[gimp-help-2] Updated general wording for whats-new section in English.



commit 1fb4e37481daae619341923cf2c769f13e1481e2
Author: Andrew Pitonyak <andrew pitonyak org>
Date:   Wed Jun 24 20:05:04 2009 -0400

    Updated general wording for whats-new section in English.

 src/introduction/whats-new.xml |   40 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/src/introduction/whats-new.xml b/src/introduction/whats-new.xml
index 81338a2..24e3874 100644
--- a/src/introduction/whats-new.xml
+++ b/src/introduction/whats-new.xml
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
       <listitem>
         <para>
           With the empty image window acting as a natural main window, the
-          default window hints for the Toolbox and Docks have been changed to
-          Utility window. This enables window managers to do a much better
+          Toolbox and Docks windows are now utility windows rather than main
+          windows. This enables window managers to do a much better
           job of managing the GIMP windows, including omitting the Toolbox
           and Docks from the taskbar and ensuring that the Toolbox and Docks
           always are above image windows.
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@
       <term>Ability to scroll beyond image border</term>
       <listitem>
         <para>
-          It is now possible to pan beyond the image border, making image
-          window navigation much less constrained. It is no longer a problem
-          to use the edge of a brush on the edge of an image while being
-          zoomed in, and one can adapt the canvas to any utility windows
-          covering parts of the image window.
+          The Navigation dialog now allows panning beyond the image border;
+          so it is no longer a problem to use a brush on the edge of
+          an image thatfills the entire display window. Also, if a utility
+          window covers the image, you can pan the image to view or edit the
+          portion covered by the utility window.
         </para>
         <figure>
           <title>Scrolling beyond border</title>
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
           selections. It also allows mixing free hand segments with polygonal
           segments, editing of existing segments, applying angle-constraints
           to segments, and of course the normal selection tool operations
-          like add and subtract. Altoghether this ends up making the Free
+          like add and subtract. Altogether this ends up making the Free
           Select Tool a very versatile, powerful and easy-to-use selection
           tool.
         </para>
@@ -157,11 +157,12 @@
       <term>Brush Dynamics</term>
       <listitem>
         <para>
-          Brush dynamics let you map different brush parameters, commonly at
-          least size and opacity, to one or more of three input dynamics:
-          pressure, velocity and random. Velocity and random are usable with
-          a mouse. The Ink tool, that supported velocity before, has been
-          overhauled and now handles velocity-dependent painting much better.
+          Brush dynamics uses an input dynamic such as pressure, velocity, or
+          random, to modify brush parameters such as opacity, hardness, size,
+          or color; every brush supports size and opacity, most support more.
+          Velocity and random are usable with a mouse. The Ink tool, that
+          supported velocity, has been overhauled to better handle
+          velocity-dependent painting.
         </para>
         <figure>
           <title>Brush Dynamics</title>
@@ -176,11 +177,12 @@
           Brush dynamics have enabled a new feature in stroking paths. There
           is now a check box under the <quote>paint tool</quote> option, for
           emulating brush dynamics if you stroke using a paint tool. What this
-          means is that when your stroke is being painted by GIMP, it tells
-          the brush that its pressure and velocity are varying along the
-          length of the stroke. Pressure starts with zero, ramps up to full
-          pressure and then ramps down again to no pressure. Velocity starts
-          from zero and ramps up to full speed by the end of the stroke.
+          means is that when your stroke is painted, GIMP tells
+          the brush that the pressure and velocity are varying along the
+          length of the stroke. Pressure starts with no pressure, ramps up to
+          full pressure, and then ramps down again to no pressure.
+          Velocity starts from zero and ramps up to full speed by the end of
+          the stroke.
         </para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -325,7 +327,7 @@
           editing in GIMP has been made. Most color operations in GIMP are
           now ported to the powerful graph based image processing framework
           GEGL <xref linkend="bibliography-online-gegl"/>, meaning that the
-          internal processing is being done in 32bit floating point linear
+          internal processing is done in 32bit floating point linear
           light RGBA. By default the legacy 8bit code paths are still used,
           but a curious user can turn on the use of GEGL for the color
           operations with <link linkend="gimp-config-use-gegl">Colors / Use



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