[WINEHQ] Assorted spelling fixes
Francois Gouget
fgouget at free.fr
Fri Mar 11 01:46:39 CST 2005
Changelog:
* templates/en/press.template
wwn/wn20020418_120.xml
wwn/wn20030307_160.xml
wwn/wn20040716_231.xml
wwn/wn20040820_236.xml
wwn/wn20040924_241.xml
wwn/wn20041231_255.xml
wwn/wn20050311_265.xml
Assorted spelling and case fixes
A couple of wording tweaks and reformating in WWN265.
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Francois Gouget fgouget at free.fr http://fgouget.free.fr/
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@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
<li> <a href="http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3643360142.html">Desktop Linux</a> December 27, 2004 - Linux platform for Windows apps gets better
<li> <a href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-emulat.html?ca=dgr-lnxw02EmulatorCode">IBM</a> December 21, 2004 - Write emulator-friendly Linux code
<li> <a href="http://www.codeweavers.com/site/about/general/press/?id=20041116">CodeWeavers</a> November 16, 2004 - CodeWeavers Adds Support For Apple iTunes? In New CrossOver Office 4.0
- <li> <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/13/1342233">Newsforge</a> November 16, 2004 - QuickBooks: the missing link for small business Linux
+ <li> <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/13/1342233">NewsForge</a> November 16, 2004 - QuickBooks: the missing link for small business Linux
<li> <a href="http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id%3B1089332511%3Bfp%3B2%3Bfpid%3B37">PCWorld</a> October 18, 2004 - Crossing Over to Linux
- <li> <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/09/15/1423216">Newsforge</a> September 20, 2004 - SourceXtreme aims to move Windows developers to Linux
+ <li> <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/09/15/1423216">NewsForge</a> September 20, 2004 - SourceXtreme aims to move Windows developers to Linux
<li> <a href="http://www.osviews.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2230">OSViews</a> September 13, 2004 - ReactOS - The Open Source Windows NT
<li> <a href="http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=400">Linux-Gamers</a> August 14, 2004 - Emu/Wrapper : Wine issue 235
<li> <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/04/07/12/1620252.shtml">NewsForge</a> August 14, 2004 - ReactOS concept is more promise than production
@@ -49,18 +49,18 @@
<li> <a href="http://mozillaquest.com/Linux03/CrossoverOffice2-1_Overview_Story01.html">MozillaQuest</a> November 10, 2003 - CrossOver Office 2.1 Runs MS Windows Software on GNU-Linux Systems
<li> <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/10/HNdesktopwalk_1.html">InfoWorld</a> November 10, 2003 - Desktop Linux advocates to walk before they run
<li> <a href="http://www.osviews.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=358&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0">OSViews</a> October 28, 2003 - Macromedia and Adobe Graphics Suites to Run on Linux
- <li> <a href="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/10/28/2223250&mode=thread&tid=2&tid=82&tid=94">Newsforge</a> October 28, 2003 - Macromedia, Linux Graphics Apps to Run on Linux
+ <li> <a href="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/10/28/2223250&mode=thread&tid=2&tid=82&tid=94">NewsForge</a> October 28, 2003 - Macromedia, Linux Graphics Apps to Run on Linux
<li> <a href="http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/28/031219&mode=thread&tid=126&tid=152&tid=163&tid=185">Slashdot</a>October 28, 2003 - Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX With CrossOver Office
<li> <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6752">Linux Journal</a> October 27,2003 - CrossOver Office Server Edition
<li> <a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/24/2157206&mode=thread&tid=125&tid=130&tid=185&tid=190&tid=201">Slashdot</a>October 24, 2003 - Can WINE Compromise Unix?
<li> <a href="http://www.asiaosc.org/article_106.html">asiaosc</a> October 02, 2003 - Gamers may finally move to Linux?
