mc 4.60 manpage corrections.

Delanoy Frédéric bn304001 at belgacom.net
Wed Jan 1 22:39:29 UTC 2003


Hello.

Here are some typos and formatting corrections pertaining to mc-4.6.0-pre1
I hope it helps...

--- mc.1	2002-10-03 16:38:43.000000000 +0200
+++ mc-new.1	2002-12-29 19:05:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -627,3 +627,3 @@
 menus.
-.B ("Above"
+.BR ( "Above"
 and
@@ -680,3 +680,3 @@
 .B type,
-displays a one character field type.  This character is similar to
+displays a one character wide type field.  This character is similar to
 what is displayed by ls with the -F flag -
@@ -871,4 +871,4 @@
 .PP
-this command prompts for a command
-and it's arguments (the argument defaults to the currently selected
+This command prompts for a command
+and its arguments (the argument defaults to the currently selected
 file name), the output from such command is shown in the internal file
@@ -1738,3 +1738,3 @@
 If some keys do not work properly then you won't see OK appear after
-pressing that key.  Then you may want to redefine it.  Do it by pressing
+pressing one of these.  Then you may want to redefine it.  Do it by pressing
 the button with the name of that key (either by the mouse or by Enter
@@ -2245,3 +2245,3 @@
 file/directory being copied. The default action is to copy
-it's content into that directory, by enabling this
+its content into that directory, by enabling this
 you can copy the source directory into that directory.
@@ -2462,3 +2462,3 @@
 copies to the file
-.B cooledit.clip and
+.BR cooledit.clip and
 .B Shift-Ins
@@ -2483,3 +2483,4 @@
 like by pressing that key. The macro is executed when you press
-.B Ctrl-A and then the assigned key. The macro is also executed if
+.B Ctrl-A
+and then the assigned key. The macro is also executed if
 you press Meta, Ctrl, or Esc and the assigned key, provided that the
@@ -2534,3 +2535,3 @@
 matches the number given, which is not always a real match. Scanf also
-treats whitespace as being elastic.  Note that the scanf format % is
+treats whitespace as being elastic.  Note that the scanf format %[ is
 very useful for scanning strings, and whitespace.
@@ -2579,3 +2580,3 @@
 canceling keys
-.B Esc,
+.BR Esc ,
 .B F10
@@ -2719,3 +2720,3 @ The
-.I user,
+.IR user ,
 .I options
@@ -2758,3 +2759,3 @@
 The
-.I user, port
+.IR user ", " port
 and
@@ -2768,3 +2769,3 @@
 .I port
-element is used when the remote machine running on a special port
+element is used when the remote server is running on a special port
 (see the mcserv(8) manual page for more information about ports);
@@ -2821,3 +2822,3 @@
 The
-.I username, domain
+.IR username , domain
 and
@@ -3025,3 +3026,3 @@
 .IP
-set special treatment for '+', '-', '*' in command line (select,
+Set special treatment for '+', '-', '*' in command line (select,
 unselect, reverse selection) only if command line is empty. No need to
@@ -3029,2 +3030,3 @@
 change selection when command line is not empty.
+.PP
 .I panel_scroll_pages
@@ -3124,3 +3126,3 @@
 The program will retrieve all of its information relative to the
-MC_LIBDIR environment variable, if this variable is not set, then it will
+MC_LIBDIR environment variable; if this variable is not set, it will
 fall back to the /usr/lib/mc directory.




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