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[release-notes/gnome-2-30] Typo and markup fixes

commit 11dfd666a7df8631260cd944dea7935c5b8951ce
Author: Philip Withnall <philip tecnocode co uk>
Date:   Sun Mar 28 17:38:46 2010 +0100

    Typo and markup fixes

 help/C/release-notes.xml    |    6 ++--
 help/C/rna11y.xml           |   14 ++++----
 help/C/rndevelopers.xml     |   22 ++++++------
 help/C/rni18n.xml           |    2 +-
 help/C/rnlookingforward.xml |    6 ++--
 help/C/rnusers.xml          |   72 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 6 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/release-notes.xml b/help/C/release-notes.xml
index 052a34f..7bd5fab 100644
--- a/help/C/release-notes.xml
+++ b/help/C/release-notes.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 
 		<para>
 			The GNOME Foundation is proud to announce the opening of the GNOME Store,
-			powered by Zazzle.  You can help support GNOME by buying t-shirts and mugs
+			powered by Zazzle.  You can help support GNOME by buying T-shirts and mugs
 			in the new GNOME Store.  
 			<ulink url="http://www.zazzle.com/gnome";>Visit the GNOME store</ulink> and
 			show your support for GNOME today!
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@
 		<para>
 			Friends of GNOME is a way for individuals to support the GNOME project's
 			mission of providing a free and open source desktop for everyone
-			regardless of ability. With no advertising or outreach, the foundation has raised
+			regardless of ability. With no advertising or outreach, the Foundation has raised
 			over $29,000 in 2009 from generous individuals. That
 			money has contributed to the funds for hackfests, local events and
-			programs which in turn have enabled the GNOME project to create an
+			programs which in turn have enabled the GNOME project to create
 			internationalized, accessible and easy to use desktop software for both
 			traditional desktops and for mobile devices.
 	  </para>
diff --git a/help/C/rna11y.xml b/help/C/rna11y.xml
index aaff79a..b415b5b 100644
--- a/help/C/rna11y.xml
+++ b/help/C/rna11y.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="rna11y">
-	<title>What's New In Accessibility</title>
+	<title>What's New in Accessibility</title>
 
 	<para>
 	 GNOME has a passion for making software available to everyone, including
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
      The preferences user interface has been updated to improve Orca on netbooks.
 		</para></listitem>
 		<listitem><para>
-		 You can now run "orca --replace" to start a new Orca process that also kills all
+		 You can now run <command>orca --replace</command> to start a new Orca process that also kills all
 		other running Orca processes.
 		</para></listitem>
 		<listitem><para>
@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@
   <sect2 id="rna11y.a11y">
   	 <title>Other Accessibility Updates</title>
   	 
-	<para>A significant amount of work has gone into GNOME Accessbility to remove
-	Bonobo.  The D-Bus implementation of AT_SPI has made to work side by side with the CORBA
+	<para>A significant amount of work has gone into GNOME Accessibility to remove
+	Bonobo.  The D-Bus implementation of AT-SPI has made to work side by side with the CORBA
 	implementation.  GNOME 2.30 is the last official release that will support the CORBA 
-	implementation with D-Bus replacing Corba in GNOME 3.0.
+	implementation with D-Bus replacing CORBA in GNOME 3.0.
 	</para>
 
 	<para>
 	If you are passionate about making GNOME accessible for all users, now is a great time
-	to join the Accessbility team.  Help make GNOME better for users with disabilities and 
-	join <ulink url="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list";>the GNOME Accessbility mailing list to learn more</ulink>.
+	to join the Accessibility team.  Help make GNOME better for users with disabilities and 
+	join the <ulink url="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list";>GNOME Accessibility mailing list</ulink> to learn more.
 	</para>
   
   </sect2>
diff --git a/help/C/rndevelopers.xml b/help/C/rndevelopers.xml
index f0640a5..d142314 100644
--- a/help/C/rndevelopers.xml
+++ b/help/C/rndevelopers.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="rndevelopers">
-	<title>What's New For Developers</title>
+	<title>What's New for Developers</title>
 
 	<para>
 		The following changes are important for developers using the GNOME
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
                         a number of
 			<ulink url="http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals";>cleanup tasks</ulink>
 			have been carried out to ensure no deprecated code is used.
-			This will ensure the smooth transition to GNOME 3.0.
+			This will ensure a smooth transition to GNOME 3.0.
 		</para>
 
 		<para>
@@ -117,16 +117,16 @@
 
 	 <para>
 	 <application>Anjuta</application> features improved code completion, including
-		completion of ".", "->" and "::" in C and C++.
+		completion of <code>.</code>, <code>-></code> and <code>::</code> in C and C++.
 	 </para>
 
