Bug#178113: Minor typos in manual pages
I spotted some minor typos in the readpst(1) and readpstlog(1) manual
pages. While correcting them, I took the liberty to remove some IMHO
redundant words.
These are against sources downloaded earlier today from
<http://www.cooper.edu/~nahmia/debian/>
Hope this helps,
/* era */
diff -ur libpst_0.4.3.orig/debian/readpst.1 libpst-0.4.3/debian/readpst.1
--- libpst_0.4.3.orig/debian/readpst.1 Tue Feb 3 14:37:32 2004
+++ libpst-0.4.3/debian/readpst.1 Tue Feb 3 15:27:53 2004
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
.\" .sp <n> insert n+1 empty lines
.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7)
.SH NAME
-readpst \- program to convert PST files to mbox
+readpst \- convert PST files to mbox format
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B readpst
.RI [ options ] " files" ...
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@
.\" respectively.
\fBreadpst\fP is a program that can read an Outlook PST (Personal Folders) file
and convert it into an mbox file, a format suitable for KMail, a recursive mbox
-structure or seperate emails.
+structure, or separate emails.
.SH OPTIONS
-These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax.
+This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax.
A summary of options is included below.
.TP
.B \-d
Specify name of debug log file. Defaults to "readpst.log". The log
-file isn't an ascii file, it is a binary file readable by \fBreadpstlog\fP.
+file isn't an ASCII file, it is a binary file readable by \fBreadpstlog\fP.
.TP
.B \-h
Show summary of options.
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@
.B \-r
Changes the output format to Recursive. This will create folders as
named in the PST file, and will put all emails in a file called "mbox"
-inside each folder. These files are then compatible with all mbox
-compatible email clients.
+inside each folder. These files are then compatible with all
+mbox-compatible email clients.
.TP
.B \-S
-Changes the ouput format to Seperate. This will create folders as
+Output into separate messages. This will create folders as
named in the PST file, and will put each email in its own file. These
files will be numbered from 000000000 increasing in intervals of 1 (ie
000000000, 000000001, 0000000002). Any attachments are saved alongside
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
Show version of program.
.TP
.B \-w
-Overwrite any previous out files. \fBBeware\fP: When used with the -S
-switch, will remove all files from the target folder before
+Overwrite any previous output files. \fBBeware\fP: When used with the -S
+switch, this will remove all files from the target folder before
writing. This is to keep the count of emails and attachments correct.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR readpstlog (1)
diff -ur libpst_0.4.3.orig/debian/readpstlog.1 libpst-0.4.3/debian/readpstlog.1
--- libpst_0.4.3.orig/debian/readpstlog.1 Tue Feb 3 14:37:32 2004
+++ libpst-0.4.3/debian/readpstlog.1 Tue Feb 3 15:26:13 2004
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
.\" .sp <n> insert n+1 empty lines
.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7)
.SH NAME
-readpstlog \- program to read a logfile generated by readpst
+readpstlog \- convert a readpst logfile to text format
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B readpstlog
.RI [ options ] " logfile"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\" \fI<whatever>\fP escape sequences to invode bold face and italics,
.\" respectively.
\fBreadpstlog\fP is a program that reads the \fIbinary\fP logfile generated
-by \fBreadpst\fP, and outputs it in a more desirable format (ie. text).
+by \fBreadpst\fP, and outputs it in a more desirable format (i.e. text).
.SH OPTIONS
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax.
A summary of options is included below.
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@
.TP
.BR \-t " \fItypes\fP"
Tells \fBreadpstlog\fP to print only the specified types of log messages.
-Types are specified in a comma-delimited list (eg. 3,10,5,6).
+Types are specified in a comma-delimited list (e.g. 3,10,5,6).
.TP
.BR \-x " \fItypes\fP"
Tells \fBreadpstlog\fP to exclude the specified types of log messages.
-Types are specified in a comma-delimited list (eg. 3,10,5,6).
+Types are specified in a comma-delimited list (e.g. 3,10,5,6).
.SH LOG MESSAGE TYPES
.PP
\fBreadpstlog\fP understands the following types of log messages:
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
.RE
.SH NOTES
The information in the \fBLOG MESSAGE TYPES\fP was taken from \fIdefine.h\fP
-and is approximate (ie. a semi-educated guess). If you have corrections,
+and is approximate (i.e. a semi-educated guess). If you have corrections,
please send them to me: either directly via email, or through the BTS by
reporting a \fIminor\fP bug against the package.
.SH SEE ALSO
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