CVS: main/DOCS/man/en mplayer.1,1.1052,1.1053
CVS change done by Diego Biurrun CVS Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/man/en In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv9804/DOCS/man/en Modified Files: mplayer.1 Log Message: wording/spelling/consistency Index: mplayer.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1,v retrieving revision 1.1052 retrieving revision 1.1053 diff -u -r1.1052 -r1.1053 --- mplayer.1 26 Jul 2005 13:32:32 -0000 1.1052 +++ mplayer.1 28 Jul 2005 09:48:34 -0000 1.1053 @@ -432,14 +432,15 @@ . .TP .B \-codecs-file <filename> (also see \-afm, \-ac, \-vfm, \-vc) -Use the specified file instead of system wide installed or builtin codecs.conf. +Override the standard search path and use the specified file +instead of the builtin codecs.conf. . .TP .B \-include <configuration\ file> Specify configuration file to be parsed after the default ones. . .TP -.B \-quiet\ \ +.B \-quiet\ Make console output less verbose; in particular, prevents the status line (i.e.\& A: 0.7 V: 0.6 A-V: 0.068 ...) from being displayed. Particularly useful on slow terminals or broken ones which do not properly @@ -447,7 +448,8 @@ . .TP .B \-priority <prio> (Windows only) -Set process priority for MPlayer according to Windows predefined priorities. +Set process priority for MPlayer according to the predefined +priorities available under Windows. Possible values of <prio>: .RSs idle|belownormal|normal|abovenormal|high|realtime @@ -466,11 +468,11 @@ .IPs <nothing> only some informational output (default) .IPs \-v\ \ \ -some basic debug infos, avi header, function values (init debug) +some basic debug info, AVI header, function values (init debug) .IPs \-v\ \-v -print avi indexes, chunk inputs, more debug infos (player debug) +Print AVI indexes, chunk inputs, more debug info (player debug). .IPs \-v\ \-v\ \-v -prints everything related to input parsers (parser debug) +Prints everything related to input parsers (parser debug). .RE .PD 1 .
Diego Biurrun CVS wrote:
@@ -466,11 +468,11 @@ .IPs <nothing> only some informational output (default) .IPs \-v\ \ \ -some basic debug infos, avi header, function values (init debug) +some basic debug info, AVI header, function values (init debug) .IPs \-v\ \-v -print avi indexes, chunk inputs, more debug infos (player debug) +Print AVI indexes, chunk inputs, more debug info (player debug).
Although this is the form which will be more readily recognized - especially by non-native speakers - and it is not in fact incorrect, the more correct plural of "index" is "indices". (See parallel with "vertex" and "vertices", "vortex" and "vortices", "helix" and "helices", and a total of about three others in the entire English language.) It might not be worth changing, in light of the correct form's comparative obscurity, but I wanted to point the fact out anyway.
.IPs \-v\ \-v\ \-v -prints everything related to input parsers (parser debug) +Prints everything related to input parsers (parser debug).
Inconsistency between this line and the previous one: "print" vs. "prints". I'm not sure which one would be better, but I think that whichever tense of the verb is settled on should also be prepended to the other two lines, above. -- The Wanderer Warning: Simply because I argue an issue does not mean I agree with any side of it. A government exists to serve its citizens, not to control them.
On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 04:44:48AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
Diego Biurrun CVS wrote:
-some basic debug infos, avi header, function values (init debug) +some basic debug info, AVI header, function values (init debug) .IPs \-v\ \-v -print avi indexes, chunk inputs, more debug infos (player debug) +Print AVI indexes, chunk inputs, more debug info (player debug).
Although this is the form which will be more readily recognized - especially by non-native speakers - and it is not in fact incorrect, the more correct plural of "index" is "indices". (See parallel with "vertex" and "vertices", "vortex" and "vortices", "helix" and "helices", and a total of about three others in the entire English language.) It might not be worth changing, in light of the correct form's comparative obscurity, but I wanted to point the fact out anyway.
It's also like this in German, my first intuition was indices, but I thought both were possible in English.
-prints everything related to input parsers (parser debug) +Prints everything related to input parsers (parser debug).
Inconsistency between this line and the previous one: "print" vs. "prints". I'm not sure which one would be better, but I think that whichever tense of the verb is settled on should also be prepended to the other two lines, above.
Yes, I'm not sure which form to settle for either, both are used throughout the man page. Some consistency would be nice... Diego
Diego Biurrun wrote:
On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 04:44:48AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
Diego Biurrun CVS wrote:
-some basic debug infos, avi header, function values (init debug) +some basic debug info, AVI header, function values (init debug) .IPs \-v\ \-v -print avi indexes, chunk inputs, more debug infos (player debug) +Print AVI indexes, chunk inputs, more debug info (player debug).
Although this is the form which will be more readily recognized - especially by non-native speakers - and it is not in fact incorrect, the more correct plural of "index" is "indices". (See parallel with "vertex" and "vertices", "vortex" and "vortices", "helix" and "helices", and a total of about three others in the entire English language.) It might not be worth changing, in light of the correct form's comparative obscurity, but I wanted to point the fact out anyway.
It's also like this in German, my first intuition was indices, but I thought both were possible in English.
...they might be. I think that "indexes" is not exactly *incorrect*, but it is not *as* *formally* correct as "indices" is. At bottom, I simply prefer the latter form, but I'm well aware that not everyone has my vocabulary.
-prints everything related to input parsers (parser debug) +Prints everything related to input parsers (parser debug).
Inconsistency between this line and the previous one: "print" vs. "prints". I'm not sure which one would be better, but I think that whichever tense of the verb is settled on should also be prepended to the other two lines, above.
Yes, I'm not sure which form to settle for either, both are used throughout the man page. Some consistency would be nice...
I'll add it to my list of "things to get to" (which tends to grow slowly and shrink rarely)... As to which would be better: that depends largely on which - I think the technical term is "mood" - you want to write in for the man page. The choice is between "Use this in order to tell MPlayer 'print ...'" and "This does print ...". If you want to present the options as commands, as if MPlayer were a person taking orders, then "print" is what you want; if you want to simply describe what each option does, then "prints" would be the correct choice. -- The Wanderer Warning: Simply because I argue an issue does not mean I agree with any side of it. A government exists to serve its citizens, not to control them.
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