overview: some spelling and punctuation fixes and layout adjustments

diff --git a/overview.php b/overview.php
index b71769145d09b25b276555d89df621dedbe0a3c2..eefe0b6d6f0a6a453cbeabd2506989727ff0a08a 100644 (file)
--- a/overview.php
+++ b/overview.php
@@ -21,27 +21,25 @@
 <blockquote>The 2.2 release of GNU nano continues to add some features
 while attempting to provide continuity to users of previous versions.
 When possible we have elected to make new features disabled by default,
-as .nanorc and aliasing allows one to easily permanently enable desired features.
-The following improvemens and features are available in version 2.2 include:
+as .nanorc and aliasing allows one to easily enable desired settings permanently.
+<br><br>
+The following improvements and features are available in version 2.2:
 <br>&nbsp;
 <table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH="100%" NOSAVE >
 <tr NOSAVE>
 <td NOSAVE>
 <UL>
 <li>
-<font>Customizable key bindings (see the key bindings section of 
-<A HREF="/dist/v2.1/nanorc.5.html">the nanorc 
-man page</A> for more details.</font></li>
+<font>Customizable key bindings.</font></li>
 
 <li>
-<font>'soft' line wrapping (i.e. full line display)</font></li>
+<font>"Soft" line wrapping (i.e. entire-line display )</font></li>
 
 <li>
-<font>Full undo/redo support [EXPERIMENTAL]</font></li>
+<font>Partial undo/redo support [EXPERIMENTAL].</font></li>
 
 <li>
-<font>Pager support (i.e. reading from stdin)</font></li>
-
+<font>Pager support (i.e. reading from stdin).</font></li>
 
 </td>
 </UL>
@@ -49,16 +47,16 @@ man page</A> for more details.</font></li>
 <UL>
 
 <li>
-<font>Warnings for un-writable files, external modification since opening</font></li>
+<font>Warnings for unwritable files and external modification since opening.</font></li>
 
 <li>
-<font>Abortable searching (^C after ^W)</font></li>
+<font>Abortable searching (^C after ^W).</font></li>
 
 <li>
-<font>More syntax highlighting examples (Fortran, objC, OCaml, Makefiles)</font></li>
+<font>More syntax highlighting examples (Fortran, objC, OCaml, Makefiles).</font></li>
 
 <li>
-<font>Faster syntax higlighting for complicated regexes</font></li>
+<font>Faster syntax higlighting for complicated regexes.</font></li>
 
 </UL>
 </td>

diff --git a/overview1.0.php b/overview1.0.php
index b5f361d06850c61adfe0d0d853072b8de0033442..b2264d80d6f17a84a5d902e2f8e8bf6d469a15c5 100644 (file)
--- a/overview1.0.php
+++ b/overview1.0.php
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
 </table></center>
 
 <blockquote>The nano project was started because of a few problems with
-the wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor. GNU nano features:
+the otherwise wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor.&nbsp;
+GNU nano aims to emulate Pico while providing extra functionality.&nbsp;
+<br><br>
+Features of GNU nano:
 <br>&nbsp;
 <table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH="100%" NOSAVE >
 <tr NOSAVE>
@@ -31,10 +34,10 @@ the wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor. GNU nano features:
 <font>Truly free license (GNU GPL).&nbsp;</font></li>
 
 <li>
-<font>Goto-line# command w/o flag.&nbsp;</font></li>
+<font>Goto-line# command without a flag.&nbsp;</font></li>
 
 <li>
-<font>Case sensitive search function.&nbsp;</font></li>
+<font>Case-sensitive search function.&nbsp;</font></li>
 
 <li>
 <font>Interactive search and replace.&nbsp;</font></li>
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ the wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor. GNU nano features:
 <font>Regular expression search and replace.&nbsp;</font></li>
 
 <li>
-<font>Toggles for cmdline flags via Meta keys.&nbsp;</font></li>
+<font>Toggles for command-line flags via Meta keys.&nbsp;</font></li>
 