 	<para>
-	 Code completion is now completely asyncronous so it won't disturb you anymore while
+	 Code completion is now completely asynchronous so it won't disturb you any more while
 		you are typing.
 	 </para>
 
 	<para>
-	 Anjuta now supports Vala symbols in the symbol manager; full Javascript support including code
+	 Anjuta now supports Vala symbols in the symbol manager; full JavaScript support including code
 		completion, debugging and building; and basic support for non-automake projects.
 	 </para>
 	 
@@ -146,25 +146,25 @@
 			now uses D-Bus behind the same client-side APIs.
 		</para></listitem>
 	  <listitem><para>
-		 <application>Brasero</application> now has Gobject-introspection support for
-			<classname>libbrasero-media</classname> and <classname>libbrasero-burn.</classname>
+		 <application>Brasero</application> now has GObject-introspection support for
+			<application>libbrasero-media</application> and <application>libbrasero-burn.</application>
 		</para></listitem>
 	  <listitem><para>
 		 The GNOME Magnifier, <application>gnome-mag</application>, supports D-Bus as
 			Bonobo support is deprecated.
 		</para></listitem>
 	  <listitem><para>
-		 <application>devhelp</application> now has a fullscreen mode and will look 
+		 <application>Devhelp</application> now has a fullscreen mode and will look 
 			for symbols on library.gnome.org when the symbols are not found locally.
 		</para></listitem>
 	  <listitem><para>
-		 <application>glib</application> has added <classname>GConverter</classname>, 
+		 <application>GLib</application> has added <classname>GConverter</classname>, 
 			a generic interface for streaming data conversion.  
-			Threads are now enabled automatically when g_Type_init() is called.
+			Threads are now enabled automatically when <function>g_type_init()</function> is called.
 		</para></listitem>
 	  <listitem><para>
 		 <application>gnome-keyring</application> has implemented a new "Secret Service"
-			cross desktop password stroage D-Bus API.
+			cross-desktop password storage D-Bus API.
 		</para></listitem>
 		
 		</itemizedlist>
diff --git a/help/C/rni18n.xml b/help/C/rni18n.xml
index 4d55b87..f19ab2b 100644
--- a/help/C/rni18n.xml
+++ b/help/C/rni18n.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
    Translating a software package as large as GNOME into a new language can be
    an overwhelming task for even the most dedicated translation team. For this
    release a stellar effort has been done by the Asturian team, increasing the
-   completeness of their translation by more than 27 points, passing soon the 80%
+   completeness of their translation by more than 27 points, soon passing the 80%
    mark indicating complete support for a language.  The Shavian team also started
    translating GNOME in the 2.30 cycle and is already at 70%, already almost
    at complete support for a language.
diff --git a/help/C/rnlookingforward.xml b/help/C/rnlookingforward.xml
index 648373d..742289c 100644
--- a/help/C/rnlookingforward.xml
+++ b/help/C/rnlookingforward.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	
 	<para>GNOME 3.0 will continue to provide the desktop platform and applications it always has, and will
 	also feature a new user interface in GNOME Shell and the GNOME Activity Journal which easily helps you browse
-	and find files on your computer.  GNOME 3.0 also will include new features in accessbility, new user help
+	and find files on your computer.  GNOME 3.0 also will include new features in accessibility, new user help
 	and documentation, GNOME's first web service in Tomboy Online and more.
 	For developers, GNOME 2.30 deprecates a number of old libraries. 		
 	</para>
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
 	</para>
 
 	<para>
-	For disabled users, the GNOME Accessbility team has a number of new features planned including a new
-	GNOME Magnfier, Caribou, a new on screen keyboard, and a new preferences user interface.
+	For disabled users, the GNOME Accessibility team has a number of new features planned including a new
+	GNOME Magnifier, Caribou, a new on-screen keyboard, and a new preferences user interface.
 	</para>
 
 	<para>
diff --git a/help/C/rnusers.xml b/help/C/rnusers.xml
index 0b1c40a..0435bc9 100644
--- a/help/C/rnusers.xml
+++ b/help/C/rnusers.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="rnusers">
-	<title>What's New For Users</title>
+	<title>What's New for Users</title>
 	
 	<para>
 			The GNOME Project's focus on users and usability continues in GNOME &gnomeversion;
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
 
 	 <para>
 		Empathy will now display an information bar in the contact list when an
-		account fails to connect featuring a button that makes it easy to try and
-		connect again or edit the account seetings.
+		account fails to connect, featuring a button that makes it easy to try and
+		connect again or edit the account settings.
 	  </para>
 
