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RE: [GTG] Re: [ITP] snownews-1.5.7 -- Text mode RSS/RDF newsreader

On 29 November 2007 16:51, Dr. Volker Zell wrote:

> Builds fine from source and packaging looks good. GTG. Just fix the
> following small typo in your setup hint.
> 
> diff setup.hint.orig setup.hint
> 2c2
> < ldesc: "Program is similar to similar to what lynx is for web-browsing.
> ---
>> ldesc: "Program is similar to what lynx is for web-browsing.


  The construction "X is similar to what Y is (... for Z ...)" is terribly bad
grammar.  "X does what Y does" would be much better.  Also an article would be
nice.  "This program does for RSS feeds what lynx does for web-browsing",
perhaps?


    cheers,
      DaveK
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