[gimp-web] content: some fixes to the GIMP 2.99.8 news.



commit 59ac8e9e2eb03dc71f6bf4b887032685e73a5012
Author: Jehan <jehan girinstud io>
Date:   Mon Oct 18 21:40:00 2021 +0200

    content: some fixes to the GIMP 2.99.8 news.
    
    - Some shorter titles to avoid having them on 2 lines
    - Some forgotten closing parentheses when opening one was removed
      already.
    - Some minor text simplifications.
    - Typo fixes.
    - s/allows to/allows you to/ (thanks Liam).
    - Daniel contributed *to* HEIF support, because they were not alone (and
      not original contributor in particular).
    - s/greyscale/grayscale/ to keep consistency (also we usually use the US
      forms, as per software logics).
    - **PSB** also bold for consistency and emphasizing these main format
      changes.

 .../2021/2021-10_GIMP-2.99.8_Released/index.md     | 57 ++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/content/news/2021/2021-10_GIMP-2.99.8_Released/index.md 
b/content/news/2021/2021-10_GIMP-2.99.8_Released/index.md
index 78584af8..0dd97c02 100644
--- a/content/news/2021/2021-10_GIMP-2.99.8_Released/index.md
+++ b/content/news/2021/2021-10_GIMP-2.99.8_Released/index.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ To get a more complete list of changes, you should refer to the
 file or look at the [commit
 history](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/commits/master).
 
-## Clone-type tools now work on multiple layers
+## Clone-type tools on multiple layers
 
 The `Clone`, `Heal` and `Perspective Clone` tools now work when multiple
 layers are selected. There are 2 new modes in particular:
@@ -42,12 +42,13 @@ layers are selected. There are 2 new modes in particular:
   heal several layers exactly the same way, for instance when working on
   textures and various texture mappings.
 
-## Selection cue now works properly on Wayland and macOS
+## Selection cue fixed on Wayland and macOS
 
 Windows drawing logics evolved in recent compositing window managers. In
 particular, the drawing of image selection (marching ants 🐜
 representing your selection boundary) broke on Wayland, as well as on
-macOS since _Big Sur_ release). The selection tools were still perfectly working but the outlines were 
simply not visible on the canvas anymore.
+macOS since _Big Sur_ release. The selection tools were still perfectly
+working but the outlines were simply not visible on the canvas anymore.
 
 We fixed this by reimplementing part of how selections were being drawn
 over the image. We aimed to only fix this for Wayland, but our recent
@@ -61,17 +62,17 @@ we will now use the new "fallback-x11" permission instead of "x11"
 to prevent unnecessary X11 access while in Wayland, hence improving
 security step by step.
 
-Finally, some people reported huge memory leaks of GIMP under Wayland
-only (it was fine on X11). We didn't do much so we can't take any credit
-for this, but this seems to have been fixed, probably by a fix in a
-dependency with Wayland-specific code.
+Finally, some people reported huge memory leaks under Wayland only (it
+was fine on X11). We didn't do much so we can't take any credit for
+this, but this seems to have been fixed, probably in a dependency with
+Wayland-specific code.
 
 ## Wider coverage on input devices thanks to Windows Ink support
 
 Windows Pointer Input Stack (Windows Ink) support was recently added
 to GTK3, so we made it available in GIMP and added a new option in the
 _Preferences_ dialog to switch between Wintab (older API) and Windows Ink.
-You cam find this option on the _Input Devices_ page of the dialog.
+You can find this option on the _Input Devices_ page of the dialog.
 
 This is a huge milestone since more graphics tablet or touch devices come
 with Ink support as a default whereas the legacy Wintab interface requires specific drivers.
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ tablets should work out-of-the-box with Windows Ink.
 
 Clicking anywhere on the toolbox or on Wilber's drop area now returns
 the focus to the canvas (similarly to the `Esc` shortcut). This allows
-to work on canvas with shortcuts more efficiently.
+you to work on canvas with shortcuts more efficiently.
 
