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* [PATCH] org-manual: revise markup section intro
@ 2018-08-25  2:52 Will Pierce
  2018-08-27  8:53 ` Nicolas Goaziou
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Will Pierce @ 2018-08-25  2:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
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This patch revises the markup section's introductory paragraph to read more
smoothly.

I'll be slowly working the manual!

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From c783304ea6878539b6ed804235ef6df5d204aebb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pierwill <19642016+pierwill@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 21:38:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] org-manual: revise markup section intro

* also fix typo (s/conjuction/conjunction)
---
 doc/org-manual.org | 15 +++++++--------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org
index d4e82002f..8ebb87e65 100644
--- a/doc/org-manual.org
+++ b/doc/org-manual.org
@@ -10539,14 +10539,13 @@ environment.  This causes the following issues:
 :DESCRIPTION: Compose beautiful documents.
 :END:
 
-As you could tell so far, Org is primarily about organizing and
-searching through your notes.  However, it also provides a lightweight
-markup language that allows a rich formatting for those.  You may want
-to center, or emphasize, text.  You may need to insert a formula or
-a picture within your writings.  There is some syntax for all of this.
-Used in conjuction with the export framework (see [[*Exporting]]), you can
-author appealing documents, like the fine manual you are currently
-reading!
+Org is primarily about organizing and searching through your plain-text
+notes. However, it also provides a lightweight yet robust markup language
+for rich text formatting and more. For instance, you may want to center
+or emphasize text. Or you may need to insert a formula or image in your
+writing. Org offers syntax for all of this and more. Used in conjunction
+with the export framework (see [[*Exporting]]), you can author beautiful
+documents in Org---like the fine manual you are currently reading.
 
 ** Paragraphs
 :PROPERTIES:
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