From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
To: "Štěpán Němec" <stepnem@smrk.net>
Cc: meta@public-inbox.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/3] install/README: improve wording
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 06:43:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231017064318.M245732@dcvr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231017001619+0200.395012-stepnem@smrk.net>
Štěpán Němec <stepnem@smrk.net> wrote:
> https://grammarhow.com/or-vs-nor/
Thanks, that's better than the results that were at the top for me.
> >> Files in this directory are designed for:
> >>
> >> -* users using from git or tarballs (and not the OS package manager)
> >> +* users using git repo or tarballs (and not the OS package manager)
> >
> > I wonder if:
> >
> > * users using our code from git or tarballs (and not the OS package manager)
> >
> > ...is better. I always feel the need to clarify git the software
> > vs. our code repo vs. our mirror on public-inbox.org/git *shrug*
>
> Yeah, I agree that's better. Maybe also change "using" to
> "running"? "Users using" is a bit awkward.
Agreed. How about:
----------8<---------
Subject: [PATCH 4/3] install/README: improve wording
Reported-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@smrk.net>
---
install/README | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/install/README b/install/README
index 981e014b..dd652552 100644
--- a/install/README
+++ b/install/README
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ TL;DR: sudo ./install/deps.perl all
Files in this directory are designed for:
-* users using from git or tarballs (and not the OS package manager)
+* users running our code from git or tarballs (and not the OS package manager)
* lazy users who can't be bothered to read all of INSTALL
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-10-17 6:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-16 11:33 [PATCH 1/3] doc: fix some typos and grammar Štěpán Němec
2023-10-16 11:33 ` [PATCH 2/3] doc: lei-q: drop stale TODO comment (fixed in 1f1b1f0e22f7) Štěpán Němec
2023-10-16 21:17 ` Eric Wong
2023-10-16 11:33 ` [PATCH 3/3] search: rectify comment (rt: documented since 738c4a65719e) Štěpán Němec
2023-10-16 21:39 ` Eric Wong
2023-10-16 21:13 ` [PATCH 1/3] doc: fix some typos and grammar Eric Wong
2023-10-16 22:16 ` Štěpán Němec
2023-10-17 6:43 ` Eric Wong [this message]
2023-10-17 7:19 ` [PATCH 4/3] install/README: improve wording Štěpán Němec
2023-10-17 7:54 ` Eric Wong
2023-10-17 8:07 ` Štěpán Němec
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