Re: [cdrom-detect] Change template proposal

[john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>]

On 12/10/2019 9:03 PM, Holger Wansing wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> "You may want to switch to the shell on the second terminal (CLTR+ALT+F2 in the "
>>> "graphical installer, ALT+F2 for the text-based variant) to check the "
>>> "available devices in /dev with \"ls /dev\". You can return to this screen "
>>> "by pressing CLTR+ALT+F5 respective ALT+F1."
>>                            ^^^^^^^^^^
>>>
>>>
>>> Comments?
>>
>> "Respective" is never ever a conjunction in English.  Just say "or".
>>
>> And it's CTRL, not CLTR.
>
>
>
> john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> wrote:
>>> "You may want to switch to the shell on the second terminal (CLTR+ALT+F2 in the "
>>> "graphical installer, ALT+F2 for the text-based variant) to check the "
>>> "available devices in /dev with \"ls /dev\". You can return to this screen "
>>> "by pressing CLTR+ALT+F5 respective ALT+F1."
>>>
>>
>> "> by pressing CLTR+ALT+F5 respective ALT+F1."
>>
>> At the very least the above line should be:
>>
>> "by pressing CLTR+ALT+F5 and ALT+F1 respectively."
>
>
> Summarizing your comments into one patch, would this be ok?
>
>
>
> diff --git a/debian/cdrom-detect.templates b/debian/cdrom-detect.templates
> index 2058b0b..ba50e89 100644
> --- a/debian/cdrom-detect.templates
> +++ b/debian/cdrom-detect.templates
> @@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ _Description: Device file for accessing the installation media:
>   the device file that should be used. Non-standard CD-ROM drives use
>   non-standard device files (such as /dev/mcdx).
>   .
> - You may switch to the shell on the second terminal (ALT+F2) to check the
> + You may want switch to the shell on the second terminal (CTRL+ALT+F2 in the

Should be one or the other:

'You may want to switch to ...'

or

'You may switch to ...'


The latter seems more appropriate in this context.


> + graphical installer, ALT+F2 for the text-based variant) to check the
>   available devices in /dev with "ls /dev". You can return to this screen
> - by pressing ALT+F1.
> + by pressing CTRL+ALT+F5 or ALT+F1 respectively.
>

I would use 'and' instead of 'or' in the above line:

'by pressing CTRL+ALT+F5 and ALT+F1, respectively.'

--
John Doe