Merge branch 'master' of github.com:perl6/book

README

@@ -19,12 +19,15 @@ To build the book, you need to have the following software installed:
     * inkscape (for svg -> pdf conversion)
     * pdflatex
     * the 'bera' font as a LaTeX package
-      In Ubuntu 10.04 this can be found in texlive-fonts-extra
+    * the 'fancyvrb' package for LaTex
+
+      In Ubuntu 10.04 the last three bullet items are available from 
+      the texlive-latex-base, texlive-fonts-extra, and 
+      texlive-latex-recommended packages.
 
 Just type 'make' on your command line, and the book should be built in
 build/book.pdf
 
-
 All material in this repository is licensed under a CC-by-nc-sa license:
 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/> (attribution,
 noncommercial, share-alike), unless explicitly stated otherwise.

src/basics.pod

@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ X<scalar>
 The C<$> sigil indicates a I<scalar> variable, which indicates
 that the variable stores a single value N<However, this single value
 can still be a compound object like an array or a hash. When you iterate over
-a C<$>-sigiled variable, it is interpreted as a single value, even it does
-store an array>.
+a C<$>-sigiled variable, it is interpreted as a single value, even if it
+stores an array>.
 
 X<files; handle>
 X<file handle>