<newsletter:website> Minor rewordings and ensure maximum line length of 72 characters.

[Enrico Tröger]

Updating branch refs/heads/website
         to cc232a7eae986a6c79f57684f9eb73cc8cc06a91 (commit)
       from 8e2ac7d5f7d00cb4db393e3e6150516c4ed2a2e3 (commit)

commit cc232a7eae986a6c79f57684f9eb73cc8cc06a91
Author: Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de>
Date:   Sun May 22 11:46:36 2011 +0200

    Minor rewordings and ensure maximum line length of 72 characters.

 vol_2/newsletter_2.rst |  141 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst b/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst
index ec109ac..2111219 100644
--- a/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst
+++ b/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Geany Development
 Update to Scintilla 2.25
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-With svn r5682 another update to Scintilla has been done so
+With SVN r5682 another update to Scintilla has been done so
 Geany's development version is now powered by Scintilla 2.25 in
 favor of the version previously used: 2.22.
 
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ Real-time tag parsing
 
 Parsing of symbols (also known as tags) in the file currently being
 edited can now be done directly in memory. This change means that
-tag parsing for the current document happens in real time when the content
-changes; so the symbol list reflects the actual content of the
+tag parsing for the current document happens in real time when the
+content changes; so the symbol list reflects the actual content of the
 document rather than the state when it was last saved.
 
 This can be configured (and disabled) in the preferences by the
@@ -80,9 +80,8 @@ New plugins
 geanycfp
 ********
 
-Back in January, William Fraser added with geanycfp a set functions
-which are adding a couple of new functions to Geany's plugin pool
-might be interesting to users.
+Back in January, William Fraser add the geanycfp plugin
+which adds a couple of interesting new functions to Geany's plugin pool.
 
 After some time this plugin has been split up into
 GeanyNumberedBookmarks and GeanyMacro, but this process is not yet
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ number then it removes the bookmark, otherwise it will move the
 bookmark there if it was set on a different line, or create it if it
 had not already been set.
 
-
 GeanyMacro
 ##########
 
@@ -111,9 +109,9 @@ always saying how amazing the batch processing is for
 manipulating images. However, this plugin adds something similar
 to Geany with its macro feature: the plugin can record
 small actions and rerun them after pressing e.g. a keybinding. This
-could be very helpful if you e.g. need to remove the last two letters
-of a line and search & replace or rectangle selection are not able
-to solve the request.
+could be very helpful for example if you need to remove the last two
+letters of a line and search & replace or rectangle selection are not
+able to solve the request.
 
 Other features
 ##############
@@ -121,24 +119,24 @@ Other features
 Remembering fold states:
 
 By default, Geany does not remember the status of folding when
-reloading a file e.g. on startup. This can be annoying if you have a
+reloading a file e.g. on startup. This can be annoying when you have a
 huge number of nested structures e.g. inside an XML-document. This
-feature helps you to remember these states so you don't need to fold
-up after loading.
+feature helps you to remember those states so you don't have to fold
+again after loading.
 
 
 Significant updates on Split Window Plugin
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 There have been quite a few improvements and bug fixes done in the Split
-Window plugin that ships with Geany which allows viewing two documents at the
-same time.
+Window plugin that ships with Geany which allows viewing two documents
+at the same time.
 
 Code folding is now supported in the split editor as of revision 5626.
 
 Since revision 5633, the terminology used in the Split Window menu
 under the Tools menu has been improved to avoid ambiguity regarding
-the direction in which the split will take place.  Rather than using
+the direction in which the split will take place. Rather than using
 the word Horizontal for when the editors are laid out horizontally
 (the splitter is vertical), the words "Side by Side" are now used.
 Likewise, when the editors are laid out vertically (the splitter is
@@ -147,42 +145,42 @@ horizontal), the words "Top and Bottom" are now used.
 Previously, when the Split Window was active and the document
 currently being viewed in it was closed in the main documents
 notebook, the Split Window plugin would unsplit, even if there were
-other documents which could be viewed instead.  As of revision 5634,
+other documents which could be viewed instead. As of revision 5634,
 when this happens, the Split Window plugin will switch to view the
-current document in the main documents notebook instead.  If there
+current document in the main documents notebook instead. If there
 are no more documents open, the Split Window plugin will unsplit.
 
 Probably the most significant improvement to the Split Window plugin
-is that it will now work on Microsoft Windows.  Previously, the
-plugin was using trick to work around a bug in the Scintilla widget
-Geany uses for its editor.  A side effect of this workaround was
-that it caused serious issues in Windows and so the plugin was
-disabled for the Windows build.  We fixed the bug in Scintilla and
-sent the fix to the Scintilla project where it was merged upstream.
+is that it will now work on Microsoft Windows. Previously, the
+plugin was using a trick to work around a bug in the Scintilla widget
+Geany uses as editing component. A side effect of this workaround was
+that it caused serious issues on Windows and so the plugin was
+disabled for the Windows build. Matthew Brush fixed the bug in Scintilla
+and sent the fix to the Scintilla project where it was merged upstream.
 Geany is no longer required to use the previously mentioned trick,
-and so the plugin will be re-enabled for the Windows build, with
+and so the plugin was re-enabled for the Windows build, with
 equivalent functionality as it has on other platforms.
 
