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authorDavid Bryant <davidbryant@gvtc.com>2022-11-18 12:35:53 -0600
committerDavid Bryant <davidbryant@gvtc.com>2022-11-18 12:35:53 -0600
commitcc197d00cec9859ee8f5ecf4be67ffab35e5f018 (patch)
tree061989af0f54cd291df11827c1fdc8d7712518ae /chapter08
parent7115c88406ec78ea55d5dd576b4c2b4c31556641 (diff)
Corrected a grammatical error: the subordinate clause "that offers ..."
modifies the plural noun "libraries"; it must use a plural verb. Clarified how many "configure" options Readline uses. Tightened the prose, and used the definite article in lieu of the indefinite article, because only one readline.pc file can possibly be the "correct" one.
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-rw-r--r--chapter08/readline.xml8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/readline.xml b/chapter08/readline.xml
index 51784d2f7..ea073308d 100644
--- a/chapter08/readline.xml
+++ b/chapter08/readline.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
<sect2 role="package">
<title/>
- <para>The Readline package is a set of libraries that offers command-line
+ <para>The Readline package is a set of libraries that offer command-line
editing and history capabilities.</para>
<segmentedlist>
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ sed -i '/{OLDSUFF}/c:' support/shlib-install</userinput></screen>
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/readline-&readline-version;</userinput></screen>
<variablelist>
- <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
+ <title>The meaning of the new configure option:</title>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>--with-curses</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>This option tells Readline that it can find the termcap
- library functions in the curses library, rather than a separate
- termcap library. It allows generating a correct
+ library functions in the curses library, not a separate
+ termcap library. This will generate the correct
<filename>readline.pc</filename> file.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>