistentry>
>                                  <term><option>--all</option></term>
>  
> -                                <listitem><para>Don't hide empty
> +                                <listitem><para>Do not hide empty
>                                  control groups in the
>                                  output.</para></listitem>
>                          </varlistentry>
> diff --git a/man/systemd-efi-boot-generator.xml b/man/systemd-efi-boot-generator.xml
> index 03a4fdd..3a79dfb 100644
> --- a/man/systemd-efi-boot-generator.xml
> +++ b/man/systemd-efi-boot-generator.xml
> @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
>  
>                  <para><filename>systemd-efi-boot-generator</filename>
>                  is a generator that automatically creates mount and
> -                automount units for the EFI System Partition (ESP)
> +                automount units for the EFI System Partition (ESP),
>                  mounting it to <filename>/boot</filename>. Note that
>                  this generator will execute no operation on non-EFI
>                  systems, on systems where the boot loader does not
> @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
>                  <filename>/boot</filename> is an explicitly configured
>                  mount (for example, listed in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>) or where the <filename>/boot</filename> mount
>                  point is non-empty. Since this generator creates an
> -                automount unit the mount will only be activated
> +                automount unit, the mount will only be activated
>                  on-demand, when accessed.</para>
>  
>                  <para><filename>systemd-efi-boot-generator</filename>
> diff --git a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
> index e55933d0..6264e48 100644
> --- a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
> +++ b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
> @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
>                                  <filename>/var/log/journal</filename>
>                                  exists, it will be bind mounted
>                                  into the container. If the
> -                                subdirectory doesn't exist, no
> +                                subdirectory does not exist, no
>                                  linking is performed. Effectively,
>                                  booting a container once with
>                                  <literal>guest</literal> or
> diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
> index b761832..2c673a2 100644
> --- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
> +++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
>  <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/xhtml/docbook.xsl"?>
>  <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
>          "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
> @@ -327,8 +326,8 @@
>                                  absolute filename or wildcard
>                                  expression, optionally prefixed with
>                                  <literal>-</literal>, which indicates
> -                                that if the file does not exist it
> -                                won't be read and no error or warning
> +                                that if the file does not exist, it
> +                                will not be read and no error or warning
>                                  message is logged.  This option may be
>                                  specified more than once in which case
>                                  all specified files are read. If the
> @@ -835,7 +834,7 @@
>                                  <varname>InaccessibleDirectories=</varname>
>                                  may be prefixed with
>                                  <literal>-</literal>, in which case
> -                                they will be ignored when they don't
> +                                they will be ignored when they do not
>                                  exist.</para></listitem>
>                          </varlistentry>
>  
> @@ -972,7 +971,7 @@
>                                  <function>sigreturn</function>,
>                                  <function>exit_group</function>,
>                                  <function>exit</function> system calls
> -                                are implicitly whitelisted and don't
> +                                are implicitly whitelisted and do not
>                                  need to be listed explicitly. This
>                                  option may be specified more than once
>                                  in which case the filter masks are
> diff --git a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
> index 452406c..cffcccb 100644
> --- a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
> +++ b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
> @@ -525,7 +525,7 @@
>                  url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/json">Journal
>                  JSON Format</ulink>, the addresses of journal entries
>                  are serialized into fields prefixed with double
> -                underscores. Note that these aren't proper fields when
> +                underscores. Note that these are not proper fields when
>                  stored in the journal but for addressing meta data of
>                  entries. They cannot be written as part of structured
>                  log entries via calls such as
> diff --git a/man/systemd.mount.xml b/man/systemd.mount.xml
> index 214f40c..9aac94e 100644
> --- a/man/systemd.mount.xml
> +++ b/man/systemd.mount.xml
> @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
>                  using configuration not specified in
>                  <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>;
>                  <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
> -                will refuse options that aren't listed in
> +                will refuse options that are not listed in
>                  <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> if it is not run as
>                  UID 0.</para>
>  
> diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
> index 238a49a..5df554c 100644
> --- a/man/systemd.service.xml
> +++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
> @@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
>                                  was stopped. This includes cases where
>                                  the commands configured in
>                                  <varname>ExecStop=</varname> were used,
> -                                where the service doesn't have any
> +                                where the service does not have any
>                                  <varname>ExecStop=</varname> defined, or
>                                  where the service exited unexpectedly. This
>                                  argument takes multiple command lines,
> @@ -823,7 +823,7 @@
>                                  in other words: the
>                                  <varname>Service=</varname> setting of
>                                  <filename>.socket</filename> units
