[FFmpeg-cvslog] r15316 - trunk/doc/swscale.txt

Michael Niedermayer michaelni
Sun Sep 14 19:24:47 CEST 2008


On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 01:03:11PM -0300, Ramiro Polla wrote:
> Ramiro Polla wrote:
>> Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>>> On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 12:37:11AM -0300, Ramiro Polla wrote:
>>>> michael wrote:
>>>>> Author: michael
>>>>> Date: Sun Sep 14 04:38:47 2008
>>>>> New Revision: 15316
>>>>>
>>>>> Log:
>>>>> The official guide to swscale for confused developers.
>>>> Is this supposed to confuse the developers? =)
>>> No, it was supposed to help confused developers.
>>>
>>>
>>>> I wanted to fix some typos I saw on the first few lines, but by the time 
>>>> I got to the end, I was so scared I didn't know where to start... I 
>>>> think this should be sent to ffmpeg-devel for review before diego and 
>>>> everyone else starts committing fixes for the myriad of low-hanging 
>>>> typos... They're not only cosmetical-like typos, but they render some 
>>>> parts incomprehensible.
>>> If you tell me what parts are incomprehensible i can try to improve them.
>> [...]
>>> +Main path
>>> +    The main path is used when no special converter can be used, the 
>>> code
>>> +    is designed as a destination line pull architecture.
>>  > That is for each
>>> +    output line the vertical scaler pulls lines from a ring buffer that
>>> +    when the line is unavailable pulls it from the horizontal scaler and
>>> +    input converter of the current slice.
>> "...a ring buffer that when the line is unavailable pulls it..."? I think 
>> you meant "...a ring buffer, and when the line is unavailable pulls 
>> it...".
>>> +    When no more output can be generated as lines from a next slice 
>>> would
>>> +    be needed then all remaining lines in the current slice are 
>>> converted
>>> +    and horizontally scaled and put in the ring buffer.
>> I see now that a pair of commas would ease the understanding of this part 
>> a lot (if that's what you meant):
>> When no more output can be generated, as lines from a next slice would be 
>> needed, then all remaining lines in the current slice are converted and 
>> horizontally scaled and put in the ring buffer.
>> Those are the only two IMO that require closer inspection to understand 
>> the sentence itself.  The rest is trivial...
>
> And here is a patch to for what else I could find. It mainly adds a bunch 
> of punctuation, splits long sentences (I think it's more readable this way, 
> what do other people think of it?), and changes an "its" to "it is".

all ok (with diegos suggestions)

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