Re: [Boost-build] Documentation nitpicks

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-24 10:35:28

On Monday 03 April 2006 20:11, Richard Peters wrote:
> > Attached is the diff file after correcting a number of spelling errors,
> > as obtained with cvs diff -u > diff.txt. Only after editing, I noticed
> > that my editor removes spaces at the end of the line, so the diff file
> > contains a number of 'invisible' changes. If that's a problem, let me
> > know and I'll try to work it out.
>
> Ok that was a mess... I have rediff'd it, with cvs diff -u -b > diff.txt,
> so I got rid of all changes caused by spaces removed. I have attached the
> diff, and if it comes out all garbled again, then you can obtain it from
> http://rpeters.org/diff.txt.

Hi Richard,
first of all, thanks for this patch! You've fixed an impressive number of 
issues. The patch was just committed.

There's one change I'm not sure about:

@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@
       properties of the base type - in particular generators and suffix.
       Typically, you'll change the new type in some way. For example, using
       <code>type.set-generated-target-suffix</code> you can set the suffix 
for
-      the new type. Or you can write special generator for the new type. For
-      example, it can generate additional metainformation for plugin.
+      the new type. Or you can write special a generator for the new type. 
For
+      example, it can generate additional metainformation for the plugin.
       In either way, the <code>PLUGIN</code> type can be used whenever

You've added "a" between "special" and "generator", so it gives "special a 
generator". Did you mean "a special generator" instead?

Thanks,
Volodya

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