 		<para>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
 		<para>
 		Empathy's IRC functionality has been updated to include support for common IRC
-		commands such as /join or /nick and you can now join password protected rooms.
+		commands such as <command>/join</command> or <command>/nick</command>, and you can now join password protected rooms.
 		</para>
 
 		<para>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 		<para>
 		Copying and pasting has been improved and you can now copy and paste rich HTML from notes
 		into other applications such as OpenOffice.org, Evolution or other applications.  The formatting
-		of your notes is preserved assuming the application you are pasting information into understands
+		of your notes is preserved, assuming the application you are pasting information into understands
 		HTML.
 		</para>
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 		Other improvements in Tomboy include  <trademark class="registered">Microsoft Windows 7</trademark> 
 		jump list support with Tomboy being present
 		in the Taskbar and Windows Start Menu.  Renaming notes in Tomboy has been improved to offer
-		safer renaming of notes and gives you more control when renaming a note so you don't accidentaly
+		safer renaming of notes and give you more control when renaming a note so you don't accidentally
 		rename links in other Tomboy notes.
 		</para>
 
@@ -104,12 +104,12 @@
 
 	 <para>
 	  <application>GNOME System Tools</application> has a number of new improvements making it easier and
-		safer to manage users on your computer.  GNOME System Tools now works with PolicyKit for authentication
-		removing the "Unlock" button for managing users and services.
+		safer to manage users on your computer.  GNOME System Tools now works with PolicyKit for authentication,
+		removing the <guibutton>Unlock</guibutton> button for managing users and services.
 	 </para>
 	 
 	 <para>The dialog to create a user has been improved and only requires you to provide the new user's name
-	and will include user name suggestions and upon account creation everything will "just work"!  This also includes
+	and will include user name suggestions. Upon account creation everything will "just work"!  This also includes
 		adding support for encrypted home directories for new users.
 		</para>
 
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@
 		<guimenuitem>Time Tracker</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
 	 </para>
 	 
-	 <para>Viewing and creating reports based on your activities has beeen improved as
-		you can now create tags in your activities and in the overview can also be filtered
-		by all aspects of your activies.
+	 <para>Viewing and creating reports based on your activities has been improved as
+		you can now create tags in your activities and the overview can also be filtered
+		by all aspects of your activities.
 		
 	 </para>
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 		<para>
 			The <application>Evince</application> document viewer has improved printing support.  
 		Page setup settings are now embedded in the print dialog and a new tab has been added 
-		in the print dialog to support serveral scaling options.
+		to support various scaling options.
 		</para>
 
 		<para>Evince on <trademark class="registered">Microsoft Windows</trademark> now includes
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 
 		<para>
 		Other updates to Evince include adding an inverted colors mode; updates to presentation mode;
-		the ability for annotation in PDF file attachments and the thumbnailer now supports remote files.
+		the ability for annotation in PDF file attachments and support for remote files in the thumbnailer.
 		</para>
 
 
@@ -196,13 +196,13 @@
 
 		<itemizedlist>
 			<listitem><para>Print preview is again available.</para></listitem>
-			<listitem><para>You can now right click in a web page to download and save an object, such as an image.
+			<listitem><para>You can now right-click in a web page to download and save an object, such as an image.
 			</para></listitem>
 			<listitem><para>Favicon support has been restored.</para></listitem>
 			<listitem><para>The up navigation arrow has returned.</para></listitem>
-			<listitem><para>When you middle click your mouse, your clipboard contents will be pasted.</para></listitem>
+			<listitem><para>When you middle-click with your mouse, your clipboard contents will be pasted.</para></listitem>
 			<listitem><para>Epiphany's context menus have returned and are compatible with custom page
-			menus, such as Google Docs.</para></listitem>
+			menus, such as those used by Google Docs.</para></listitem>
 	</itemizedlist>
 
 		<figure id="fig.rnusers.epiphany">
@@ -213,14 +213,14 @@
 		</figure>
 
 	<para>
-	Epiphany also has added advanced options available as settings in <classname>gconf</classname>.
-	You can enable support for User Agents and change your default search engine directly within gconf.
+	Epiphany also has added advanced options available as settings in <application>GConf</application>.
+	You can enable support for User Agents and change your default search engine directly within GConf.
 	</para>
 
