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author | Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> | 2016-08-02 04:19:17 +0200 |
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committer | Justus Winter <justus@g10code.com> | 2016-08-03 16:55:33 +0200 |
commit | dc107b78509807db375d3a382eb3376cd2183357 (patch) | |
tree | ef7301b4b8d2556a526e0f3c79cd532ba98f6c60 /doc/tools.texi | |
parent | dirmngr: Emit correct spelling of "superseded". (diff) | |
download | gnupg2-dc107b78509807db375d3a382eb3376cd2183357.tar.xz gnupg2-dc107b78509807db375d3a382eb3376cd2183357.zip |
More cleanup of "allow to".
* README, agent/command.c, agent/keyformat.txt, common/i18n.c,
common/iobuf.c, common/keyserver.h, dirmngr/cdblib.c,
dirmngr/ldap-wrapper.c, doc/DETAILS, doc/TRANSLATE,
doc/announce-2.1.txt, doc/gpg.texi, doc/gpgsm.texi,
doc/scdaemon.texi, doc/tools.texi, doc/whats-new-in-2.1.txt,
g10/export.c, g10/getkey.c, g10/import.c, g10/keyedit.c, m4/ksba.m4,
m4/libgcrypt.m4, m4/ntbtls.m4, po/ca.po, po/cs.po, po/da.po,
po/de.po, po/el.po, po/eo.po, po/es.po, po/et.po, po/fi.po,
po/fr.po, po/gl.po, po/hu.po, po/id.po, po/it.po, po/ja.po,
po/nb.po, po/pl.po, po/pt.po, po/ro.po, po/ru.po, po/sk.po,
po/sv.po, po/tr.po, po/uk.po, po/zh_CN.po, po/zh_TW.po,
scd/app-p15.c, scd/ccid-driver.c, scd/command.c, sm/gpgsm.c,
sm/sign.c, tools/gpgconf-comp.c, tools/gpgtar.h: replace "Allow to"
with clearer text.
In standard English, the normal construction is "${XXX} allows ${YYY}
to" -- that is, the subject (${XXX}) of the sentence is allowing the
object (${YYY}) to do something. When the object is missing, the
phrasing sounds awkward, even if the object is implied by context.
There's almost always a better construction that isn't as awkward.
These changes should make the language a bit clearer.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/tools.texi')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/tools.texi | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tools.texi b/doc/tools.texi index e52d6a70b..d6cf56ee4 100644 --- a/doc/tools.texi +++ b/doc/tools.texi @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ commit the changes. @command{gpgconf} provides the backend of a configuration editor. The configuration editor would usually be a graphical user interface -program, that allows to display the current options, their default +program that displays the current options, their default values, and allows the user to make changes to the options. These changes can then be made active with @command{gpgconf} again. Such a program that uses @command{gpgconf} in this way will be called GUI @@ -999,9 +999,9 @@ This script is a wrapper around @command{gpgconf} to run it with the command @code{--apply-defaults} for all real users with an existing GnuPG home directory. Admins might want to use this script to update he GnuPG configuration files for all users after -@file{/etc/gnupg/gpgconf.conf} has been changed. This allows to enforce -certain policies for all users. Note, that this is not a bulletproof of -forcing a user to use certain options. A user may always directly edit +@file{/etc/gnupg/gpgconf.conf} has been changed. This allows enforcing +certain policies for all users. Note, that this is not a bulletproof way to +force a user to use certain options. A user may always directly edit the configuration files and bypass gpgconf. @noindent |