> -                                doesn't have to match the inverse of
> +                                does not have to match the inverse of
>                                  the <varname>Sockets=</varname>
>                                  setting of the
>                                  <filename>.service</filename> it
> diff --git a/man/systemd.special.xml b/man/systemd.special.xml
> index e1299ab..da29660 100644
> --- a/man/systemd.special.xml
> +++ b/man/systemd.special.xml
> @@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
>                                          after it. Note that networking
>                                          daemons that simply provide
>                                          functionality to other hosts
> -                                        generally don't need to pull
> +                                        generally do not need to pull
>                                          this in.</para>
>                                          </listitem>
>                          </varlistentry>
> diff --git a/man/systemd.time.xml b/man/systemd.time.xml
> index 4f6dd0f..3d13b57 100644
> --- a/man/systemd.time.xml
> +++ b/man/systemd.time.xml
> @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
>                  but when the weekday is specified it must either be
>                  in the abbreviated (<literal>Wed</literal>) or
>                  non-abbreviated (<literal>Wednesday</literal>) English
> -                language form (case doesn't matter), and is not
> +                language form (case does not matter), and is not
>                  subject to the locale choice of the user. Either the
>                  date, or the time part may be omitted, in which case
>                  the current date or 00:00:00, resp., is assumed. The
> diff --git a/man/systemd.xml b/man/systemd.xml
> index 9f58bc2..47d6438 100644
> --- a/man/systemd.xml
> +++ b/man/systemd.xml
> @@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@
>                                  option prefixed with
>                                  <literal>rd.</literal> is honored
>                                  only in the initial RAM disk (initrd),
> -                                while the one that isn't prefixed only
> +                                while the one that is not prefixed only
>                                  in the main system.</para></listitem>
>                          </varlistentry>
>  
> diff --git a/man/telinit.xml b/man/telinit.xml
> index 4c6064f..bb80939 100644
> --- a/man/telinit.xml
> +++ b/man/telinit.xml
> @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
>                          <varlistentry>
>                                  <term><option>--no-wall</option></term>
>  
> -                                <listitem><para>Don't send wall
> +                                <listitem><para>Do not send wall
>                                  message before
>                                  reboot/halt/power-off.</para></listitem>
>                          </varlistentry>
> diff --git a/man/timedatectl.xml b/man/timedatectl.xml
> index 16ee3df..9aade29 100644
> --- a/man/timedatectl.xml
> +++ b/man/timedatectl.xml
> @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
>                          <varlistentry>
>                                  <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
>  
> -                                <listitem><para>Don't query the user
> +                                <listitem><para>Do not query the user
>                                  for authentication for privileged
>                                  operations.</para></listitem>
>                          </varlistentry>
> diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
> index 6a2193d..025c801 100644
> --- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
> +++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
> @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ L    /tmp/foobar -    -    -    -   /dev/null</programlisting>
>                          <variablelist>
>                                  <varlistentry>
>                                          <term><varname>f</varname></term>
> -                                        <listitem><para>Create a file if it doesn't exist yet (optionally writing a short string into it, if the argument parameter is passed)</para></listitem>
> +                                        <listitem><para>Create a file if it does not exist yet (optionally writing a short string into it, if the argument parameter is passed)</para></listitem>
>                                  </varlistentry>
>  
>                                  <varlistentry>
> @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ L    /tmp/foobar -    -    -    -   /dev/null</programlisting>
>  
>                                  <varlistentry>
>                                          <term><varname>d</varname></term>
> -                                        <listitem><para>Create a directory if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
> +                                        <listitem><para>Create a directory if it does not exist yet</para></listitem>
>                                  </varlistentry>
>  
>                                  <varlistentry>
> @@ -132,22 +132,22 @@ L    /tmp/foobar -    -    -    -   /dev/null</programlisting>
>  
>                                  <varlistentry>
>                                          <term><varname>p</varname></term>
> -                                        <listitem><para>Create a named pipe (FIFO) if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
> +                                        <listitem><para>Create a named pipe (FIFO) if it does not exist yet</para></listitem>
>                                  </varlistentry>
>  
>                                  <varlistentry>
>                                          <term><varname>L</varname></term>
> -                                        <listitem><para>Create a symlink if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
> +                                        <listitem><para>Create a symlink if it does not exist yet</para></listitem>
>                                  </varlistentry>
>  
>                                  <varlistentry>
>                                          <term><varname>c</varname></term>
> -                                        <listitem><para>Create a character device node if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
> +                                        <listitem><para>Create a character device node if it does not exist yet</para></listitem>
>                                  </varlistentry>
>  
>                                  <varlistentry>
>                                          <term><varname>b</varname></term>
> -                                        <listitem><para>Create a block device node if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
> +                                        <listitem><para>Create a block device node if it does not exist yet</para></listitem>
>                                  </varlistentry>
>  
>                                  <varlistentry>


Lennart

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