This fixes the stuff found with the regexes from
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2009-04/msg00067.html>
while avoiding the question how 'FAQ' is pronounced.
Pushed to master, will backport to branch-1-10 as applicable.
Cheers,
Ralf
manual: fix trivial grammar errors.
* doc/automake.texi (Subpackages, Vala Support, Java)
(Checking the Distribution, Timeline): Fix `a' vs. `an' errors
and duplicate `the'.
Report by Eric Blake.
diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi
index fcbee63..324649d 100644
--- a/doc/automake.texi
+++ b/doc/automake.texi
@@ -4431,7 +4431,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS, Configuring Other Packages in
Subdirectories,
autoconf, The Autoconf Manual}).
Here is an example package for an @code{arm} program that links with
-an @code{hand} library that is a nested package in subdirectory
+a @code{hand} library that is a nested package in subdirectory
@file{hand/}.
@code{arm}'s @file{configure.ac}:
@@ -6634,7 +6634,7 @@ There are a few variables that are used when compiling
Vala sources:
@vtable @code
@item VALAC
-Path to the the Vala compiler.
+Path to the Vala compiler.
@item VALAFLAGS
Additional arguments for the Vala compiler.
@@ -7473,7 +7473,7 @@ The value of this variable is passed to the @option{-d}
option to
@code{javac}. It defaults to @samp{$(top_builddir)}.
@item CLASSPATH_ENV
-This variable is an @code{sh} expression that is used to set the
+This variable is a shell expression that is used to set the
@env{CLASSPATH} environment variable on the @code{javac} command line.
(In the future we will probably handle class path setting differently.)
@end vtable
@@ -8368,8 +8368,8 @@ your Makefiles cause some distributed files to be rebuilt
when the user
build the package. (Think about the user missing the tool required to
build the file; or if the required tool is built by your package,
consider the cross-compilation case where it can't be run.) There is
-a FAQ entry about this (@pxref{distcleancheck}), make sure you read it
-before playing with @code{distcleancheck_listfiles}.
+an entry in the FAQ about this (@pxref{distcleancheck}), make sure you
+read it before playing with @code{distcleancheck_listfiles}.
@code{distcheck} also checks that the @code{uninstall} rule works
properly, both for ordinary and @code{DESTDIR} builds. It does this
@@ -11937,7 +11937,7 @@ package has 30 pages of documentation, and 38 test
cases.
From now on and until version 1.4, new releases will occur at a rate
of about one a year. 1.1 did not exist, actually 1.1b to 1.1p have
been the name of beta releases for 1.2. This is the first time
-Automake uses suffix letters to designate beta releases, an habit that
+Automake uses suffix letters to designate beta releases, a habit that
lasts.
@item 1996-10-10 Kevin Dalley packages Automake 1.0 for Debian GNU/Linux.
