[patch] cal: improve wording about when Gregorian reformation happened

[Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>]

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On Mon, Jan 6, 2014, at 12:26, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 06:31:42PM +0000, Sami Kerola wrote:
> >  misc-utils/cal.1 | 18 ++++++++++++------
> >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
>  Applied, thanks.

Hmm...  I reviewed that change, but it appears Sami did not actually
process any of my comments into the second version of the patch --
or probably forgot to regenerate it?

Attached patch now makes the proposed changes to the current state.

Regards,

Benno

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From 26dd7a90cf5b0a6af373c44ec32c5c92562613c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 21:43:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] cal: in man page improve grammar and wording of the reformation limitation

Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
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 misc-utils/cal.1 |   11 ++++++-----
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/misc-utils/cal.1 b/misc-utils/cal.1
index c305eee..470d231 100644
--- a/misc-utils/cal.1
+++ b/misc-utils/cal.1
@@ -111,11 +111,12 @@ is used, where the first Thursday of the year is in week number 1.
 .PP
 The
 .B cal
-is using for Gregorian reformation the date of 1752 on the 3rd of
-September when it happen in Great Britain and it's colonies (including
-what is now the USA).  Ten days following that date were eliminated by
-the reformation, so the calendar for that month is a bit unusual.  The
-history when calendar reformation happen in different locales is ignored.
+program uses the 3rd of September 1752 as the date of the Gregorian calendar
+reformation -- that is when it happened in Great Britain and its colonies
+(including what is now the USA).  Ten days following that date were eliminated
+by this reformation, so the calendar for that month is rather unusual.
+The actual historical dates at which the calendar reform happened in all the
+different countries (locales) are ignored.
 .PP
 Alternative calendars, such as the Umm al-Qura, the Solar Hijri, the Ge'ez,
 or the lunisolar Hindu, are not supported.
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