From dd3e5a003c65935a7bf60aee09b1671a833b510b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Martin Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 20:03:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Typos and formatting corrections. Suggested by Delanoy Frederic --- doc/mc.1.in | 30 ++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/mc.1.in b/doc/mc.1.in index 0a15a08f0..c14efb795 100644 --- a/doc/mc.1.in +++ b/doc/mc.1.in @@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ format. It displays the size of the files and for directories it just shows SUB-DIR or UP--DIR. .TP .B type -displays a one character field type. This character is similar to +displays a one character wide type field. This character is similar to what is displayed by ls with the -F flag - .B * for executable files, @@ -877,8 +877,8 @@ preprocessing to the file. .PP .B Filtered View (M-!) .PP -this command prompts for a command -and it's arguments (the argument defaults to the currently selected +This command prompts for a command +and its arguments (the argument defaults to the currently selected file name), the output from such command is shown in the internal file viewer. .PP @@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ but after that it will show help. The same applies to the arrow keys. The Tab key should be working always. .PP If some keys do not work properly then you won't see OK appear after -pressing that key. Then you may want to redefine it. Do it by pressing +pressing one of these. Then you may want to redefine it. Do it by pressing the button with the name of that key (either by the mouse or by Enter or Space after selecting the button with Tab or arrows). Then a message box will appear asking you to press that key. Do it and wait until the @@ -1935,7 +1935,7 @@ For example you could set your .B CDPATH variable to ~/src:/usr/src, allowing you to change your directory to any of the directories inside the ~/src and /usr/src directories, from -any place in the file system by using it's relative name (for example +any place in the file system by using its relative name (for example cd linux could take you to /usr/src/linux). .\"NODE " Macro Substitution" .SH " Macro Substitution" @@ -2212,7 +2212,7 @@ directory or whether would you like to copy their content. Dive into subdirs tells what to do if in the target directory exists a directory with the same name as the file/directory being copied. The default action is to copy -it's content into that directory, by enabling this +its content into that directory, by enabling this you can copy the source directory into that directory. Perhaps an example will help: .PP @@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@ Some internal details about the viewer: On systems that provide the mmap(2) system call, the program maps the file instead of loading it; if the system does not provide the mmap(2) system call or the file matches an action that requires a filter, then the viewer will use -it's growing buffers, thus loading only those parts of the file that +its growing buffers, thus loading only those parts of the file that you actually access (this includes compressed files). .PP Here is a listing of the actions associated with each key that the @@ -2500,7 +2500,7 @@ number are to be used in place of the first and second. It is advisable to use this feature with Prompt on replace on, because a match is thought to be found whenever the number of arguments found matches the number given, which is not always a real match. Scanf also -treats whitespace as being elastic. Note that the scanf format % is +treats whitespace as being elastic. Note that the scanf format %[ is very useful for scanning strings, and whitespace. .PP The editor also displays non-us characters (160+). When editing @@ -2544,7 +2544,7 @@ again, only the subset will be shown in the listbox, otherwise the first item which matches all the previous characters will be highlighted. As soon as there is no ambiguity, dialog disappears, but you can hide it by canceling keys -.B Esc, +.BR Esc , .B F10 and left and right arrow keys. If .\"LINK2" @@ -2709,7 +2709,7 @@ machine as that user, otherwise it will use your login name. .PP The .I port -element is used when the remote machine running on a special port +element is used when the remote server is running on a special port (see the mcserv(8) manual page for more information about ports); finally, if the .I remote-dir @@ -2756,15 +2756,17 @@ directory to it using the cd command to a path name that looks like this: .I /#smb:[user@]machine[/service][/remote-dir] .PP The -.I user, service +.IR user , +.I service and .I remote-dir elements are optional. The -.I user, domain +.IR user , +.I domain and .I password -can be specified in input dialog. +can be specified in an input dialog. .PP Examples: .PP @@ -3038,7 +3040,7 @@ and unused keys everywhere). .\"NODE "FILES" .SH "FILES" The program will retrieve all of its information relative to the -MC_DATADIR environment variable, if this variable is not set, then it will +MC_DATADIR environment variable; if this variable is not set, then it will fall back to the @prefix@/share/mc directory. .PP .I @prefix@/share/mc/mc.hlp