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appendices/old/zlib/zlib-desc.xml

@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 <title>Contents</title>
 
 <para>The zlib package contains the zlib library which is used by many
-programs for compression and uncompression functions.</para>
+programs for compression and decompression functions.</para>
 
 </sect2>

basicnet/djb/ucspi-tcp/ucspi-tcp-exp.xml

@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ mv conf-home~ conf-home
 sed 's/bin/sbin/' hier.c > hier.c~
 mv hier.c~ hier.c</command></screen> 
 These commands change the installation directory to
-<filename>/usr/sbin</filename> from the default 
+<filename class="directory">/usr/sbin</filename> from the default 
-of <filename>/usr/local/bin</filename>. Since these tools are used in 
+of <filename class="directory">/usr/local/bin</filename>. Since these tools 
-conjunction with daemons, 
+are used in conjunction with daemons, they don't make much sense in general 
-they don't make much sense in general user directories. However, some of the 
+user directories. However, some of the example programs and the 
-example programs and the tcpclient program might be of use to non-root users. 
+<command>tcpclient</command> program might be of use to non-root users. 
 If you wish to make these available, then we would suggest installing as above, 
 and then executing the following commands: 
 <screen><command>cd /usr/sbin mv tcpclient *@ mconnect delcr addcr tcpcat /usr/bin</command></screen>

basicnet/mailnews/other.xml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ program.</para>
 <para><xref linkend="mozilla"/> includes both a mail client and newsreader in 
 its installation along with notes for installing <application>Mozilla
 Thunderbird</application>, a mail/news client based on the
-<application>Mozilla</application> codebase.</para>
+<application>Mozilla</application> code base.</para>
 
 <para><xref linkend="evolution"/> includes an <acronym>GTK</acronym>2
 based mail client.</para> 

basicnet/netprogs/ncpfs/ncpfs-config.xml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ password is needed, for instance when using a guest account, a single '-'
 should be put in place of a password.</para>
 
 <para>It should be noted that the ncpmount is not intended to mount
-individual volumes because each mountpoint creates a separate client
+individual volumes because each mount point creates a separate client
 connection to the Novell server.  Mounting each individual volume
 separately would be unwise, as mounting all volumes on a server 
 under one mount point uses only one client connection.</para>

basicnet/textweb/links/links-exp.xml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 <para><option>--enable-graphics</option>: Add this switch if you want to 
 use <application>Links</application> in graphics mode. You will also need to 
-enable framebuffer support in your kernel and install <xref linkend="gpm"/> 
+enable frame buffer support in your kernel and install <xref linkend="gpm"/> 
 or install one of the supported graphics libraries.</para>
 
 </sect2>

content/web/apache/apache-desc.xml

@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ server program.</para></sect3>
 
 <sect3><title>logresolve</title>
 <para><command>logresolve</command> is a post-processing program to
-resolve <acronym>IP</acronym>-addresses in <application>Apache</application>'s access logfiles.</para></sect3>
+resolve <acronym>IP</acronym>-addresses in <application>Apache</application>'s access log files.</para></sect3>
 
 <sect3><title>rotatelogs</title>
 <para><command>rotatelogs</command> is a simple program for use in
-conjunction with <application>Apache</application>'s piped logfile feature.</para></sect3>
+conjunction with <application>Apache</application>'s piped log file feature.</para></sect3>
 
 </sect2>

general/graphlib/directfb/directfb-desc.xml

@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ surfaces.</para></sect3>
 <para>They provide hardware graphics acceleration, input device handling 
 and abstraction, integrated windowing system with support for 
 translucent windows and multiple display layers on top of the Linux 
-framebuffer device.</para></sect3>
+frame buffer device.</para></sect3>
 
 </sect2>

general/graphlib/directfb/directfb-intro.xml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <sect2>
 <title>Introduction to <application>DirectFB</application></title>
 
-<para><application>DirectFB</application> is a graphics library on top of the Linux framebuffer 
+<para><application>DirectFB</application> is a graphics library on top of the Linux frame buffer 
 device. It offers maximum hardware accelerated performance at a
 minimum of resource usage and overhead.</para>
 

general/graphlib/lcms/lcms-desc.xml

@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ management facilities.</para></sect3>
 
