From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from out-182.mta1.migadu.com (out-182.mta1.migadu.com [95.215.58.182]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3C27211CB8 for ; Sun, 16 Jun 2024 23:38:15 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=95.215.58.182 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1718581097; cv=none; b=Jr8WQL1dfbGQRGSjoXHvtAuPSDfHEF0MiyBWCOLfA2QIEr2KJ1xHlTBy3m/CPtxwCV8MteyAykjEmAcKBRm/Rz8qjDzoU//LnFEuk8k/eDgVPx+vIDjtaS2K3c/CowJ6XLmnhyrVkfZyru4vhZMTDR2ZvYtP8CFBcmKA85AhuOU= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1718581097; c=relaxed/simple; bh=cd8a4cyYlj7NfGTs89eWlX6auVC4btQ7AryXpY8h17I=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=iKenOYV4z6nVcKuyfz528WTcHpiqmc6COkndHQ1Ai13KS8usw/i72Q4nr43PLcCQ8ntVeVp1iGOUxnYXua46I7fOzrWo52KazeCTuTtmiEQXbgJSv/lx7E5SrcWv3oNrf5A2RearkOtuSLE8pCUMCnH2oggsGbyYYIh9CaqfUyM= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=baxters.nz; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=baxters.nz; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=baxters.nz header.i=@baxters.nz header.b=KQiHDfxP; arc=none smtp.client-ip=95.215.58.182 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=baxters.nz Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=baxters.nz Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=baxters.nz header.i=@baxters.nz header.b="KQiHDfxP" X-Envelope-To: linux-man@vger.kernel.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=baxters.nz; s=key1; t=1718581093; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=8Fbi22j5quooepVADKDLvQNixDhsxiJLrfHsUjjYoeA=; b=KQiHDfxP9Ro8d9HLhXEI4iHPAaILDTLkAFpFtt3HDbc4W2e8eas6IIPMaMG8NRGI+yVZGE vT4sXbEk74KQAaCqDbVr8w1C1DIpCzu9wCJsbFnl6GuXMTry759nQ5eeGa+pLViuoRipXX mMSm8B2wFC4kKFn/QQUCj9LjyuZHo00uYklIPdtOS0f6C46Tiw0S06Khlx+oKb6SGghzYw nMJm6/jZKQ1czZZq/Ax5HouQInpixT5rJT7U9n9UvpbV7YxH9pjKreF5soG4gOp0y4XO5A 00ZAzliUH3Jxe26riney3HcxYjty90zerI993sOBeLif1V6ljeYSAcb1xGDahw== X-Envelope-To: alx@kernel.org X-Report-Abuse: Please report any abuse attempt to abuse@migadu.com and include these headers. From: Jeremy Baxter To: Alejandro Colomar Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] intro.1: Improve wording in initial introduction In-Reply-To: (Alejandro Colomar's message of "Mon, 17 Jun 2024 01:05:45 +0200") References: <20240616223429.46202-1-jeremy@baxters.nz> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 11:38:06 +1200 Message-ID: <87a5jk31cx.fsf@baxters.nz> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_OUT Alejandro Colomar writes: >> -Linux is a flavor of UNIX, and as a first approximation >> -all user commands under UNIX work precisely the same under >> -Linux (and FreeBSD and lots of other UNIX-like systems). >> +Linux is a flavor of UNIX, and user commands under UNIX >> +work similarly under Linux (and lots of other UNIX-like systems too, >> +like FreeBSD). > > I like the changes in this paragraph, except for the removal of "as a > first approximation". Not a big deal, though. I don't hear "as a first approximation" spoken often and it just brings more cognitive overhead to the content in my opinion. >> -It is not built-in, but is just a program >> -and you can change your shell. >> -Everybody has their own favorite one. >> +It is not built-in, >> +but is just another program. > > I would maybe use a ';'? > > It is not built-in; > it is just another program. That's better, I'll use that in v2. > I think I'll apply this patch. Let me meditate it to-night. I CCed > Doug, in case he has any comments (it would be great to hear his > feedback). > > Have a lovely night! > Alex Sweet, thanks for the review.