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authorRical Jasan <ricaljasan@pacific.net>2016-10-06 12:19:25 +0530
committerSiddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org>2016-10-06 12:19:25 +0530
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Manual typos: The Basic Program/System Interface
2016-05-06 Rical Jasan <ricaljasan@pacific.net> * manual/argp.texi: Fix typos in the manual. * manual/getopt.texi: Likewise. * manual/startup.texi: Likewise.
Diffstat (limited to 'manual')
-rw-r--r--manual/argp.texi10
-rw-r--r--manual/getopt.texi10
-rw-r--r--manual/startup.texi8
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/manual/argp.texi b/manual/argp.texi
index dae6809..bca3ca5 100644
--- a/manual/argp.texi
+++ b/manual/argp.texi
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ be displayed in much the same manner as the options. This is known as a
If this flag is set, then the option @code{name} field is displayed
unmodified (e.g., no @samp{--} prefix is added) at the left-margin where
a @emph{short} option would normally be displayed, and this
-documentation string is left in it's usual place. For purposes of
+documentation string is left in its usual place. For purposes of
sorting, any leading whitespace and punctuation is ignored, unless the
first non-whitespace character is @samp{-}. This entry is displayed
after all options, after @code{OPTION_DOC} entries with a leading
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ parser function. @xref{Argp Parsing State}.
@safety{@prelim{}@mtunsafe{@mtasurace{:argpbuf} @mtsenv{} @mtslocale{}}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{} @ascuintl{} @asucorrupt{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{} @acucorrupt{} @aculock{}}}
@c Just calls argp_state_help with stderr and ARGP_HELP_STD_USAGE.
Outputs the standard usage message for the argp parser referred to by
-@var{state} to @code{@var{state}->err_stream} and terminate the program
+@var{state} to @code{@var{state}->err_stream} and terminates the program
with @code{exit (argp_err_exit_status)}. @xref{Argp Global Variables}.
@end deftypefun
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ by the program name and @samp{:}, and followed by a @w{@samp{Try @dots{}
@c blank, release the buffer, call strerror_r with an automatic buffer,
@c print it out after colon and blank, put[w]c a line break, unlock the
@c stream, then exit unless ARGP_NO_EXIT.
-Similar to the standard gnu error-reporting function @code{error}, this
+Similar to the standard GNU error-reporting function @code{error}, this
prints the program name and @samp{:}, the printf format string
@var{fmt}, and the appropriate following args. If it is non-zero, the
standard unix error text for @var{errnum} is printed. If @var{status} is
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ Don't exit on errors, although they may still result in error messages.
@comment argp.h
@comment GNU
@item ARGP_LONG_ONLY
-Use the gnu getopt `long-only' rules for parsing arguments. This allows
+Use the GNU getopt `long-only' rules for parsing arguments. This allows
long-options to be recognized with only a single @samp{-}
(i.e., @samp{-help}). This results in a less useful interface, and its
use is discouraged as it conflicts with the way most GNU programs work
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ These example programs demonstrate the basic usage of argp.
@subsubsection A Minimal Program Using Argp
This is perhaps the smallest program possible that uses argp. It won't
-do much except give an error messages and exit when there are any
+do much except give an error message and exit when there are any
arguments, and prints a rather pointless message for @samp{--help}.
@smallexample
diff --git a/manual/getopt.texi b/manual/getopt.texi
index aa4134b..20e11ef 100644
--- a/manual/getopt.texi
+++ b/manual/getopt.texi
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ is treated specially. It permits arguments that are not options to be
returned as if they were associated with option character @samp{\1}.
@item
-POSIX demands the following behavior: The first non-option stops option
+POSIX demands the following behavior: the first non-option stops option
processing. This mode is selected by either setting the environment
variable @code{POSIXLY_CORRECT} or beginning the @var{options} argument
string with a plus sign (@samp{+}).
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ options to accept (see above).
When @code{getopt_long} encounters a short option, it does the same
thing that @code{getopt} would do: it returns the character code for the
-option, and stores the options argument (if it has one) in @code{optarg}.
+option, and stores the option's argument (if it has one) in @code{optarg}.
When @code{getopt_long} encounters a long option, it takes actions based
on the @code{flag} and @code{val} fields of the definition of that
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ When @code{getopt_long} has no more options to handle, it returns
@var{argv} of the next remaining argument.
@end deftypefun
-Since long option names were used before the @code{getopt_long}
-options was invented there are program interfaces which require programs
+Since long option names were used before @code{getopt_long}
+was invented there are program interfaces which require programs
to recognize options like @w{@samp{-option value}} instead of
@w{@samp{--option value}}. To enable these programs to use the GNU
getopt functionality there is one more function available.
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ getopt functionality there is one more function available.
@c Same issues as getopt.
The @code{getopt_long_only} function is equivalent to the
-@code{getopt_long} function but it allows to specify the user of the
+@code{getopt_long} function but it allows the user of the
application to pass long options with only @samp{-} instead of
@samp{--}. The @samp{--} prefix is still recognized but instead of
looking through the short options if a @samp{-} is seen it is first
diff --git a/manual/startup.texi b/manual/startup.texi
index 9a091a5..e4c983a 100644
--- a/manual/startup.texi
+++ b/manual/startup.texi
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ one program.
Note that we are using a specific definition of ``program'' for the
purposes of this manual, which corresponds to a common definition in the
-context of Unix system. In popular usage, ``program'' enjoys a much
+context of Unix systems. In popular usage, ``program'' enjoys a much
broader definition; it can refer for example to a system's kernel, an
editor macro, a complex package of software, or a discrete section of
code executing within a process.
@@ -228,9 +228,9 @@ available.
@c strncmp dup ok
The @var{optionp} parameter must be a pointer to a variable containing
-the address of the string to process. When the function returns the
+the address of the string to process. When the function returns, the
reference is updated to point to the next suboption or to the
-terminating @samp{\0} character if there is no more suboption available.
+terminating @samp{\0} character if there are no more suboptions available.
The @var{tokens} parameter references an array of strings containing the
known suboptions. All strings must be @samp{\0} terminated and to mark
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ environment. If the environment contains an entry with the key
equivalent to a call to @code{putenv} when the @var{value} part of the
string is empty.
-The function return @code{-1} if @var{name} is a null pointer, points to
+The function returns @code{-1} if @var{name} is a null pointer, points to
an empty string, or points to a string containing a @code{=} character.
It returns @code{0} if the call succeeded.