 <sect3><title>icclink</title>
 <para><command>icclink</command> links two or more profiles into a
-single devicelink profile.</para></sect3>
+single device link profile.</para></sect3>
 
 <sect3><title>icctrans</title>
-<para><command>icctrans</command> is a ColorSpace conversion
+<para><command>icctrans</command> is a Color Space conversion
 calculator.</para></sect3>
 
 <sect3><title>tifficc</title>

general/graphlib/libungif/libungif-intro.xml

@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
 <title>Introduction to <application>libungif</application></title>
 
 <para>The libungif package contains libraries for reading all
-<acronym>GIF</acronym>s and writing uncompressed ones as well as programs for 
+<acronym>GIF</acronym>s and writing non-compressed ones as well as programs for 
 converting and working with <acronym>GIF</acronym> files.  The libraries are 
 useful for any graphics program wishing to deal with <acronym>GIF</acronym> 
 files while the programs are useful for conversion purposes as well as cleaning 
 up images.</para>
 
-<para>The reason libungif only writes uncompressed <acronym>GIF</acronym>s 
+<para>The reason libungif only writes non-compressed <acronym>GIF</acronym>s 
 is due to a legal issue with <acronym>LZW</acronym> compression (which Unisys 
 claims a patent on). Reading <acronym>GIF</acronym>s is not a problem as the 
-uncompression routines do not seem to be limited in this way.  Note that this 
+decompression routines do not seem to be limited in this way.  Note that this 
 has in the past been disputed.  The best way to avoid this whole mess is to 
 simply use libungif for looking at <acronym>GIF</acronym> images on the web, 
 while in any pages which you design, use the open source <acronym>PNG</acronym> 

general/graphlib/svgalib/svgalib-desc.xml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ graphics library.</para></sect3>
     
 <sect3><title>libvgagl library</title>
 <para><filename class="libraryfile">libvgagl</filename> is a fast 
-framebuffer-level graphics library based on libvga.</para></sect3>
+frame buffer level graphics library based on libvga.</para></sect3>
 
 <sect3><title>dumpreg</title>
 <para><command>dumpreg</command> dumps the state of the card as the 

general/sysutils/fcron/fcron-exp.xml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ you wish to utilize this feature change the switch to
 installed, the make install script enters into a configuration routine.
 The first test will be whether to install a boot script in the <filename
 class="directory">/etc/rc.d/init.d</filename> directory with the 
-appropriate symbolic links in runlevels 2, 3, 4, and 5. The second is to 
+appropriate symbolic links in run levels 2, 3, 4, and 5. The second is to 
 stop any current fcron processes and start a new one. Since this is
 probably your first install and we want a boot script based upon the
 <acronym>BLFS</acronym> template we answer 'n' to both tests.</para>

general/sysutils/hdparm/hdparm-inst.xml

@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
 make install</command></userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Note that by default, <command>hdparm</command> is installed in
-<filename>/sbin</filename> as some systems may require it on bootup
+<filename class="directory">/sbin</filename> as some systems may require it 
-before <filename>/usr</filename> is mounted.  If you wish to install
+during the boot process before <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> 
-<command>hdparm</command> under the <filename>/usr</filename> hierarchy, then replace the
+is mounted.  If you wish to install <command>hdparm</command> under the 
-above commands with the following:</para>
+<filename class="directory">/usr</filename> hierarchy, then replace the above 
+commands with the following:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput><command>make &amp;&amp;
 make binprefix=/usr install</command></userinput></screen>

gnome/lib/gnomelib/libart_lgpl-desc.xml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 <sect3><title>libart_lgpl libraries</title>
 <para><filename class="libraryfile">libart_lgpl</filename> library is
-used as the antialiased rendering engine for
+used as the anti-aliased render engine for
 <application>libgnomecanvas</application>.</para></sect3>
 
 </sect2>

introduction/welcome/conventions.xml

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ what to type.</para></blockquote>
 
 <para><ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/">http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/</ulink></para>
 
-<blockquote><para>This form of text is used for hyperlinks, both within the 
+<blockquote><para>This form of text is used for hypertext links, both within 
-book and to external pages such as HowTo's, download locations,
+the book and to external pages such as HowTo's, download locations,
 websites, etc.</para></blockquote>
 
