linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 2/2] docs: media: Debugging guide for the media subsystem

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Message-ID: <d0d03b08-e21f-4e8a-9a2c-98b9176c9576@infradead.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 12:34:58 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Adrian Larumbe <adrian.larumbe@...labora.com>,
 Sebastian Fricke <sebastian.fricke@...labora.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
 laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com, hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl,
 mauro.chehab@...ux.intel.com, kernel@...labora.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 2/2] docs: media: Debugging guide for the media
 subsystem

Hi,

On 6/28/24 12:08 PM, Adrian Larumbe wrote:
> On 29.05.2024 18:22, Sebastian Fricke wrote:
>> Create a guides section for all documentation material, that isn't
>> strictly related to a specific piece of code.
>>
>> Provide a guide for developers on how to debug code with a focus on the
>> media subsystem. This document aims to provide a rough overview over the
>> possibilities and a rational to help choosing the right tool for the
>> given circumstances.
> Just like you, I'm not an English native speaker myself, so sometimes I make
> style mistakes that only seem obvious to someone whose native tongue is English.
> 
> What I do in the case of documentation patches is running the whole thing
> through languagetool (https://www.languagetool.org). It's LGPL and I suppose
> some vim versions might have a plugin that lets you interface with it from
> within the buffer you're editing. On my side, when running it on the previous
> paragraph, it showed the following warning:
> 
> [ADVISE_VBG[3] premium: false] The verb ‘help’ is used with an infinitive. -> (to choose, choose)

Ack that one. Also in that same sentence, s/rational/rationale/.

-- 
~Randy