 	<para><application>Epiphany-extensions</application> have new additions including
-	<classname>html5tube</classname> which replaces Youtube Flash with HTML5 and does not 
-	require you to have Flash installed.  The <classname>tab-key-tab-navigate</classname> plugin
-	allows you to use control + tab to change tabs.  The <classname>sidebar</classname> 
+	<application>html5tube</application> which replaces YouTube Flash with HTML5 and does not 
+	require you to have Flash installed.  The <application>tab-key-tab-navigate</application> plugin
+	allows you to use <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Tab</keycap></keycombo> to change tabs.  The <application>sidebar</application> 
 	extension has been removed.
 	</para>
 
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@
 
 	 <para>
 	  <application>Vinagre</application>, a remote desktop client for the GNOME Desktop, has added 
-	  support for SSH tunneling allowing you to access a remote machine more secuirely through a SSH
-		tunnel.  You will need a SSH account on the remote client and you can type in passwords and other
-		information knowing you are connecting securely.
+	  support for SSH tunneling allowing you to access a remote machine more securely through an SSH
+		tunnel.  You will need an SSH account on the remote client and then you can type in passwords and other
+		information knowing you are connected securely.
 	 </para>
 
 	<para>
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@
 	<para>
 		A new listener mode has been added allowing the remote desktop you are going to view and control
 		to connect to you.  This is helpful when the remote connection is behind a firewall or router
-		and is unreachable through the normal connect process.  By enabling listener mode in Vinagre
-		and telling the user you are trying to connect to your IP address, the remote client can connect to you.
+		and is unreachable through the normal connection process.  By enabling listener mode in Vinagre
+		and giving your IP address to the user you are trying to connect to, the remote client can connect to you.
 	</para>
 
 	</sect2>
@@ -263,11 +263,11 @@
 
 		<itemizedlist>
 			<listitem><para>
-			New fonts can be installed by double clicking the font in <application>Nautilus</application>.	
+			New fonts can be installed by double-clicking the font in <application>Nautilus</application>.	
 			</para></listitem>
 			<listitem><para>
 			  <application>Gedit</application> has improved integration in the 
-				<trademark class="registered">Mac OS</trademark>X port and Python plugins are now working
+				<trademark class="registered">Mac OS</trademark> X port and Python plugins are now working
 				in the Windows version.  Gedit's Snippets plugin has been ported to the new completion framework.
 				The spell check plugin now has the ability to check comments and strings in programming languages.
 			</para></listitem>
@@ -276,12 +276,12 @@
 				notification area.
 			</para></listitem>
 			<listitem><para>
-			  <application>File Roller</application> will install the necessary packages using <application>
-				PackageKit</application> if an archive you are trying to open does not have the correct archive support installed.
+			  <application>File Roller</application> will install the necessary packages using <application>PackageKit</application>
+			  if an archive you are trying to open does not have the correct archive support installed.
 			</para></listitem>
 			<listitem><para>
 			<application>Brasero</application> will now more accurately copy audio CDs using the cdda2wav plugin.
-			  Brasero is now interated with <application>PackageKit</application> and has support for searches using 
+			  Brasero is now integrated with <application>PackageKit</application> and has support for searches using 
 				<application>Tracker</application>.
 			</para></listitem>
 			<listitem><para>
@@ -290,17 +290,17 @@
 			</para></listitem>
 			<listitem><para>
 				<trademark class="registered">iPod</trademark> and <trademark class="registered">iPod Touch</trademark> 
-				devices are now partially supported by gvfs thanks to the <classname>libmobiledevice</classname> library.  
+				devices are now partially supported by gvfs thanks to the <application>libimobiledevice</application> library.  
 				Music synchronization, data access and downloading photos should be fully supported.  
 				For a full list of feature support, <ulink url="http://www.libimobiledevice.org/";>libmobiledevice homepage</ulink>.
 			</para></listitem>
 			<listitem><para>
 				<application>gcalctool</application> features a new, simpler user interface.  Functions are now typed,
-				such as "s_i_n" for sine instead of "k".
+				such as <userinput>s_i_n</userinput> for sine instead of <userinput>k</userinput>.
 			</para></listitem>
 			<listitem><para>
 				In addition to a number of bug fixes, GNOME Panel has fixed a long outstanding 
-				bug that when you change your screen resolution, applets will no longer
+				bug in that when you change your screen resolution, applets will no longer
 				randomly change position.
 			</para></listitem>
 			<listitem><para>
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
 			gnome-system-daemon.
 			</para></listitem>
 			<listitem><para>
-				GNOME Keyboard Preferences in the GNOME Control Center has a new updated graphical user interface.
+				GNOME Keyboard Preferences in the GNOME Control Center has an updated graphical user interface.
 			</para></listitem>			
 			<listitem><para>
 				GNOME Games have renamed Gnometris to Quadrassel and Same GNOME is now known as Swell Foop.  Swell Foop and
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