Re: [PATCH v2] docs-rst: doc-guide: Minor grammar fixes

From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Mon Jan 14 2019 - 02:42:47 EST


On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 09:14:59AM +0200, Joel Nider wrote:
> While using this guide to learn the new documentation method, I saw
> a few phrases that I felt could be improved. These small changes
> improve the grammar and choice of words to further enhance the
> installation instructions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joel Nider <joeln@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> v2: address Matthew's comment
>
> Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst | 12 ++++++------
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
> index 02605ee..c039224 100644
> --- a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
> @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ Sphinx Install
> ==============
>
> The ReST markups currently used by the Documentation/ files are meant to be
> -built with ``Sphinx`` version 1.3 or upper. If you're desiring to build
> -PDF outputs, it is recommended to use version 1.4.6 or upper.
> +built with ``Sphinx`` version 1.3 or higher. If you desire to build
> +PDF output, it is recommended to use version 1.4.6 or higher.
>
> There's a script that checks for the Sphinx requirements. Please see
> :ref:`sphinx-pre-install` for further details.
> @@ -37,15 +37,15 @@ Most distributions are shipped with Sphinx, but its toolchain is fragile,
> and it is not uncommon that upgrading it or some other Python packages
> on your machine would cause the documentation build to break.
>
> -A way to get rid of that is to use a different version than the one shipped
> -on your distributions. In order to do that, it is recommended to install
> +A way to avoid that is to use a different version than the one shipped
> +with your distributions. In order to do so, it is recommended to install
> Sphinx inside a virtual environment, using ``virtualenv-3``
> or ``virtualenv``, depending on how your distribution packaged Python 3.
>
> .. note::
>
> #) Sphinx versions below 1.5 don't work properly with Python's
> - docutils version 0.13.1 or upper. So, if you're willing to use
> + docutils version 0.13.1 or higher. So, if you're willing to use
> those versions, you should run ``pip install 'docutils==0.12'``.
>
> #) It is recommended to use the RTD theme for html output. Depending
> @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ output.
> PDF and LaTeX builds
> --------------------
>
> -Such builds are currently supported only with Sphinx versions 1.4 and upper.
> +Such builds are currently supported only with Sphinx versions 1.4 and higher.
>
> For PDF and LaTeX output, you'll also need ``XeLaTeX`` version 3.14159265.
>
> --
> 2.7.4
>

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.