From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Noorul Islam K M Subject: Re: Some documentation suggestions Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 10:19:16 +0530 Message-ID: <87mwmcwj77.fsf@noman.maa.corp.collab.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34939) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VVa6X-0005UY-W1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2013 00:50:10 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VVa6T-0000jv-8d for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2013 00:50:05 -0400 Received: from mail-pd0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c02::22c]:44988) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VVa6S-0000jo-Rg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2013 00:50:01 -0400 Received: by mail-pd0-f172.google.com with SMTP id z10so6882742pdj.3 for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2013 21:49:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (TonyMc's message of "Sun, 13 Oct 2013 18:01:15 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: TonyMc Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org TonyMc writes: > Dear Bastien et al, > > I have been reading through the Org manual (version 8.2.1) and have > found a few errors of grammar or places where the English doesn't > sound right. I list them below with some suggested replacements > (separated by ->). I hope this is helpful. > > Best, > Tony > > * 1.4 Feedback > "If you re" -> "If you are" > > * 2.5 Structure Editing > "level than" -> "level as" (twice) > > * 2.6 Sparse Trees > "several commands creating" -> "several commands for creating" > > * 2.7 Plain Lists > "theirs sub-items" -> "their sub-items" > > 3.1 Table editor > "region to table" -> "region to a table" > > 3.5.1 References > "one but last" -> "last but one" > > 3.5.4 Durations and time values > "[HH:MM[:SS]" -> "HH:MM[:SS]" > > 3.5.5 Field and range formulas > "column and rows" -> "columns and rows" > "To avoid this from happening" -> "To prevent this from happening" or > "To avoid this" > > 3.5.6 Column formulas > "can not" -> "cannot" > > 4.2 Internal links > "put the line" -> "put in the line" > > 4.6 Link abbreviations > "text don't" -> "text doesn't" > > 5.2.3 Multiple keyword sets > "S-<>" -> "S-" > > 5.3.2 Tracking TODO state changes > "you not only" -> "You not only" > > 7.1 Property syntax > "activate this changes." -> "activate this change." > > 7.5.2 Using column view > "modified values is" -> "modified value is" > > 8 Dates and times > "used as indicating" -> "used to indicate" > > 8.1 Timestamps, deadlines and scheduling > ""That order depend" -> "That order depends" > > 8.3 Deadlines and scheduling > "a specific deadlines" -> "a specific deadline" > "task get scheduled" -> "task gets scheduled" > > 8.4 Clocking work time > "to that you can" -> "so that you can" > > 8.4.1 Clocking commands > "in inserts it" -> "and inserts it" > > 8.4.2 The Clock table > "and specify" -> "specifies" > "either absolute" -> "either absolutely" > "There options" -> "These options" > > 10.3.3 Matching tags and properties > "one of the tag" -> "one of the tags" > "Except the Special properties" -> "In addition to the Special > properties" > > 10.4.4 Filtering/limiting agenda items > "_fitlers_" -> "_filters_" > "Filter are" -> "Filters are" > "catogories" -> "categories" > "that as no effort" -> "that has no effort" > > 10.6.3 Setting options for custom commands > "an agenda commands" -> "an agenda command" > > 11 Markup for rich export > "like HTML, LaTeX" -> "like HTML and LaTeX" > > Document title > "associated to buffer" -> "associated with the buffer" > > 11.8 Special blocks > "at a specific back-ends" -> "at a specific back-end" > > 12.11 Other built-in back-ends > "these export back-end" -> "these export back-ends" > > 15.3 Speed keys > "Speed keys do not only" -> "Speed keys not only" > > 15.4 Code evaluation and security issues > " work with the code snippets" -> "work with code snippets" > > 15.6 Summary of in-buffer settings > "any of those lines" -> "any of these lines" > > Appendix A Hacking > "some aspects" -> "some areas" > > A.4 Adding export back-ends > "or from deriving them" -> "or by deriving them" > > A.8 Special agenda views > "the same than `agenda'" -> "the same as `agenda'" > > A.9 Speeding up your agendas > "slowliness caused by accessing to" -> "slowdown caused by accessing" > > Appendix B MobileOrg > "It does also allow" -> "It also allows" > > B.1 Setting up the staging area > "consider to encrypt" -> "consider encrypting" > > B.2 Pushing to MobileOrg > "same name than their" -> "same name as their" Thank you Tony! I will submit a patch. Right now working on this. Thanks and Regards Noorul