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- To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
- Subject: 'man evdev' typos: "buttens", "consistant", "sepirated", "inputsection", "bitmasks", "axies" x 12, etc.
- From: "A. Costa" <agcosta@gis.net>
- Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 02:45:25 -0400
- Message-id: <20070707024525.bf45c0b9.agcosta@gis.net>
Package: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
Version: 1:1.1.5-2
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Found some typos in '/usr/share/man/man4/evdev.4.gz', see attached '.diff'.
Hope this helps...
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages xserver-xorg-input-evdev depends on:
ii libc6 2.5-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-7 X.Org X server -- core server
xserver-xorg-input-evdev recommends no packages.
-- debconf-show failed
--- evdev.4 2007-05-03 14:19:01.000000000 -0400
+++ /tmp/evdev.4 2007-07-07 02:10:09.000000000 -0400
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
.BI "Option \*qPhys\*q \*q" string \*q
Specifies the device phys string for the device you wish to use.
.fi
-The phys string is generally consistant to the USB port a device is plugged
+The phys string is generally consistent to the USB port a device is plugged
into.
.fi
A list of currently plugged in devices and associated device names can be
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
ff.
.fi
The bit specifier format is a string consisting of +<n>, -<n>, and ~<n>
-space sepirated specifiers, where <n> is a positive integer or integer range.
+space separated specifiers, where <n> is a positive integer or integer range.
(The latter given in the format of 2-6.)
.fi
+ specifies bits which must be set.
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
bits 1 and 2 to not be set, and at least one bit in the range of 5 to
10 be set.
.fi
-An annoyingly formatted set of bitmasks for your devices can be obtained
+An annoyingly formatted set of bit masks for your devices can be obtained
by typing \*qcat /proc/bus/input/devices\*q, and
.B /usr/include/linux/input.h
should contain the defines which declare what bits are what for each field.
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@
Specifies the order in which evdev will scan for devices.
.fi
This is in the range of 0 to 3, and is used for the case
-where more then one evdev inputsection matches the same device.
+where more then one evdev input section matches the same device.
.fi
-An inputsection with a lower pass number will always beat out
+An input section with a lower pass number will always beat out
one with a higher pass number. Order when both sections are
the same number is undefined.
.fi
@@ -206,14 +206,14 @@
.PP
.SS RELATIVE AXIS CONFIGURATION
-The relative axis portion of this driver handle all reported relative axies.
+The relative axis portion of this driver handle all reported relative axes.
.fi
-The axies are named X, Y, Z, RX, RY, RZ, HWHEEL, DIAL, WHEEL, MISC, 10, 11,
+The axes are named X, Y, Z, RX, RY, RZ, HWHEEL, DIAL, WHEEL, MISC, 10, 11,
12, 13, 14, and 15.
.fi
-The axies are reported to X as valuators, with the default mapping of axies
-to valuators being the first axies found to the first valuator, the second
-found to the second valuator, and so on, so that if you have axies X, Y,
+The axes are reported to X as valuators, with the default mapping of axes
+to valuators being the first axes found to the first valuator, the second
+found to the second valuator, and so on, so that if you have axes X, Y,
HWHEEL, and WHEEL, you would have X=0, Y=1, HWHEEL=2, WHEEL=3.
.fi
If the driver is reporting core events, valuators 0 and 1 are always mapped
@@ -236,15 +236,15 @@
6 7, with buttons 6 and 7 being physical buttons 4 and 5.
.PP
.SS ABSOLUTE AXIS CONFIGURATION
-The relative axis portion of this driver handle all reported relative axies.
+The relative axis portion of this driver handle all reported relative axes.
.fi
-The axies are named X, Y, Z, RX, RY, RZ, THROTTLE, RUDDER, WHEEL, GAS, BREAK,
+The axes are named X, Y, Z, RX, RY, RZ, THROTTLE, RUDDER, WHEEL, GAS, BREAK,
<11-15>, HAT0X, HAT0Y, HAT1X, HAT1Y, HAT2X, HAT2Y, HAT3X, HAT3Y, PRESSURE,
TILT_X, TILT_Y, TOOL_WIDTH, VOLUME, <29-39>, MISC, <41-62>.
.fi
-The axies are reported to X as valuators, with the default mapping of axies
-to valuators being the first axies found to the first valuator, the second
-found to the second valuator, and so on, so that if you have axies X, Y,
+The axes are reported to X as valuators, with the default mapping of axes
+to valuators being the first axes found to the first valuator, the second
+found to the second valuator, and so on, so that if you have axes X, Y,
TILT_X, and TILT_Y, you would have X=0, Y=1, TILT_X=2, TILT_Y=3.
.fi
If the driver is reporting core events, valuators 0 and 1 are always mapped
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
At the moment, the button portion of this driver only handles buttons
reported as mouse buttons, that is from BTN_MOUSE to BTN_JOYSTICK - 1.
.fi
-At this time there are no configuration options for buttens.
+At this time there are no configuration options for buttons.
.SS KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION
The keyboard portion of this driver handles all keys reported and requires
XKB support.
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