[MPlayer-DOCS] CVS: main/DOCS/man/en mplayer.1,1.725,1.726

[Diego Biurrun]

Guillaume POIRIER writes:
> I synced French manpage with English and found some little things that
> Diego will probably nit-pick about. ;-)

:-)

> Le lun 20/09/2004 à 03:56, Ivo van Poorten CVS a écrit :
> > +.IPs outfile=<value>
> 
> I think he would prefer outfile=<filename>

Yes.

> > +See also 
> > +.BR pnm (5),
> > +.BR ppm (5)
> > +and
> > +.BR pgm (5).
> 
> Apparently, Diego prefers:
> .TP
> .B pnm (see also pnm, pgm and ppm)
> 
> ... or something like that.

I'd rather say (also see ...), but we have no clear way of specifying
other man pages yet and I don't know what the best way is.

> > +.IPs outdir=<value>
> 
> Simon said... hum! Diego would write: 
> .IPs outdir=<dirname>

Yes.

> > +If not specified, all PNM files are written to the current directory.
> 
> Apparently, you said that already on the first sentence of this option
> description. I'd leave it out, or maybe write (defaut: ./) 

Yes.

> > +.IPs subdirs=<value>
> > +If specified, MPlayer will create numbered subdirectories with the
> > +specified prefix.
> > +If it's not specified, no subdirectories are created
> > +and all PNM files are written to the same directory.
> 
> I thinks it's maybe better to write:
> Will create numbered subdirectories with the specified prefix.
> By default, no subdirectories are created and all PNM files are
> written to the same directory.

slightly better

> > +.IPs maxfiles=<value>
> > +Maximum number of PNM files to be saved per subdirectory in case subdirs
> > +is specified.
> > +Must be equal to or larger than 1 (default: 1000).
> 
> Here I'd write (for consitency):
> .IPs maxfiles=<1..> (subdir only)
> > Maximum number of PNM files to be saved per subdirectory in case subdirs
> > is specified.

I think we can even leave out the ".. in case subdirs is specified."
in favor of "(subdir only)".

> Now, let's see what Diego will think about what I wrote... ;-)

You've mostly read my mind :-)

Diego