 <screen><userinput><command>cat &gt; $LFS/etc/group &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>>

multimedia/libdriv/libmpeg3/libmpeg3-desc.xml

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ and <command>mpeg3toc</command> utilities.</para>
 suitable for editing and playback.</para></sect3>
 
 <sect3><title>mpeg3cat</title>
-<para><command>mpeg3cat</command> concatenates elementary streams or demultiplexes a program
+<para><command>mpeg3cat</command> concatenates elementary streams or
-stream.</para></sect3>
+demultiplexes a program stream (separates components of the stream).</para></sect3>
 
 <sect3><title>mpeg3dump</title>
 <para><command>mpeg3dump</command> dumps information or extracts audio

multimedia/libdriv/libogg/libogg-desc.xml

@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ class="libraryfile">libogg</filename> libraries.</para>
 <sect2><title>Description</title>
 
 <sect3><title>ogg libraries</title>
-<para><filename class="libraryfile">libogg</filename> libraries provide the functions for programs 
+<para><filename class="libraryfile">libogg</filename> libraries provide the 
-wishing to read or write <filename>OGG</filename> formatted bitstreams.</para>
+functions for programs wishing to read or write <filename>OGG</filename> 
+formatted bit streams.</para>
 </sect3>
 
 

multimedia/libdriv/libogg/libogg-intro.xml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 <para>The <application>libogg</application> package contains the Ogg file 
 structure. This is useful for creating (encoding) or playing (decoding) a 
-single physical bitstream.</para>
+single physical bit stream.</para>
 
 <sect3><title>Package information</title>
 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>

multimedia/libdriv/sdl/sdl-desc.xml

@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ the <userinput>Simple DirectMedia Layer</userinput>.</para>
 <sect3><title>Simple DirectMedia Layer</title>
 <para>The Simple DirectMedia Layer is a generic <acronym>API</acronym> that 
 provides low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via 
-OpenGL, and 2D framebuffer across multiple platforms.</para></sect3>
+OpenGL, and 2D frame buffer across multiple platforms.</para></sect3>
 
 </sect2>

multimedia/videoutils/transcode/transcode-desc.xml

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ of <application>transcode</application>.</para></sect3>
 and <acronym>PCM</acronym> audio stream.</para></sect3>
 
 <sect3><title>tcdemux</title>
-<para><command>tcdemux</command> demultiplexes audio/video input that contains 
+<para><command>tcdemux</command> demultiplexes (separates)  audio/video input 
-multiple streams, e.g. <acronym>VOB</acronym> files.</para></sect3>
+that contains multiple streams, e.g. <acronym>VOB</acronym> files..</para></sect3>
 
 <sect3><title>tcextract</title>
 <para><command>tcextract</command> grabs single streams from a file containing 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ synchronizing of audio and video data signal.</para></sect3>
 number of plugins to convert audio and video input to
 <filename>RAW</filename> format, process <filename>RAW</filename> video and 
 audio and convert <filename>RAW</filename> audio and video to other formats to 
-be written into a filetype of choice. Read the documentation.</para></sect3>
+be written into a file type of choice. Read the documentation.</para></sect3>
 
 </sect2>
 

postlfs/filesystems/ext3.xml

@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ following line.</para>
 
 <para>In the above line, replace 
 <filename>/dev/hd<replaceable>XX</replaceable></filename> by the
-partition (e.g. <filename>/dev/hda2</filename>), <filename class="directory">
+partition (e.g. <filename>/dev/hda2</filename>), 
-/mnt_point</filename> by the mount point (e.g. <filename>/home</filename>). The 
+<filename class="directory">/mnt_point</filename> by the mount point (e.g. 
-<option>0</option> in the last field ensures that the partition will not be checked for 
+<filename class="directory">/home</filename>). The <option>0</option> in the 
-consistency during bootup by the checkfs script. You may replace the ext3 fs 
+last field ensures that the partition will not be checked for 
-type in the above by auto if you want to ensure that the partition is mounted 
+consistency during the boot process  by the <command>checkfs</command> script. 
+You may replace the <option>ext3</option> fs type in the above by
+<option>auto</option> if you want to ensure that the partition is mounted 
 if you accidentally skip enabling the ext3 support in the kernel.</para>
 
