Re: [9front] [FQA] some fixes

[sirjofri <sirjofri+ml-9front@sirjofri.de>]

Hello

I'm not a native speaker, but I found some missing words.

Take all I write with a grain of salt. In the end sl will do whatever's 
best.

(Comments inline)

sirjofri

17.01.2022 21:13:20 mkf <mkf9@riseup.net>:
> term%  for( i in *.ms) diff -u /n/fqa/$i $i
> --- /n/fqa/appendixl.ms
> +++ appendixl.ms
> @@ -165,7 +165,11 @@
> .html - <br />
> .FG python gif
>
> -Python 2.5.1 is included with the 9front distribution, not because 
> anyone loves Python, but because it was required by Mercurial (also 
> loved by no one), which was required by Google Code (shutting down in 
> 2015). An abject lesson in expediency.
> +Until git9 imported on 9front, python 2.5.1 was included with the 
> 9front distribution, not because anyone loves Python, but because it 
> was required by Mercurial (also loved by no one), which was required by 
> Google Code (shutting down in 2015). An abject lesson in expediency. 
> You still can install it from

"Until git9 [was/has been/some other kind of copula] imported on..."

> +.ihtml a <a 
> href="http://git.9front.org/plan9front/pyhg/HEAD/info.html">
> +http://git.9front.org/plan9front/pyhg/HEAD/info.html
> +.ihtml a
>
> Jeff Sickel ported Python 2.7 to Plan 9.
> .html - Download it <a 
> href="https://bitbucket.org/jas/cpython">here</a>.<p>David du 
> Colombier's notes on to install Python (and Mercurial) are available <a 
> href="http://9legacy.org/9legacy/doc/python/notes">here</a>.
> --- /n/fqa/fqa2.ms
> +++ fqa2.ms
> @@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
> .ihtml a
> join
> .CW
> -#9front
> +#cat-v
> .R
> on
> .CW
> --- /n/fqa/fqa6.ms
> +++ fqa6.ms
> @@ -101,16 +101,25 @@
> pair with attribute file identifies a file to be included in
> the database.  The files are searched in the order they
> appear.  For example:
> -
> +.P1
>       database=
>            file=/lib/ndb/common
>            file=/lib/ndb/local
>            file=/lib/ndb/global
> +.P2

(Thank you for doing this)

> declares the database to be composed of the three files
> -/lib/ndb/common, /lib/ndb/local, and /lib/ndb/global.  By
> -default, /lib/ndb/local is searched before the others.  How-
> -ever, /lib/ndb/local may be included in the database to
> +.CW/lib/ndb/common,
> +.CW /lib/ndb/local,
> +and
> +.CW /lib/ndb/global
> +.  By
> +default,
> +.CW /lib/ndb/local
> + is searched before the others.  How-
> +ever,
> +.CW /lib/ndb/local
> + may be included in the database to
> redefine its ordering.

I'm not sure it this will render nicely, because of whitespace before 
commas and points. I personally prefer \f(CW or the mixed counterpart in 
those cases.

> Within tuples, pairs on the same line bind tighter than
> --- /n/fqa/fqa7.ms
> +++ fqa7.ms
> @@ -1782,6 +1782,8 @@
> .html a <a href="https://www.mail-tester.com">
> .CW https://www.mail-tester.com
> .html a
> +please note that it's currently not possible to get 10 of 10
> +possible scores on 9front, because of lack of DKIM support.

This does sound weird to me. Maybe something like "10 [out] of 10" or 
just "10/10"?

> .html - <a name="7.7.9" />
> .ihtml h2 <h2>
> --- /n/fqa/fqa8.ms
> +++ fqa8.ms
> @@ -2726,11 +2726,11 @@
> .R
> .ihtml h3
>
> -9front ships with
> +9front used to ship with
> .ihtml a <a href="https://www.mercurial-scm.org">
> Mercurial.
> .ihtml a
> -
> +not anymore. it has replaced with git9.

"9front used to ship with Mercurial. Not anymore. It has [been?] 
replaced..."?

> Read:
> .ihtml a <a href="http://fqa.9front.org/fqa5.html#5.2.1.1">
> .I