 For instance, you could pan directly with the `Space bar` without having
 to click on canvas (hence activating a tool) when your keyboard focus was
@@ -92,22 +93,23 @@ previously on some text input widget, by clicking anywhere on toolbox
 
 ## Dropping thumbnail icon
 
-After years of discussions and bug reports, we dropped the thumbnail icon 
-feature. Previously, when images were opened, the application icon in the taskbar would combine a preview of 
the active image and the actual
-application icon (Wilber). The icon would then change whenever the active
-image changed. For many people, this complicated locating GIMP's window
-among windows of other running applications.
+After years of discussions and bug reports, we dropped the thumbnail icon
+feature. Previously, when images were opened, the application icon in
+the taskbar would combine a preview of the active image and the actual
+application icon (Wilber). The icon would then change whenever the
+active image changed. For many people, this complicated locating GIMP's
+window among windows of other running applications.
 
-Moreover, due to recent changes in desktop environments' behavior, this 
+Moreover, due to recent changes in desktop environments' behavior, this
 feature was actually working on less and less platforms. So depending
 on your OS and desktop environment, it either didn't work at all or actively worked against you. This is why 
we decided to do away with it.
 
 ## Improved file formats support: JPEG-XL, PSD/PSB, and more
 
 **JPEG-XL** is now optionally supported thanks to Daniel Novomeskỳ
-who also previously contributed HEIC/AVIF support.
+who also previously contributed to HEIC/AVIF support.
 
-GIMP can now load and export JPEG-XL files (`.jxl`) in grayscale and
+GIMP can load and export JPEG-XL files (`.jxl`) in grayscale and
 RGB, with color profiles support. Our exporting code also provides
 a "*lossless*" option and several "*speed*" encoding values.
 
@@ -119,8 +121,8 @@ a "*lossless*" option and several "*speed*" encoding values.
 </figure>
 
 This plug-in is different from the [third-party 
plug-in](https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/tree/main/plugins/gimp) that is part of the `libjxl` library
-that we use too. It supports GIMP 3 plugin API, reads greyscale images
-as greyscale, is written in C rather than C++, and exposes several presets
+that we use too. It supports GIMP 3 plugin API, reads grayscale images
+as grayscale, is written in C rather than C++, and exposes several presets
 for speed/quality tradeoff. We also do not yet expose features that could be
 considered experimental. If you are interested in JPEG-XL support
 for GIMP 2.10.x, please use the plug-in from `libjxl`.
@@ -130,8 +132,8 @@ supports larger-than-4GiB **PSD** files and loading up to 99
 channels (specs say that 56 is the max but some sample PSD files have
 more channels).
 
-Additionally, now you can also load PSB files which are essentially PSD files
-with support for width and height of up to 300,000 pixels.
+Additionally, now you can also load **PSB** files which are essentially
+PSD files with support for width and height of up to 300,000 pixels.
 
 There have been even more changes to file formats support:
 
@@ -216,8 +218,8 @@ We also added some additional tests for verifying installer script consistency.
 [GNOME translator teams](https://l10n.gnome.org/module/gimp/), and we
 sometimes get translations into a new language that is not yet properly
 listed by the installer. A few times in the past, we did announce a new
-installer language which users then could not find in the actual
-released installer! 😅).
+installer language which users could not find in the actual released
+installer! 😅
 
 Our continuous integration platform will now warn us when such a case
 happens again, so that noone's work would be wasted and all new
@@ -249,7 +251,7 @@ the other versions with the following command (e.g. the weeklies):
 *This information is also available on the [downloads page](https://www.gimp.org/downloads/devel/).*
 
 ⚠️ Please keep in mind that a weekly build is purely automated, there is
-no human verification, is happens at semi-random time during the
+no human verification, it happens at semi-random time during the
 development process. Hence you may end up with very broken software
 at times even though we try to never leave the repository in a dire state.
 It is even less safe than development releases. People are welcome to
@@ -285,9 +287,10 @@ We expect this to be helpful for testing new features and bug fixes.
 ## Updated coding style guide
 
 GIMP source repository now provides a very nice first draft of [Coding
-style guide](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/blob/master/CODING_STYLE.md) written by Stanislav 
Grinkov. The new guide combines guidelines
-available in the `HACKING` file and information passed down through
-discussion channels like IRC, patch reviews etc.
+style guide](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/blob/master/CODING_STYLE.md)
+written by Stanislav Grinkov. The new guide combines guidelines
+formerly available in the `HACKING` file and information passed down
+through discussion channels like IRC, patch reviews etc.
 
 We expect this draft to receive further improvements as we do love
 very neat and organized code. In any case, this is a great start!


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