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From: Michael Opdenacker <michael-lists@free-electrons.com>
To: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, trivial@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.18] [TRIVIAL] Spelling fixes in Documentation/DocBook
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 20:55:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45158305.3010401@free-electrons.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060921150738.ed407645.rdunlap@xenotime.net>

Randy.Dunlap wrote:
>>     <structfield>owner</structfield> field, such as in the
>>     <structname>file_operations</structname> structure. Set this field
>>     to the macro <symbol>THIS_MODULE</symbol>.
>> @@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n",
>>  
>>     <para>
>>      The preferred method of initializing structures is to use
>> -    designated initialisers, as defined by ISO C99, eg:
>> +    designated initializers, as defined by ISO C99, eg:
>>     
>
> UK spelling, it's OK.
>   

Thank you all very much for your reviews!

In this particular case, I chose the American spelling because it 
existed too in the same file (see 
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl#1098). 
I guess it is fine to have 2 different spellings for the same word in 
the same document, right? Otherwise, arbitrating between the 2 options 
can be pretty tricky.

>> diff -Nurp linux-2.6.18/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl 
>> linux-2.6.18-aspell-docbook/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
>> --- linux-2.6.18/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl	2006-09-20 
>> 05:42:06.000000000 +0200
>> +++ linux-2.6.18-aspell-docbook/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl	2006-09-21 
>> 22:14:56.000000000 +0200
>>     
>
> ack all except "iff".  That is "if and only if".
>   
Oops, thanks for this reminder!

Cheers,

    Michael.

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  reply	other threads:[~2006-09-23 18:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-09-21 21:18 [PATCH 2.6.18] [TRIVIAL] Spelling fixes in Documentation/DocBook Michael Opdenacker
2006-09-21 22:07 ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-09-23 18:55   ` Michael Opdenacker [this message]
2006-09-22 16:34 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-22 16:36   ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-09-22 19:10     ` Alan Cox
2006-09-23 19:07   ` Michael Opdenacker
2006-09-23 21:02     ` Alan Cox
2006-09-23  9:51 ` David Woodhouse
2006-09-23 17:04   ` Randy Dunlap
2006-09-23 18:31     ` Lee Revell
2006-09-23 18:33       ` David Woodhouse
2006-09-23 18:47         ` Lee Revell
2006-09-23 19:32           ` Alan Cox

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