 <para>For each partition that you have converted to ext3 in <filename>

postlfs/security/firewalling/busybox.xml

@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ iptables -A OUTPUT -p icmp --icmp-type 3 -j ACCEPT</screen></para></listitem>
 <!--</orderedlist>-->
 
 <para>These are only examples to show you some of the capabilities of the new 
-firewalling-code in Linux-Kernel 2.4. Have a look at the man page of
+firewall code in Linux-Kernel 2.4. Have a look at the man page of
 iptables.
 There you will find more of them. The port-numbers you'll need for this
 can be found in <filename>/etc/services</filename>, in case you didn't
-find them by trial and error in your logfile.</para>
+find them by trial and error in your log file.</para>
 
 <para>If you add any of your offered or accessed services such as the above,
 maybe even in FORWARD and for intranet-communication, and delete the

postlfs/security/firewalling/disclaimer.xml

@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ DOCUMENT.</emphasis></para> -->
 firewall - it is not a complete guide to securing systems.  Firewalling
 is a complex issue that requires careful configuration.
 The scripts quoted here are simply intended to give examples as to how
-firewalling works, they are not intended to fit into any imaginable 
+a firewall works, they are not intended to fit into any imaginable 
 configuration and may not prevent any imaginable attack.</para>
 
 <para>The purpose of this text is simply to give you a hint on how to get
-started with firewalling.</para>
+started with a firewall.</para>
 
 <para>Customization of these scripts for your specific situation will
 be necessary for an optimal configuration, but you should make a serious
-study of the iptables documentation and firewalling in general before hacking
+study of the iptables documentation and creating firewalls in general before hacking
 away.  Have a look at the list of <xref linkend="postlfs-security-fw-library"/> at the end 
 of this section for more details.  Here you will find a list of URLs that 
 contain quite comprehensive information about building your own firewall.</para>

postlfs/security/firewalling/intro.xml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ of failure, but it can make the administrators life a lot easier.</para>
 on every machine was perfectly configured and was immune to, e.g., 
 buffer-overflows and any other imaginable problem regarding its 
 security, and where you trusted every user accessing your services 
-to aim no harm, you wouldn't need to do firewalling!  
+to aim no harm, you wouldn't need to do have a firewall!  
 In the real world however, daemons may be misconfigured, 
 exploits against essential services are freely available, you 
 may wish to choose which services are accessible by certain machines, 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ broadband links.</para></sect3>
 <para>This is a box placed between the Internet and an intranet. 
 To minimize the risk of compromising the firewall itself it
 should generally have only one role, that of protecting the intranet.
-Although not completely riskless, the tasks of doing the routing 
+Although not completely risk free, the tasks of doing the routing 
 and eventually IP masquerading (rewriting IP-headers 
 of the packets it routes from clients with private IP-addresses onto 
 the Internet so that they seem to come from the firewall 

postlfs/security/firewalling/kernel.xml

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <sect2 id="postlfs-security-fw-kernel" xreflabel="getting a firewalling-enabled Kernel">
-<title>Getting a firewalling-enabled Kernel</title>
+<title>Getting a firewall enabled Kernel</title>
 
-<para>If you want your Linux-Box to do firewalling you must first ensure 
+<para>If you want your Linux-Box to have a firewall, you must first ensure 
 that your kernel has been compiled with the relevant options turned on
-<!-- <footnote><para>If you needed assistance howto configure, compile and install 
+<!-- <footnote><para>If you needed assistance how to configure, compile and install 
 a new kernel, refer back to chapter VIII of the LinuxFromScratch book, 
 <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/view/3.1/chapter08/kernel.html">Installing a kernel</ulink>
  and eventually 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ that the modules need to be loaded at first.</para>
 
 <!--
 <table frame='none'>
-<title>Essential config-options for a firewalling-enabled Kernel</title>
+<title>Essential config-options for a firewall enabled Kernel</title>
 
