Re: Release notes typos?

["Murray Cumming" <murrayc murrayc com>]

> Hi everyone :)
>
> I don't know how to fix these myself, and I don't know if they have
> already been reported, but I found two or three while translating
> them today. Hope it's OK to post them here.

In general, feel free to change the docbook/C/*.xml files directly, before
we hit the release notes string freeze, as long as you don't go too wild.
marketing-list is the best place to suggest the English original text.

> 1.
> #: /tmp/doc-l10n/cvs/release-notes.HEAD/C/rndesktop.xml:52(para)
> msgid "The location is now show with the GNOME's path bar instead of
> a text entry. The text path is still available via the Control-L
> keyboard shortcut."
>
> "shown by Gnome's path-bar, instead of by a text entry."

This doesn't seem very worthwhile. The - isn't essential. and the extra
"by" isn't necessary.

> 2.
> #: /tmp/doc-l10n/cvs/release-notes.HEAD/C/rnthanks.xml:37(para)
> msgid "Frank Worsley for gnome_vfs_url_show suport"
>
> "support"  ? (correct spelling, but I don't know if the name of the
> applet is originally incorrect and thus should stay that way ...?)

The rnthanks section hasn't been updated for 2.12 at all. If nobody
gathers some meaningful information for this, then it will be removed.

> 3.
> #: /tmp/doc-l10n/cvs/release-notes.HEAD/C/rnplatform.xml:18(para)
> msgid "GtkTextView now allows you to set a background color for
> pargraphs, and you can now skip over invisible text when iterating."
>
> "paragraphs"

Yes.

> 4.
> #: /tmp/doc-l10n/cvs/release-notes.HEAD/C/rnplatform.xml:24(listitem)
> msgid "<placeholder-1/>GtkToolButton can now use named icons from
> icon themes, and these iscons may also be used when dragging."
>
> "these icons"

Yes.

> 5.
> #: /tmp/doc-l10n/cvs/release-notes.HEAD/C/rngames.xml:9(para)
> msgid "GNOME's games put extra fun in the desktop. The Mines game has
> some improvements in GNOME 2.4 - for instance, the first click is
> guaranteed to clear a useful number of squares so you don't have to
> blindly click and hope you don't hit a mine, and an explosion graphic
> is drawn when you set off a mine."
>
> "Gnome 2.4" ?? Have we skipped a few versions here?

It should be &version;.

Thanks. Please go ahead with most of these.

Murray Cumming
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