Re: [PATCH, docs] invoke.texi: random copy-editing

2016-09-20 Thread Gerald Pfeifer
On Mon, 5 Sep 2016, Sandra Loosemore wrote: > Adjective phrases immediately before the noun they modify are > hyphenated. This is the same reason why we write "floating-point > arithmetic" but "floating point", unhyphenated, as a noun. Thanks for the explanation / background, Sandra. Below is

Re: [PATCH, docs] invoke.texi: random copy-editing

2016-09-18 Thread Gerald Pfeifer
On Mon, 5 Sep 2016, Sandra Loosemore wrote: >> I noticed you changed return-value and return-type to their >> variants without a dash. Would it make sense to add the >> following to https://gcc.gnu.org/codingconventions.html#Spelling ? > Perhaps add here that "return type" and "return value" are

Re: [PATCH, docs] invoke.texi: random copy-editing

2016-09-05 Thread Sandra Loosemore
Sep 2016 09:46:53 +0200 (CEST) ReSent-From: Gerald Pfeifer <g...@pfeifer.com> ReSent-To: Sandra Loosemore <san...@codesourcery.com> ReSent-Subject: Re: [PATCH, docs] invoke.texi: random copy-editing ReSent-Message-ID: <alpine.lsu.2.20.1609030946530.3...@anthias.pfeifer.com&

Re: [PATCH, docs] invoke.texi: random copy-editing

2016-09-05 Thread Sandra Loosemore
On 09/01/2016 01:04 PM, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: On Wed, 29 Aug 2012, Sandra Loosemore wrote: * doc/invoke.texi: Fix numerous typos and punctuation/grammatical errors throughout the file. Re-word some awkward sentences and paragraphs. I noticed you changed return-value

Re: [PATCH, docs] invoke.texi: random copy-editing

2016-09-05 Thread Sandra Loosemore
On 09/01/2016 06:22 AM, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: Hi Sandra, On Wed, 29 Aug 2012, Sandra Loosemore wrote: I've had this largish pile of random copy-edits to invoke.texi left over from my previous passes through that file earlier this year. that was an amazing amount of changes; I admire your

Re: [PATCH, docs] invoke.texi: random copy-editing

2016-09-02 Thread Gerald Pfeifer
On Wed, 29 Aug 2012, Sandra Loosemore wrote: > * doc/invoke.texi: Fix numerous typos and punctuation/grammatical > errors throughout the file. Re-word some awkward sentences and > paragraphs. There are three questions (and to some extent suggestions) on this patch and the text

Re: [PATCH, docs] invoke.texi: random copy-editing

2016-09-01 Thread Gerald Pfeifer
On Wed, 29 Aug 2012, Sandra Loosemore wrote: > * doc/invoke.texi: Fix numerous typos and punctuation/grammatical > errors throughout the file. Re-word some awkward sentences and > paragraphs. I noticed you changed return-value and return-type to their variants without a dash.

Re: [PATCH, docs] invoke.texi: random copy-editing

2016-09-01 Thread Gerald Pfeifer
Hi Sandra, On Wed, 29 Aug 2012, Sandra Loosemore wrote: > I've had this largish pile of random copy-edits to invoke.texi left over > from my previous passes through that file earlier this year. that was an amazing amount of changes; I admire your patience and thoroughness! > I'll wait a few