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* [PATCH] edit installation section
@ 2018-08-31 17:02 Will Pierce
  2018-09-02 12:35 ` Nicolas Goaziou
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Will Pierce @ 2018-08-31 17:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
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* emphasize org's near-universal distribution
* reformat vertical list
* minor grammar fix

Vertical list style here follows the Chicago Manual. (Similar formatting is
used at line 8200 in the manual. I'd like to regularize this in the future.)

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From 029546a58bf3263438242f1e8b0efc9355076c6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pierwill <19642016+pierwill@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:34:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] edit installation section

* emphasize org's near-universal distribution
* reformat vertical list
* minor grammar fix
---
 doc/org-manual.org | 18 ++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org
index 0d65be997..0732c1d97 100644
--- a/doc/org-manual.org
+++ b/doc/org-manual.org
@@ -73,16 +73,18 @@ book from Network Theory Ltd.]].
 :END:
 #+cindex: installation
 
-Org is part of recent distributions of GNU Emacs, so you normally do
-not need to install it.  If, for one reason or another, you want to
-install Org on top of this pre-packaged version, there are three ways
-to do it:
+Org is included in all recent distributions of GNU Emacs, so you
+probably do not need to install it.  Most users will simply activate
+Org and begin exploring its many features.
 
-- By using Emacs package system.
-- By downloading Org as an archive.
-- By using Org's git repository.
+If, for one reason or another, you want to install Org on top of this
+pre-packaged version, there are three ways to do it:
 
-We *strongly recommend* to stick to a single installation method.
+- by using the Emacs package system;
+- by downloading Org as an archive; or
+- by using Org's git repository.
+
+We *strongly recommend* sticking to a single installation method.
 
 *** Using Emacs packaging system
 :PROPERTIES:
-- 
2.18.0


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* Re: [PATCH] edit installation section
  2018-08-31 17:02 [PATCH] edit installation section Will Pierce
@ 2018-09-02 12:35 ` Nicolas Goaziou
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Nicolas Goaziou @ 2018-09-02 12:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Will Pierce; +Cc: emacs-orgmode

Hello,

Will Pierce <pierwill@gmail.com> writes:

> * emphasize org's near-universal distribution
> * reformat vertical list
> * minor grammar fix
>

Applied, with a minor tweak to the commit message.

Thank you.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

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