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From: ricaljasan@pacific.net
To: libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Subject: [PATCH 10/37] Manual typos: Pattern Matching
Date: Fri, 06 May 2016 08:30:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1462521305-19409-11-git-send-email-ricaljasan@pacific.net> (raw)
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2016-05-06  Rical Jasan  <ricaljasan@pacific.net>

	* manual/pattern.texi: Fix typos in the manual.
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 manual/pattern.texi |   24 ++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)


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diff --git a/manual/pattern.texi b/manual/pattern.texi
index d1b9275..a0c612a 100644
--- a/manual/pattern.texi
+++ b/manual/pattern.texi
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Ignore case in comparing @var{string} to @var{pattern}.
 @item FNM_EXTMATCH
 @cindex Korn Shell
 @pindex ksh
-Recognize beside the normal patterns also the extended patterns
+Besides the normal patterns, also recognize the extended patterns
 introduced in @file{ksh}.  The patterns are written in the form
 explained in the following table where @var{pattern-list} is a @code{|}
 separated list of patterns.
@@ -477,8 +477,8 @@ In the event of an error, @code{glob} stores information in
 It is important to notice that the @code{glob} function will not fail if
 it encounters directories or files which cannot be handled without the
 LFS interfaces.  The implementation of @code{glob} is supposed to use
-these functions internally.  This at least is the assumptions made by
-the Unix standard.  The GNU extension of allowing the user to provide
+these functions internally.  This at least is the assumption made by
+the Unix standard.  The GNU extension of allowing the user to provide their
 own directory handling and @code{stat} functions complicates things a
 bit.  If these callback functions are used and a large file or directory
 is encountered @code{glob} @emph{can} fail.
@@ -493,13 +493,13 @@ The @code{glob64} function was added as part of the Large File Summit
 extensions but is not part of the original LFS proposal.  The reason for
 this is simple: it is not necessary.  The necessity for a @code{glob64}
 function is added by the extensions of the GNU @code{glob}
-implementation which allows the user to provide own directory handling
+implementation which allows the user to provide their own directory handling
 and @code{stat} functions.  The @code{readdir} and @code{stat} functions
 do depend on the choice of @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS} since the definition
 of the types @code{struct dirent} and @code{struct stat} will change
 depending on the choice.
 
-Beside this difference the @code{glob64} works just like @code{glob} in
+Besides this difference, @code{glob64} works just like @code{glob} in
 all aspects.
 
 This function is a GNU extension.
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ result if the pattern used for matching contains any wildcard character.
 @comment glob.h
 @comment GNU
 @item GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC
-Instead of the using the using the normal functions for accessing the
+Instead of using the normal functions for accessing the
 filesystem the @code{glob} implementation uses the user-supplied
 functions specified in the structure pointed to by @var{pglob}
 parameter.  For more information about the functions refer to the
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ sections about directory handling see @ref{Accessing Directories}, and
 @comment glob.h
 @comment GNU
 @item GLOB_BRACE
-If this flag is given the handling of braces in the pattern is changed.
+If this flag is given, the handling of braces in the pattern is changed.
 It is now required that braces appear correctly grouped.  I.e., for each
 opening brace there must be a closing one.  Braces can be used
 recursively.  So it is possible to define one brace expression in
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ return it as the sole ``matching'' word, even if no file exists by that name.
 @comment glob.h
 @comment GNU
 @item GLOB_TILDE
-If this flag is used the character @code{~} (tilde) is handled special
+If this flag is used the character @code{~} (tilde) is handled specially
 if it appears at the beginning of the pattern.  Instead of being taken
 verbatim it is used to represent the home directory of a known user.
 
@@ -719,14 +719,14 @@ This functionality is equivalent to what is available in C-shells if the
 @comment glob.h
 @comment GNU
 @item GLOB_TILDE_CHECK
-If this flag is used @code{glob} behaves like as if @code{GLOB_TILDE} is
+If this flag is used @code{glob} behaves as if @code{GLOB_TILDE} is
 given.  The only difference is that if the user name is not available or
 the home directory cannot be determined for other reasons this leads to
 an error.  @code{glob} will return @code{GLOB_NOMATCH} instead of using
 the pattern itself as the name.
 
 This functionality is equivalent to what is available in C-shells if
-@code{nonomatch} flag is not set.
+the @code{nonomatch} flag is not set.
 
 @comment glob.h
 @comment GNU
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ Ignore case when matching letters.
 @comment regex.h
 @comment POSIX.2
 @item REG_NOSUB
-Don't bother storing the contents of the @var{matches-ptr} array.
+Don't bother storing the contents of the @var{matchptr} array.
 
 @comment regex.h
 @comment POSIX.2
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ subexpression.
 @comment regex.h
 @comment POSIX.2
 @deftp {Data Type} regmatch_t
-This is the data type of the @var{matcharray} array that you pass to
+This is the data type of the @var{matchptr} array that you pass to
 @code{regexec}.  It contains two structure fields, as follows:
 
