On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 23:05:46 +0100 Andrew Morgan <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/06/11 23:31, Pete Batard wrote: > > > >> regarding the man page patch: > >>> -can be any of > >>> +can be one of > >> how is that better (non-native speaker here...)? > > > > Non native speaker either, but I think (feel) "any of" is better > > applied to very short lists, whereas "one of" is better applied to > > long ones, and our list has grown long. As the matter above, just a > > matter of individual perception. > > > > As someone who is a native English speaker I would say that "one of > <list>" implies you can select one item from <list> (only one) and "any > of <list>" implies you can select one or more option from <list>. > I have had a brief look in 'man flashrom' and I would suggest removing > "any of" in all places and "one of" in one place, they don't seem needed. > > Best explained in a patch, so I have attached one. > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morgan <[email protected]> > > I left “one of -h, -R, -L, -z, -E, -r, -w, -v or no operation.” because > those options are mutually exclusive. > hello andrew i have merged your patch with another one and committed it in r1339. please see http://patchwork.coreboot.org/patch/3133/ for details. thanks for your input! -- Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list [email protected] http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom
