<newsletter:website> Some gram. updates provided by Russell

Tue Aug 23 22:06:47 UTC 2011

Updating branch refs/heads/website
         to 148d52111ce0b49d7dd2f67d173b896aff702d86 (commit)
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commit 148d52111ce0b49d7dd2f67d173b896aff702d86
Author: frlan <frank at frank.uvena.de>
Date:   Sat Aug 6 10:31:33 2011 +0200

    Some gram. updates provided by Russell

 vol_3/newsletter_3.rst |  102 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vol_3/newsletter_3.rst b/vol_3/newsletter_3.rst
index 57630a6..9bf8499 100644
--- a/vol_3/newsletter_3.rst
+++ b/vol_3/newsletter_3.rst
@@ -62,25 +62,32 @@ Plugin Focus
 Spell Check
 ***********
 
-Although Geany is primarily an editor aimed at programming tasks,
-it's often used to write plain text. Whether you're a native speaker
-or not, the spell check plugin is very useful. To check the spelling
-of the current document, select Tools > Spell Check > [language]
-from the menu to have the spelling checked in that language. If you
-often use this feature consider creating a keyboard shortcut to make
-activating it easier. If you would prefer to have your spelling
-checked immediately, enable the "Check spelling while typing" option
-in the plugin's preferences: Edit > Plugin Preferences > Spell Check.
+Although Geany is primarily an editor aimed at programming tasks, 
+it's often used to write plain text. All of us would like to think 
+that we can spell correctly but, especially for foreign words, a 
+little help is always welcome. Geany's Spell Check plugin can help, 
+either checking on demand or as you type. To check the spelling of 
+the current document on demand, select Tools > Spell Check > 
+[language] from the main menu. If you often use this feature 
+consider creating a keyboard shortcut to make activating it easier. 
+If you would prefer to have your spelling checked immediately, 
+enable the "Check spelling while typing" option in the plugin's 
+preferences: Edit > Plugin Preferences > Spell Check. The default 
+language used by Spell Check is configured in Spell Check's 
+preferences.
 
 .. image:: ../img/issue3_spellcheck.png
 
-The Spell Check plugin can offer suggestions for misspelled words in
-the Message window, in the context menu or both. Choose whichever
-option suits you best by checking the options in the plugin's
-preferences dialog box.
-
-If you have extra dictionaries in Myspell format you can tell Geany
-where these are via the preferences dialog box.
+The Spell Check plugin can offer suggestions for misspelled words in 
+the Message window, in the context menu or both. Choose whichever 
+option suits you best by checking the options in the plugin's 
+preferences. Any suspect words are marked with a red squiggly 
+underline. To correct these, right-click on them and highlight the 
+"Spelling Suggestions" item in the context menu. From there you can 
+either select from a list of suggested words, add the word to your 
+personal dictionary or ignore it. You can install extra dictionaries 
+in Myspell format which is especially useful if you're often using 
+words which are not in a standard dictionary.
 
 
 Feature Focus
@@ -89,40 +96,41 @@ Feature Focus
 Line Breaking vs Line Wrapping
 ******************************
 
-In the Document menu are the check boxes Line Breaking and Line
+In the Document menu are check boxes Line Breaking and Line 
 Wrapping. Although their names are similar, they behave differently.
 
 ''Line Breaking''
 
-When the Line Breaking option is enabled and you type a word past
-the "Line breaking column" (set in the Preferences dialog box),
-Geany will input a carriage return at the end of the line and put
-the cursor on the line below. This option is best used with plain
-text files when you you want to keep every line to a maximum length.
-It's not recommended for code since you might not notice the line
-break occur and later have to debug the result.
-
-Line Breaking is activated only when you move the cursor past the
-"Line breaking column". This means that an already long line will
-simply get longer if you add text before the "Line breaking column".
-When this happens you can use the "Reflow Lines/Block" function (in
-the Edit > Format menu) to adjust all lines so that they're within
-the line breaking column. Line Breaking must be enabled per document
-via the menu option Document > Line Breaking.
+When the Line Breaking option is enabled and you type a word past 
+the "Line breaking column" (set in Preferences), Geany will input a 
+carriage return at the end of the line and put the cursor on the 
+line below. This option is best used with plain text files when you 
+you want to keep every line to a maximum length. It's not 
+recommended for code since you might not notice the line break occur 
+and later have to debug the result.
+
+Line Breaking is activated only when you move the cursor past the 
+"Line breaking column" while editing. This means that an already 
+long line will simply get longer if you add text before the "Line 
+breaking column". When this happens you can use the "Reflow 
+Lines/Block" function (in the Edit > Format menu) to adjust all 
+lines so that they're within the line breaking column. Line Breaking 
+must be enabled per document via the menu option Document > Line 
+Breaking.
 
 ''Line Wrapping''
 
-The Line Wrapping option is similar to Line Breaking but the lines
-are only wrapped visually; no carriage returns or line feeds are
-added. This option is best used when you want to be able to see the
-entire file within the current window. So that it's obvious which
-lines have been wrapped, a visual indicator is added to the end of
-each wrapped line. Line Wrapping is very CPU-intensive and can slow
+The Line Wrapping option is similar to Line Breaking but the lines 
+are only wrapped visually; no carriage returns or line feeds are 
+added. This option is best used when you want to be able to see the 
+entire file within the current window. So that it's obvious which 
+lines have been wrapped, a visual indicator is added to the end of 
+each wrapped line. Line Wrapping is very CPU-intensive and can slow 
 down Geany if it's enabled while editing a very large file.
 
-If you prefer to have Line Wrapping enabled by default, there is an
-option for this in the Preferences dialog box Editor > Features.
-With this option enabled, you can disable Line Wrapping via the menu
+If you prefer to have Line Wrapping enabled by default, there is an 
+option for this in the Preferences dialog box Editor > Features. 
+With this option enabled, you can disable Line Wrapping via the menu 
 option Document > Line Wrapping.
 
 .. image:: ../img/issue3_linewrapping.png
@@ -131,16 +139,16 @@ option Document > Line Wrapping.
 People behind Geany -- Interview
 =================================
 
-This is the first in a series of interviews with Geany's contributors:
-core developers, plugin developers, translators, wiki maintainers and
-any other job we can think of. The purpose of the interviews is to get
-to know each of these people a little better: their hopes, dreams,
-plans and favourite Geany plugin.
+This is the first in a series of interviews with Geany's 
+contributors: core developers, plugin developers, translators, wiki 
+maintainers and any other job we can think of. The purpose of the 
+interviews is to get to know each of these people a little better: 
+their hopes, dreams, plans and favourite Geany plugin.
 
 Columban Wendling
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Thank you to Colomban Wendling for agreeing to an interview and
+Thank you to Colomban Wendling for agreeing to an interview and 
 congratulations for being the very first. Now on to the questions...
 
 