- <li> <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/1735203&mode=thread&tid=132&tid=11">Newsforge</a> September 23, 2003 - Whining about Wine, crossing off CrossOver Office
+ <li> <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/1735203&mode=thread&tid=132&tid=11">NewsForge</a> September 23, 2003 - Whining about Wine, crossing off CrossOver Office
<li> <a href="http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/4800/1/">LinuxPlanet</a> September 21, 2003 - CrossOver Office's Microsoft Office Support is Not a Problem
<li> <a href="http://www.computeruser.com/articles/2208,10,66,1,0801,03.html">ComputerUser</a> August 30, 2003 - Bringing Linux to the masses.
<li> <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3696">O'Reilly Network</a> August 22, 2003 - CodeWeavers brings Linux the benefits of Windows...and some of the drawbacks
<li> <a href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/18/2143231&mode=thread&tid=106&tid=127&tid=185&tid=186">Slashdot</a> August 18, 2003 - WineX and the Future of Linux Gaming
<li> <a href="http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci919931,00.html">Searchenterpriselinux</a> August 18, 2003 - Experts offer Linux migration pointers
- <li> <a href="http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/08/13/1258252.shtml?tid=16">Newsforge</a> August 14, 2003 - Switch to Linux, stay out of jail
+ <li> <a href="http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/08/13/1258252.shtml?tid=16">NewsForge</a> August 14, 2003 - Switch to Linux, stay out of jail
<li> <a href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/05/0359208&mode=thread&tid=127&tid=186&tid=206">Slashdot</a> August 5, 2003 - Frontal Assault Shows Impressive Assets
<li> <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1210083,00.asp">eWEEK</a> August 4, 2003 - Penguin Moves to Disney
<li> <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,39020381,2138109,00.htm">ZDNet/UK</a> July 24, 2003 - Desktop Linux group readies public agenda
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+++ wwn/wn20020418_120.xml 11 Mar 2005 07:17:53 -0000
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
it been this simple to peruse software titles and add them to your computer.
</quote>
- <p />Newsforge has <a href="http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/04/09/2230251.shtml?tid=23">
+ <p />NewsForge has <a href="http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/04/09/2230251.shtml?tid=23">
a review</a>.
<p />Some people aren't happy with the lack of attention Lindows.com seems to have
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
<a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/3017/">source-code obligation</a>. Bruce was
also distressed by Robertsons treatment of the <a href="http://www.fsf.org/">FSF</a>
and Bradley Kuhn, which was reported in
- <a href="http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/04/11/148251.shtml?tid=23">Newsforge</a>.
+ <a href="http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/04/11/148251.shtml?tid=23">NewsForge</a>.
</quote>
<p />[<i>Ed note: I changed the URL's referenced into hyperlinks in the above paragraph.</i>]
<p />Michael Robertson notes that <quote who="Michael Robertson">the ability to run
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+++ wwn/wn20030307_160.xml 11 Mar 2005 07:17:29 -0000
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Linux and the gaming industry. Good stu
<p>Also interviewed this week was Mike Hearn. Mike has been contributing to Wine
for a little while now, but he's also been working on another project involving
<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/04/2310251&mode=thread&tid=23">packaging and installation</a>.
-Newsforge published an article about that project and the issues he's running into.</p>
+NewsForge published an article about that project and the issues he's running into.</p>
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@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Its main goal is to install operating sy
<a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/04/07/02/1423212.shtml">neat article</a>
this week over at NewsForge about a company named Advanced Wave Research, Inc
who ported some design software using Winelib:</p>
-<quote who="Newsforge"><p>
+<quote who="NewsForge"><p>
Nevertheless, using WINE cut the length of AWR's porting project significantly,
putting it months ahead of its competitors. AWR's Linux products went into
beta in the end of March and, though they are ready to ship, will probably
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@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ added Fedora Core 2 and White Box Enterp
Red Hat packages maintained by Vincent Béron.