 
 A view onto GeanyVC usage
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-GeanyVC is one of the oldest plugins of Geany and its adding
-bindings for couple of popular version control systems to Geany as
-for example svn or git. To get a feeling which bindings are getting
+GeanyVC is one of the oldest plugins of Geany. It adds
+bindings for a couple of popular version control systems to Geany
+like SVN and GIT. To get an impression which bindings are getting
 used to understand we started a little doodle poll a couple of weeks
-ago. The output was interesting and a little surprising: Until End
-of April 33 people took place on this poll and the 1st surprise did
-happen. None of these are using GeanyVC for working with neither CVS
-nor svk. In terms of CVS this has been a real surprise at it was one
+ago. The output was interesting and a little surprising: until end
+of April, 33 people took place on this poll and the first surprise did
+happen. Nobody seems to be using GeanyVC for working with CVS
+and SVK. In terms of CVS this has been a real surprise at it was one
 of the most popular version control systems during the last decades.
-SVK always took place a role inside 2nd row as its trying to add
-some offline functionality to svn but keeping svn inside core. With
-introducing git and adding a number of new features into Subversion
+SVK always took place a role inside second row as it was trying to add
+some offline functionality to SVN but keeping SVN inside core. With
+introducing GIT and adding a number of new features into Subversion
 with version e.g. 1.6 the biggest advantages were also went away.
 
-However, the most users do use the plugin for working with git
-(~90%) followed by subversion as you can see from the tiny chart
+However, the most users do use the plugin for working with GIT
+(~90%) followed by SVN as you can see from the tiny chart
 
 .. image:: ../img/issue2_geanyvc.png
 
@@ -205,10 +203,10 @@ Save Actions
 
 The Save Actions plugin adds options available to you when saving files,
 including: Auto Save, Instant Save and Backup Copy. Each of the options
-can be enabled interdependently of the others but they can be even more
-powerful when used in combination. Read on, discover their functions, and
-judge for yourself if this plugin might make your use of Geany easier and
-more productive.
+can be enabled independently but they can be even more
+powerful when used in combination. Read on, discover their functions,
+and judge for yourself if this plugin might make your use of Geany
+easier and more productive.
 
 
 Auto Save
@@ -217,10 +215,10 @@ Auto Save
 .. image:: ../img/issue2_saveactions_1.png
 
 Auto Save provides an option to automatically save either the current
-file or all open files at a defined interval. It can be very useful if you
-tend to forget to save because it works in the background. The default
-interval is 300 seconds, which is 5 minutes, but you might prefer to set
-a longer or shorter interval.
+file or all open files at a defined interval. It can be very useful if
+you tend to forget to save because it works in the background. The
+default interval is 300 seconds, which is 5 minutes, but you might
+prefer to set a longer or shorter interval.
 
 
 Instant Save
@@ -241,18 +239,18 @@ Backup Copy
 
 .. image:: ../img/issue2_saveactions_3.png
 
-Backup Copy will keep backup copies of files as you save them. Instead of
-cluttering the file's own directory, the backups are stored in a specific
-directory. So that you can identify when each backup was created, the backup
-files have the current date and time added to the end of their names, with
-the date and time format being configurable. To make finding your backups
-even easier there is even an option to recreate the directory structure in
-which the current file is stored.
+Backup Copy will keep backup copies of files as you save them. Instead
+of cluttering the file's own directory, the backups are stored in a
+specific directory. So that you can identify when each backup was
+created, the backup files have the current date and time added to the
+end of their names, with the date and time format being configurable.
+To make finding your backups even easier there is even an option to
+recreate the directory structure in which the current file is stored.
 
-When combined with the Auto Save option, the Backup Copy option can provide
-a basic form of versioning with a backup copy of your file(s) every time
-they were saved. A version control system such as git, Subversion or Mercurial
-is definitely recommended instead when possible.
+When combined with the Auto Save option, the Backup Copy option can
+provide a basic form of versioning with a backup copy of your file(s)
+every time they were saved. A version control system such as git,
+Subversion or Mercurial is definitely recommended instead when possible.
 
 
 Feature Focus
@@ -261,13 +259,14 @@ Feature Focus
 Append Toolbar to the Menu
 **************************
 
-The popularity of the netbook means that many people are looking at screens
-which are less than the desktop PC sizes of 15 inch and above. A netbook's
-screen format is usually widescreen, so vertical space is more limited than
-horizontal space. If you navigate to Edit > Preferences you'll find an option
-titled "Append Toolbar to the Menu". Checking this option will result in the
-toolbar being moved from below the menu bar to beside it, resulting in more
-vertical space being available.
+The popularity of the netbook means that many people are looking at
+screens which are less than the desktop PC sizes of 15 inch and above.
+A netbook's screen format is usually widescreen, so vertical space is
+more limited than horizontal space. If you navigate to
+Edit -> Preferences you'll find an option titled
+"Append Toolbar to the Menu". Checking this option will result in the
+toolbar being moved from below the menu bar to beside it, resulting
+in more vertical space being available.
 
 Before
 
@@ -281,14 +280,14 @@ After
 Other screen-space-saving tips
 ******************************
 
-Geany has several other options which increase the amount of room available
-for the editing pane. In the View menu you'll find an option titled "Toggle
-all Additional Widgets" which hides all elements of the user interface except
-for the menu bar and scrollbars. Also in the View menu is an option titled
-"Fullscreen" which maximizes the Geany window to take up the entire screen,
-also turning off the window's titlebar and borders. This view can be
-especially useful if you want to minimize distractions from other
-applications.
+Geany has several other options which increase the amount of room
+available for the editing pane. In the View menu you'll find an option
+titled "Toggle all Additional Widgets" which hides all elements of the
+user interface except for the menu bar and scrollbars. Also in the View
+menu is an option titled "Fullscreen" which maximizes the Geany window
+to take up the entire screen, also turning off the window's titlebar
+and borders. This view can be especially useful if you want to minimize
+distractions from other applications.
 
 
 Geany local