 <tgroup cols='5'>
 <colspec colnum='1' colwidth='8*'  align='center'/>
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ ipfw-adm (2.0-style) support</userinput></literallayout></entry>
 <entry></entry>
 <entry><userinput>Fast switching</userinput></entry>
 <entry>Make sure to disable it because it would setup a bypass around
-your firewalling-rules.</entry>
+your firewall rules.</entry>
 <entry>w\</entry>
 <entry>CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE</entry>
 </row>

postlfs/security/firewalling/library.xml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <sect3 id="postlfs-security-fw-library" xreflabel="Links for further reading">
-<title>Where to start with further reading on firewalling.</title>
+<title>Where to start with further reading on firewalls.</title>
 
 <para><blockquote><literallayout>
 <ulink url="http://www.netfilter.org/">www.netfilter.org - Homepage of the netfilter/iptables project</ulink>

postlfs/security/firewalling/masqrouter.xml

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ echo "to be a reference."
 echo "Firewall security is a complex issue, that exceeds the scope"
 echo "of the quoted configuration rules."
 echo "You can find some quite comprehensive information"
-echo "about firewalling in Chapter 4 of the BLFS book."
+echo "about firewalls in Chapter 4 of the BLFS book."
-echo "http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org/"
+echo "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs"
 echo
 
 # Insert iptables modules (not needed if built into the kernel).

postlfs/security/firewalling/stop.xml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <sect3 id="postlfs-security-fw-stop" xreflabel="/etc/rc.d/init.d/firewall.stop">
 <title>firewall.stop</title>
 
-<para>If you need to turn firewalling off, this script will do it:</para>
+<para>If you need to turn the firewall off, this script will do it:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput><command>cat &gt; /etc/rc.d/init.d/firewall.stop &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
 #!/bin/sh

postlfs/security/iptables.xml

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 <?dbhtml filename="iptables.html" dir="postlfs"?>
 <title>iptables-&iptables-version;</title>
 
-<para>The next part of this chapter deals with firewalling.  The
+<para>The next part of this chapter deals with firewalls.  The
-principle firewalling tool for Linux, as of the 2.4 kernel series, is
+principle firewall tool for Linux, as of the 2.4 kernel series, is
 <application>iptables</application>.  It replaces
 <application>ipchains</application> from the 2.2 series and
 <application>ipfwadm</application> from the
 2.0 series. You will need to install <application>iptables</application> if 
-you intend on using any form of firewalling.</para>
+you intend on using any form of a firewall.</para>
 
 &iptables-intro;
 &iptables-inst;

postlfs/security/iptables/iptables-intro.xml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <sect2>
 <title>Introduction to <application>iptables</application></title>
 
-<para>To use firewalling, as well as installing
+<para>To use a firewall, as well as installing
 <application>iptables</application>, you will need
 to configure the relevant options into your kernel.  This is discussed
 in the next part of this chapter - <xref linkend="postlfs-security-fw-kernel"/>.</para>

server/other/openldap/openldap-exp.xml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ avoid the default of <filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.</para>
 class="directory">/usr/libexec</filename>.</para>
 
 <para><option>--enable-ldbm</option>: Build <command>slapd</command>
-with primary database backend using either <application>Berkeley
+with primary database back end using either <application>Berkeley
 DB</application> or
 <application><acronym>GNU</acronym> Database Manager</application>.</para> 
 

x/installing/xfree86-setup.xml

@@ -146,9 +146,7 @@ the second layout is active.</para>
 <para><command>xdm</command> provides a graphical logon capability and is
 normally set up in <filename>/etc/inittab</filename>.  Most of the information 
 you need to customize <command>xdm</command> is found in its man page.  To 
-execute <command>xdm</command> during bootup, change the initdefault level to 5 and 
+execute <command>xdm</command> during bootup, change the initdefault level to 5 and add the following lines to <filename>/etc/inittab</filename>:</para>
-add the following lines to 
-<filename>/etc/inittab</filename>:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput># Run xdm as a separate service
 x:5:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon</userinput></screen></para>

xsoft/suites/openoffice/openoffice-inst.xml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ cd ..</command></userinput></screen>
 <screen><userinput><command>./bootstrap &amp;&amp;
 bash -c "source LinuxIntelEnv.Set.sh; dmake"</command></userinput></screen>
 
-<para>If you have downloaded localized helpcontent zip files, you will need
+<para>If you have downloaded localized help content zip files, you will need
 to unzip them to the appropriate directory as mentioned below and then recreate
 the installation set.</para>