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authorThorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@toblux.com>2024-02-05 01:01:17 +0100
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2024-02-05 10:24:54 -0700
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Documentation: multiple .rst files: Fix grammar and more consistent formatting
sphinx.rst: - Remove unnecessary newline - Fix grammar s/on/in/ - Fix grammar s/check/checks/ - Capitalize heading "The C domain" changes.rst: - Remove colon after "pahole" to be consistent with other entries howto.rst: - Fix grammar s/you will/will you/ - Hyphenate "real-world problems" Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@toblux.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240205000117.3285-1-thorsten.blum@toblux.com
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@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ Image output
------------
The kernel documentation build system contains an extension that
-handles images on both GraphViz and SVG formats (see
-:ref:`sphinx_kfigure`).
+handles images in both GraphViz and SVG formats (see :ref:`sphinx_kfigure`).
For it to work, you need to install both GraphViz and ImageMagick
packages. If those packages are not installed, the build system will
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ further info.
Checking for Sphinx dependencies
--------------------------------
-There's a script that automatically check for Sphinx dependencies. If it can
+There's a script that automatically checks for Sphinx dependencies. If it can
recognize your distribution, it will also give a hint about the install
command line options for your distro::
@@ -283,7 +282,7 @@ Here are some specific guidelines for the kernel documentation:
from highlighting. For a short snippet of code embedded in the text, use \`\`.
-the C domain
+The C domain
------------
The **Sphinx C Domain** (name c) is suited for documentation of C API. E.g. a