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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
 

  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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