From 6a1d3ebac779f6ee9e0ea47416269e0fef8243ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Serge Broslavsky Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:50:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Comma is needed before "but" which is joining two sentences. --- documentationsupport/AtulJha.tex | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentationsupport/AtulJha.tex b/documentationsupport/AtulJha.tex index 10b1b15..2ea1036 100755 --- a/documentationsupport/AtulJha.tex +++ b/documentationsupport/AtulJha.tex @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ I started reading the book and to my surprise the definition of hacker was ``someone who likes solving problems and overcoming limits''. It also said -``hackers build things, crackers break them.'' Alas I wanted to be a cracker but +``hackers build things, crackers break them.'' Alas I wanted to be a cracker, but this book brought me to the other world of hacking. I kept reading the book and encountered various new terms like GNU/Linux, mailing list, Linux user group, IRC, Python and many more. @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ One fine day I got an email about a monthly Linux user group meetup. I needed answers for my many questions. I met Karunakar there and he asked me to bring my computer to his office as he had the whole Debian -repository available there. Debian was new for me but I was +repository available there. Debian was new for me, but I was satisfied with the fact that finally I will be able to play music on Linux. The next day I was in his office after carrying my computer on the over-crowded bus -- it was fun. In a few hours, Debian was up and running on my From a8350053feb207d73d31462bd7846bea9a888ca3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Serge Broslavsky Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:58:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Readability fixes. --- documentationsupport/AtulJha.tex | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentationsupport/AtulJha.tex b/documentationsupport/AtulJha.tex index 2ea1036..a0247ac 100755 --- a/documentationsupport/AtulJha.tex +++ b/documentationsupport/AtulJha.tex @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ many others for sure. After all these years in the Free Software community, I have realized documentation is the key for participation of newbies in this awesome Open Source community. My 1\$ advice to all -developers would be to please document even the smallest work you do as the world -is full of newbies who would love to read it. My blog has even simple -postings like enabling the spell checker in OpenOffice to installing Django -in a virtual environment. +developers would be -- please document even the smallest work you do as the world +is full of newbies who would love to understand it. My blog has wide range of +postings, from simple ones like enabling the spell checker in OpenOffice +to ones about installing Django in a virtual environment. From 19faed4608c42a772e1c263e9805092b24187608 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Serge Broslavsky Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:58:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Seems to be a typo - "to" instead of "too". --- documentationsupport/RichBowen.tex | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/documentationsupport/RichBowen.tex b/documentationsupport/RichBowen.tex index 85151a5..cd12cfd 100644 --- a/documentationsupport/RichBowen.tex +++ b/documentationsupport/RichBowen.tex @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ \section*{Laziness} \section*{Patience} There is a tendency in the technical documentation world to be impatient and belligerent. The sources of this impatience are numerous. Some people feel that, -since they had to work hard to figure this stuff out, you should to. Many of us +since they had to work hard to figure this stuff out, you should too. Many of us in the technical world are self-taught, and we have very little patience for people who come after us and want a quick road to success. From 6e3d3817d55842428ba15b2e0f75e6d030799d1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Serge Broslavsky Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:31:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Fixes as per lydiapintscher (Lydia Pintscher) comments. * A colon is preferrable over a dash. * Missing indefinite article ("a") is added. --- documentationsupport/AtulJha.tex | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentationsupport/AtulJha.tex b/documentationsupport/AtulJha.tex index a0247ac..f5bd19d 100755 --- a/documentationsupport/AtulJha.tex +++ b/documentationsupport/AtulJha.tex @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ many others for sure. After all these years in the Free Software community, I have realized documentation is the key for participation of newbies in this awesome Open Source community. My 1\$ advice to all -developers would be -- please document even the smallest work you do as the world -is full of newbies who would love to understand it. My blog has wide range of +developers would be: please document even the smallest work you do as the world +is full of newbies who would love to understand it. My blog has a wide range of postings, from simple ones like enabling the spell checker in OpenOffice to ones about installing Django in a virtual environment.