 @table @code

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-05-06  8:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 101+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-05-06  7:55 [PATCH 00/37] Manual typos: Overview ricaljasan
2016-05-06  7:55 ` [PATCH 33/37] Manual typos: Internal probes ricaljasan
2016-06-23  3:00   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  7:55 ` [PATCH 08/37] Manual typos: Message Translation ricaljasan
2016-05-22  3:30   ` Chris Leonard
2016-06-16  5:17   ` Mike Frysinger
2016-05-06  7:55 ` [PATCH 20/37] Manual typos: Resource Usage and Limitation ricaljasan
2016-05-30 16:15   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  7:55 ` [PATCH 01/37] Manual typos: Introduction ricaljasan
2016-05-06 22:34   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-20  3:25   ` Mike Frysinger
2016-05-06  7:55 ` [PATCH 22/37] Manual typos: Signal Handling ricaljasan
2016-05-30 16:21   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  7:55 ` [PATCH 03/37] Manual typos: Virtual Memory Allocation and Paging ricaljasan
2016-05-07 12:09   ` Chris Leonard
2016-06-16  4:36   ` Mike Frysinger
2016-05-06  7:55 ` [PATCH 29/37] Manual typos: System Configuration Parameters ricaljasan
2016-06-23  2:56   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  7:55 ` [PATCH 21/37] Manual typos: Non-Local Exits ricaljasan
2016-05-30 16:16   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  7:55 ` [PATCH 02/37] Manual typos: Error Reporting ricaljasan
2016-05-07  0:54   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-20  6:59   ` Mike Frysinger
2016-05-06  7:56 ` [PATCH 30/37] Manual typos: DES Encryption and Password Handling ricaljasan
2016-06-23  2:57   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  7:56 ` [PATCH 26/37] Manual typos: System Databases and Name Service Switch ricaljasan
2016-05-30 18:11   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  7:56 ` [PATCH 31/37] Manual typos: Debugging support ricaljasan
2016-06-23  2:58   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  7:56 ` [PATCH 36/37] Manual typos: Library Maintenance ricaljasan
2016-06-23  3:05   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  7:56 ` [PATCH 37/37] Manual typos: Contributors to ricaljasan
2016-06-23  3:06   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  7:56 ` [PATCH 28/37] Manual typos: System Management ricaljasan
2016-06-23  2:52   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  7:56 ` [PATCH 25/37] Manual typos: Job Control ricaljasan
2016-05-30 18:08   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-31  7:11     ` Rical Jasan
2016-05-31 17:28       ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  8:29 ` [PATCH 34/37] Manual typos: C Language Facilities in the Library ricaljasan
2016-06-23  3:01   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  8:29 ` [PATCH 32/37] Manual typos: POSIX Threads ricaljasan
2016-06-23  2:59   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  8:29 ` [PATCH 16/37] Manual typos: Syslog ricaljasan
2016-05-30 16:04   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  8:29 ` [PATCH 24/37] Manual typos: Processes ricaljasan
2016-05-30 16:24   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  8:29 ` [PATCH 04/37] Manual typos: Character Handling ricaljasan
2016-05-07 12:13   ` Chris Leonard
2016-06-16  4:38   ` Mike Frysinger
2016-05-06  8:29 ` [PATCH 35/37] Manual typos: Installing ricaljasan
2016-06-23  3:02   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  8:30 ` [PATCH 15/37] Manual typos: Low-Level Terminal Interface ricaljasan
2016-05-30 14:13   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  8:30 ` [PATCH 07/37] Manual typos: Locales and Internationalization ricaljasan
2016-05-20  8:31   ` Chris Leonard
2016-06-16  4:52   ` Mike Frysinger
2016-05-06  8:30 ` ricaljasan [this message]
2016-05-28  3:30   ` [PATCH 10/37] Manual typos: Pattern Matching Chris Leonard
2016-06-16  5:35   ` Mike Frysinger
2016-05-06  8:30 ` [PATCH 18/37] Manual typos: Arithmetic Functions ricaljasan
2016-05-30 16:09   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  8:31 ` [PATCH 23/37] Manual typos: The Basic Program/System Interface ricaljasan
2016-05-30 16:22   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  8:31 ` [PATCH 05/37] Manual typos: String and Array Utilities ricaljasan
2016-05-19 19:42   ` Chris Leonard
2016-06-16  4:41   ` Mike Frysinger
2016-05-06  8:31 ` [PATCH 27/37] Manual typos: Users and Groups ricaljasan
2016-06-23  2:43   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  8:31 ` [PATCH 14/37] Manual typos: Sockets ricaljasan
2016-05-30 14:04   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  8:31 ` [PATCH 09/37] Manual typos: Searching and Sorting ricaljasan
2016-05-22  4:16   ` Chris Leonard
2016-06-16  5:26   ` Mike Frysinger
2016-05-06  8:32 ` [PATCH 12/37] Manual typos: Low-Level Input/Output ricaljasan
2016-05-29  9:54   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  8:32 ` [PATCH 19/37] Manual typos: Date and Time ricaljasan
2016-05-30 16:14   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  8:32 ` [PATCH 13/37] Manual typos: File System Interface ricaljasan
2016-05-30 13:46   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  8:32 ` [PATCH 06/37] Manual typos: Character Set Handling ricaljasan
2016-05-19 20:11   ` Chris Leonard
2016-06-16  4:45   ` Mike Frysinger
2016-05-06  8:32 ` [PATCH 17/37] Manual typos: Mathematics ricaljasan
2016-05-30 16:06   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-06  8:33 ` [PATCH 11/37] Manual typos: Input/Output on Streams ricaljasan
2016-05-28  3:53   ` Chris Leonard
2016-05-17  4:53 ` [PING] [PATCH 00/37] Manual typos: Overview ricaljasan
2016-05-17  5:07   ` Carlos O'Donell
2016-05-25  8:29 ` Rical Jasan
2016-06-06  8:04 ` Rical Jasan
2016-06-15 23:38   ` Rical Jasan
2016-06-16  4:35   ` Mike Frysinger
2016-06-16 14:16     ` Rical Jasan
2016-07-11  2:22 ` Rical Jasan
2016-08-18 13:34   ` Chris Leonard
2016-08-19  2:53     ` Rical Jasan
2016-10-05 21:10   ` Rical Jasan
2016-10-06  5:50     ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2016-10-06  7:13       ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2016-10-07  1:56         ` Rical Jasan

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