</p></quote>
-<p>Also on Wednesday, Newsforge put out
+<p>Also on Wednesday, NewsForge put out
<a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/08/18/068255.shtml">a
review</a> of CrossOver Office 3.0.1. The author, Jem Matzan, did an
excellent job describing how Wine works and even going so far as to add
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--- wwn/wn20040924_241.xml 6 Oct 2004 15:05:11 -0000 1.2
+++ wwn/wn20040924_241.xml 11 Mar 2005 07:17:05 -0000
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ a product by
application development to Linux using Wine, Qt, and some other open
source programs. The details provided by NewsForge are a bit scarce,
they state:</p>
-<quote who="Newsforge"><p>
+<quote who="NewsForge"><p>
Working with Qt, Trolltech's cross-platform toolkit, MinGW, a
minimalist set of GNU utilities for Windows, and Wine, a free implementation
of the Windows API, SourceXtreme, Inc. has developed the ability to write
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+++ wwn/wn20041231_255.xml 11 Mar 2005 07:17:17 -0000
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Penguin's review</a> thought CrossOver O
over earlier versions.
<a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/23/2039209&tid=2&pagenum=2">NewsForge's
review</a> thought it was a valuable addition to the distribution:</p>
-<quote who="Newsforge"><p>
+<quote who="NewsForge"><p>
CrossOver Office is going to be a big selling point for this version
of Xandros, and if you have indispensable Windows applications that
are on the supported list (like Quicken, various Microsoft Office
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@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ WHAT'S NEW with Wine-20050310: (see
can <a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/Wine-20050310.tar.gz">
snag the source</a> now. </p>
<p>
-Slashdot linked to good article at HEXUS.net about
+Slashdot linked to a good article at HEXUS.net about
<a href="http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews/review.php?dXJsX3Jldmlld19JRD0xMDEx">gaming
on Linux</a>. They covered a lot of different aspects of gaming
including native ports, gaming with TransGaming's Cedega, and
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ came out this week. Finally, Gavriel St
<a href="http://www.transgaming.com/gavstates.php">cross-platform
development</a>.</p>
-<p>Joe Barr wrote an article for Newforge about
+<p>Joe Barr wrote an article for NewsForge about
<a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/03/02/1449240.shtml?tid=130">
running CwGet</a>, some ham radio software, with Wine:</p>
<quote who="Joe Barr"><p>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ science in general. Bethe was one of th
physics before relativity and quantum theory. I was sort of sad to see his
passing didn't make much news. If you want to hear an excellent discussion
of physics, check out Cornell's
-<a href="http://bethe.cornell.edu/">Quicktime movies of Bethe</a> from
+<a href="http://bethe.cornell.edu/">QuickTime movies of Bethe</a> from
1999. </p>
</section>
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ of physics, check out Cornell's
enddate="03/08/2005"
>
<topic>Configuration</topic>
-<p>The winecfg tool (that someday will be used, we promise) requires
+<p>The winecfg tool (that someday will be used, we promise) needs
a way to access the the complete underlying Unix filesystem. It's a
Winelib app, so there's multiple ways of doing this. Michael Jung
put together a patch last week, but it wasn't committed. He asked
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ I think the extension itself is perfectl
not sure about is creating a brand new dll for it, adding
Wine-specific dlls should be avoided if possible.</p></quote>
-<p>Michael thought of a another way to do it:</p>
+<p>Michael thought of another way to do it:</p>
<quote who="Michael Jung"><p>
Would you consider it more reasonable to implement unixfs as a part of
shell32? We would not have to alter the APIs exported by shell32 to do this.
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ At least, I think that is what is needed
>
<topic>Configuration</topic>
-<p>While we're on the topic drives and setting up drives,
+<p>While we're on the topic of drives and setting up drives,
Mike Hearn went through and outlined some problems that
need to be addressed. If you're looking for a way to get
involved with Wine, some of these are good ways:</p>
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ So, there are 4 obvious problems with ou
a big delay in the file open dialogs as we poll the drive which sits
there spinning its motors naval-gazing. How many people still use
floppy disks in 2005 anyway? I'm hoping the answer is "virtually none"
- <br /><br />
+ <br />
An alternative solution would be to poll the drives in a non-blocking
manner, though I'm not sure this would work for apps which do their own
file dialogs like Office.