 <li>
 <font>Tab completion when reading/writing files.</font>&nbsp;</li>
@@ -65,9 +68,8 @@ the wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor. GNU nano features:
 </tr>
 </table>
 
-<p>The main disadvantage is lack of mailer integration, but this is also
-a strength.&nbsp; GNU nano aims to emulate Pico and perhaps provide extra
-functionality.&nbsp;</blockquote>
+<p>The main disadvantage is a lack of mailer integration, but this is also
+a strength.&nbsp;</blockquote>
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>

diff --git a/overview1.2.php b/overview1.2.php
index 3eea77713c41b80d4b04808ba3cdbaf3f3f7f99e..4ddd5700d8c8be5cd84921c3e8151237a471da01 100644 (file)
--- a/overview1.2.php
+++ b/overview1.2.php
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
 </table></center>
 
 <blockquote>The 1.2 release of GNU nano attempts to move even closer to 
-the goal of a 'compatible but enhanced' Pico clone.  The following new
-features and different features are available in version 1.2:
+the goal of a 'compatible but enhanced' Pico clone.
+<br><br>
+The following new and changed features are available in version 1.2:
 <br>&nbsp;
 <table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH="100%" NOSAVE >
 <tr NOSAVE>
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ features and different features are available in version 1.2:
 <font>Search and replace history editing.</font></li>
 
 <li>
-<font>Customizable quoting string (-Q flag)</font></li>
+<font>Customizable quoting string (-Q flag).</font></li>
 
 </td>
 
@@ -59,15 +60,16 @@ features and different features are available in version 1.2:
 <font>Multiple file buffers (-F flag).</font></li>
 
 <li>
-<font>Mac/Dos/NoConvert file format (-M,-D,-N).</font></li>
+<font>Mac/Dos/NoConvert file format (-M, -D, -N).</font></li>
 
 <li>
 <font>Saved search/replace history (-H flag).</font></li>
 
 <li>
 <font>Backup files (-B flag).</font></li>
+
 <li>
-<font>Insert output of command (^X after ^R)</font></li>
+<font>Insert output of command (^X after ^R).</font></li>
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>

diff --git a/overview2.0.php b/overview2.0.php
index e5b4851b4eeb50e67ce4df45254ea17144980a99..5fb5540a9aa8f2b3a229463c80e4b14070107e0b 100644 (file)
--- a/overview2.0.php
+++ b/overview2.0.php
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
 </table></center>
 
 <blockquote>The 2.0 release of GNU nano is a major leap forward in usability
-and features, building on the 1.3 branch.  The following improvemens and
-features are available in version 2.0 include:
+and features, building on the 1.3 branch.
+<br><br>
+The following improvements and
+features are available in version 2.0:
 <br>&nbsp;
 <table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH="100%" NOSAVE >
 <tr NOSAVE>
@@ -33,13 +35,13 @@ features are available in version 2.0 include:
 <font>Improved color syntax highlighting.</font></li>
 
 <li>
-<font>Copy text without cutting..</font></li>
+<font>Copy text without cutting it.</font></li>
 
 <li>
 <font>Verbatim input mode.</font></li>
 
 <li>
-<font>Repeat last seach w/o confirmation (Meta-W)</font></li>
+<font>Repeat last seach without confirmation (Meta-W).</font></li>
 
 </td>
 </UL>
@@ -47,20 +49,19 @@ features are available in version 2.0 include:
 <UL>
 
 <li>
-<font>Spell check/replace selected text only</font></li>
+<font>Spell check/replace selected text only.</font></li>
 
 <li>
-<font>Indent marked text</font></li>
+<font>Indent marked text.</font></li>
 
 <li>
-<font>Move to beginning/end of paragraph</font></li>
+<font>Move to beginning/end of paragraph.</font></li>
 
 <li>
-<font>Search within the file browser</font></li>
+<font>Search within the file browser.</font></li>
 
 <li>
-<font>Mixed file format auto-conversion</font></li>
-
+<font>Auto-conversion of mixed file format</font></li>
 
 </UL>
 </td>