From: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>,
akpm@osdl.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix typos in doc and comments (1)
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:22:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061017012209.c764a3ec.kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061016160738.2199bbcb.rdunlap@xenotime.net>
On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:07:38 -0700
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:50:56 +0200 (MEST) Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Changes persistant -> persistent. www.dictionary.com does not know
> > persistant (with an A), but should it be one of those things you can
> > spell in more than one correct way, let me know.
>
> I agree with it, but IIRC Alan said it could be either way.
>
While I also agree, you're correct about Alan's claim. He used a print dictionary...I've yet to find an online dictionary that supports this spelling. (Note: I've found m-w.com to be the best at catching both British English and American English spellings. Cambridge online is good too).
> > Index: linux-2.6.19-rc2/lib/textsearch.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-2.6.19-rc2.orig/lib/textsearch.c
> > +++ linux-2.6.19-rc2/lib/textsearch.c
> > @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
> > * configuration according to the specified parameters.
> > * (3) User starts the search(es) by calling _find() or _next() to
> > * fetch subsequent occurrences. A state variable is provided
> > - * to the algorihtm to store persistant variables.
> > + * to the algorihtm to store persistent variables.
>
> fix /algorithm/ while here?
> or did Matt already fix that one?
>
I haven't yet submitted typo fixes to any c/h files, so no. I actually do have a c/h file patch done and pending from a couple days ago, I just haven't mailed it yet.
> > * (4) Core eventually resets the search offset and forwards the find()
> > * request to the algorithm.
> > * (5) Algorithm calls get_next_block() provided by the user continously
>
> ---
> ~Randy
--
Matt
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-17 5:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-16 22:50 [PATCH] Fix typos in doc and comments (1) Jan Engelhardt
2006-10-16 23:00 ` [PATCH] Fix typos in doc and comments (2) Jan Engelhardt
2006-10-16 23:07 ` [PATCH] Fix typos in doc and comments (1) Randy Dunlap
2006-10-17 5:22 ` Matt LaPlante [this message]
2006-10-17 13:17 ` Alan Cox
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