@@ -243,11 +243,11 @@ So, there are 4 obvious problems with ou
<li> The artwork in the file pickers sucks ass. Sorry, it does. It's ugly as
sin and for some reason the Desktop icon is an arrow, not a desk.
- <br /><br />
+ <br />
This doesn't matter when you only have C: and Z: drives. It does matter
when you have 2 CD drives, 2 Windows drives, a floppy and a few other
drives.
- <br /><br />
+ <br />
Fixing this is theoretically easy but for some reason it never gets
done. If any of you non-coders are reading this and want to contribute
then this would be a good way to start. Good artwork already exists,
@@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ So, there are 4 obvious problems with ou
start a Windows program and then realize that my work is actually on a
USB key, if I plug that key in Nautilus and GTK+ (and probably KDE)
apps will detect it and see it, but we won't. Not even if I restart the
- app! This is bad.<br /><br />
- <br /><br />
+ app! This is bad.
+ <br />
Fixing this is not, in theory, super hard. When HAL detects a new
hotplug device it modifies the fstab file and mounts. If we watch the
/etc/fstab file for changes and rerun drive detection therefore we can
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ briefly explained what Windows does,
There is an API to watch for File
System changes. From files (for editors), to folders and drives. The
standard Shell control (Used in file dialogs and Explorer) uses this API
- by default. Also apps that do their own Dialogs like office.</quote></p>
+ by default. Also apps that do their own Dialogs like Office.</quote></p>
<p>Andi Mohr thought implementing that in Wine was the way to go:</p>
<quote who="Andreas Mohr"><p>
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ applies to volume notification as well?
API?
</p><p>
Nevermind, at least you just told us that this API exists, so we should
-try to get the hal/hotplug/fam stuff integratedf towards this API.
+try to get the hal/hotplug/fam stuff integrated with this API.
</p></quote>
<p>Steven Edwards also provided some info on how Windows manages the
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ and KDE xp style
(<a href="http://kdelook.org/content/show.php?content=1499">
http://kdelook.org/content/show.php?content=1499</a>). The main problem
is that both have GPL licence, but we could ask authors to let us use them
-in Wine. Their icons are really cool and I belive Wine would look much
+in Wine. Their icons are really cool and I believe Wine would look much
better with them.</quote></p>
</section>
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ current state:</p>
Steam has had a serious problem for quite some time, failing with a
strange debug assertion error popup at the dreaded 27% mark.
</p><p>
-What's interesting, however, is that Steam works perfectly in Crossover
+What's interesting, however, is that Steam works perfectly in CrossOver
4.1 - since I don't think Steam is supported, this is not due to a
special hack, and the failure in Steam therefore represents a serious
regression in Wine.
@@ -363,13 +363,13 @@ more testing.
<p>Stefan wrote back several hours later and described his progress:</p>
<quote who="Stefan Dosinger"><p>
-Steam runs indeed nice with wine. I don't know why it works all over the
+Steam runs indeed nice with wine. I don't know why it works all of a
sudden, but it works ;-)
</p><p>
These are the problems I found:
<ul>
<li>Microsoft Internet explorer needed: I didn't get the builtin shdocvw working.
-The automatical download of the Mozilla active X control didn't work. I
+The automatic download of the Mozilla active X control didn't work. I
downloaded it manually and installed it but it still didn't work
Can someone give me a hint how I make the builtin shdocvw work?</li>
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ patch</a> to make Wine work with Valgrin
I notice there has been interest from developers wanting to run valgrind
with wine. I have been doing this successfully with the attached patch
applied. Note that there are some false positives from the thread start
-routines caused by a bug in valgrind. Apparantly this is fixed in the
+routines caused by a bug in valgrind. Apparently this is fixed in the
latest cvs, but I have not tried it. I find the --tool=memcheck option
the most useful, which can be used for finding the source of memory
corruption.
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