linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] scripts: kconfig: Corrected the misspelled word in kconfig help text

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Message-ID: <b58264d1-9b77-677b-04a9-59f14a195dea@infradead.org>
Date:   Fri, 16 Dec 2022 20:19:05 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@...il.com>, masahiroy@...nel.org,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] scripts: kconfig: Corrected the misspelled word in
 kconfig help text

Hi--

On 12/16/22 19:59, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote:
> s/sash/slash/
> 

That correction is good...

> Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@...il.com>
> ---
>  Changes from V1: corrected the misspelled word
>  scripts/kconfig/mconf.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
> index 93dc4850ff2a..a82cac8916ab 100644
> --- a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
> @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static const char mconf_readme[] =
> 
>  "Search\n"
>  "------\n"
> -"Press forward sash(/) anywhere will bring up search dialog box\n"
> +"Press forward slash(/) anywhere will bring up search dialog box\n"

That sentence could be better. Either
s/Press/Pressing/
or
s/will/to/
but not both of those -- just one of them.
And then s/bring up/bring up a/.

>  "\n"
> 
>  "Different color themes available\n"
> --
> 2.38.1
> 

Thanks.
-- 
~Randy