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authorEric Andersen2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000
committerEric Andersen2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000
commit88c916bdec7d444198f067529637b4a616ad3efe (patch)
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parent951df20b7e8f776e71c1063f910c34f5cfd0bec4 (diff)
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Andreas Mohr writes:
the busybox menuconfig triggered my "inacceptable number of spelling mistakes" upper level, so I decided to make a patch ;-) I also improved some wording to describe some things in a better way. Many thanks for an incredible piece of software! Andreas Mohr, random OSS developer
Diffstat (limited to 'util-linux')
-rw-r--r--util-linux/Config.in45
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/util-linux/Config.in b/util-linux/Config.in
index ffa31a0..2bb9c09 100644
--- a/util-linux/Config.in
+++ b/util-linux/Config.in
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ config CONFIG_FBSET
help
fbset is used to show or change the settings of a Linux frame buffer
device. The frame buffer device provides a simple and unique
- interface to access a graphic display. Enable this option if you wish
- to enable the 'fbset' utility.
+ interface to access a graphics display. Enable this option
+ if you wish to enable the 'fbset' utility.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_FBSET_FANCY
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_FBSET_FANCY
depends on CONFIG_FBSET
help
This option enables extended fbset options, allowing one to set the
- framebuffer size, color depth, etc. interface to access a graphic
+ framebuffer size, color depth, etc. interface to access a graphics
display. Enable this option if you wish to enable extended fbset
options.
@@ -51,19 +51,19 @@ config CONFIG_FDFLUSH
bool "fdflush"
default n
help
- Fdflush is only needed when changing media on slightly-broken
+ fdflush is only needed when changing media on slightly-broken
removable media drives. It is used to make Linux believe that a
hardware disk-change switch has been actuated, which causes Linux to
forget anything it has cached from the previous media. If you have
such a slightly-broken drive, you will need to run fdflush every time
you change a disk. Most people have working hardware and can safely
- say leave this disabled.
+ leave this disabled.
config CONFIG_FDFORMAT
bool "fdformat"
default n
help
- Fdformat is used to low-level format a floppy disk.
+ fdformat is used to low-level format a floppy disk.
config CONFIG_FDISK
bool "fdisk"
@@ -76,12 +76,11 @@ config CONFIG_FDISK
if !CONFIG_LFS
config FDISK_SUPPORT_LARGE_DISKS
- bool " support over 4Gb disks"
+ bool " support over 4GB disks"
default y
depends on CONFIG_FDISK
help
- Previous set detected unsupport large file, but you can support
- large disks after enable this option
+ Enable this option to support large disks > 4GB.
endif
config CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ config CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX
help
The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem
with little overhead. It is not a journaling filesystem however and
- can encounted corruption if it is not properly unmounted or if the
+ can experience corruption if it is not properly unmounted or if the
power goes off in the middle of a write. This utility allows you to
check for and attempt to repair any corruption that occurs to a minix
filesystem.
@@ -200,9 +199,9 @@ config CONFIG_HWCLOCK
default n
help
The hwclock utility is used to read and set the hardware clock
- on a system. This is primarily used to set the correct time in
- the hardware close, so the hardware will keep the correct time
- when Linux is _not_ running.
+ on a system. This is primarily used to set the current time on
+ shutdown in the hardware clock, so the hardware will keep the
+ correct time when Linux is _not_ running.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_HWCLOCK_LONGOPTIONS
bool " Support long options (--hctosys,...)"
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_HWCLOCK_LONGOPTIONS
depends on CONFIG_HWCLOCK
help
By default, the hwclock utility only uses short options. If you
- are overly fond of the long options, such as --hctosys, --utc, etc)
+ are overly fond of its long options, such as --hctosys, --utc, etc)
then enable this option.
config CONFIG_LOSETUP
@@ -230,15 +229,15 @@ config CONFIG_MKSWAP
partition as if it were additional RAM, which can greatly increase
the capability of low-memory machines. This additional memory is
much slower than real RAM, but can be very helpful at preventing your
- applications being killed by the Linux out of memory (OOM) killer. Once
- you have created swap space using 'mkswap' you need to enable the swap
- space using the 'swapon' utility.
+ applications being killed by the Linux out of memory (OOM) killer.
+ Once you have created swap space using 'mkswap' you need to enable
+ the swap space using the 'swapon' utility.
config CONFIG_MORE
bool "more"
default n
help
- More is a simple utility which allows you to read text one screen
+ more is a simple utility which allows you to read text one screen
sized page at a time. If you want to read text that is larger than
the screen, and you are using anything faster than a 300 baud modem,
you will probably find this utility very helpful. If you don't have
@@ -251,7 +250,7 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS
help
This option allows utilities such as 'more' and 'top' to determine
the size of the screen. If you leave this disabled, your utilities
- that display things on the screen with be especially primitive and
+ that display things on the screen will be especially primitive and
will be unable to determine the current screen size, and will be
unable to move the cursor.
@@ -268,7 +267,7 @@ config CONFIG_RDATE
bool "rdate"
default n
help
- The rdate utility allows you to syncronize the date and time of your
+ The rdate utility allows you to synchronize the date and time of your
system clock with the date and time of a remote networked system using
the RFC868 protocol, which is built into the inetd daemon on most
systems.
@@ -296,7 +295,7 @@ config CONFIG_MOUNT
the 'mount' utility.
config CONFIG_NFSMOUNT
- bool " Support mounting nfs file systems"
+ bool " Support mounting NFS file systems"
default n
depends on CONFIG_MOUNT
help
@@ -330,8 +329,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
Enabling this feature allows mount to use the '-o' loop options,
which lets you loop mount files. Mount will automagically setup and
free the necessary loop devices so you do not need to mess with the
- 'losetup' utility unless you really want to. This is really only useful
- if you plan to loop mount files.
+ 'losetup' utility unless you really want to. This is really
+ only useful if you plan to loop mount files.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
bool " Support for a real /etc/mtab (instead of /proc/mounts)"