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authorDavid Bryant <davidbryant@gvtc.com>2022-12-09 14:27:24 -0600
committerDavid Bryant <davidbryant@gvtc.com>2022-12-09 14:27:24 -0600
commit75d64be391e2cc7dcffffd4f2af7fe61391dfcb2 (patch)
treec7575146567c6f4fe0cc1f691698619771660e1a /chapter08/meson.xml
parent02912947e8a276c61d192157406c7dfb63f048cf (diff)
Improve English idiom. Use the indicative mood.
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diff --git a/chapter08/meson.xml b/chapter08/meson.xml
index 0bde43856..1d9c9e3a7 100644
--- a/chapter08/meson.xml
+++ b/chapter08/meson.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
<sect2 role="package">
<title/>
- <para>Meson is an open source build system meant to be both extremely fast
+ <para>Meson is an open source build system designed to be both extremely fast
and as user friendly as possible.</para>
<segmentedlist>
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@
</segmentedlist>
<tip revision="sysv">
- <para>This section is not strictly required for LFS if not using
- systemd. On the other hand, meson/ninja is a powerful build system,
- which is expected to be used more and more often. It is required for
+ <para>This section is not strictly required when LFS does not use
+ systemd. On the other hand, Meson, along with Ninja, makes
+ a powerful build system combination,
+ which will probably be used more and more often. It is required for
several packages in <ulink url="&blfs-book;">the BLFS
book</ulink>.</para>
</tip>
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@
<screen><userinput remap="make">pip3 wheel -w dist --no-build-isolation --no-deps $PWD</userinput></screen>
- <para>The test suite requires some packages out of the scope of LFS.</para>
+ <para>The test suite requires some packages outside the scope of LFS.</para>
<para>Install the package:</para>
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ install -vDm644 data/shell-completions/zsh/_meson /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>-w dist</parameter></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Put the created wheels into the
+ <para>Puts the created wheels into the
<filename class='directory'>dist</filename> directory.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ install -vDm644 data/shell-completions/zsh/_meson /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>--find-links dist</parameter></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Install wheels from the
+ <para>Installs wheels from the
<filename class='directory'>dist</filename> directory.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>