From 0cb2d32453ed6eae54716c990ab51b355e535df1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Derek Buitenhuis Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 15:21:36 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Fix broken English in the common options description Signed-off-by: Derek Buitenhuis --- doc/avtools-common-opts.texi | 21 +++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/avtools-common-opts.texi b/doc/avtools-common-opts.texi index c18f667bfa..37f27a9475 100644 --- a/doc/avtools-common-opts.texi +++ b/doc/avtools-common-opts.texi @@ -1,16 +1,17 @@ -All the numerical options, if not specified otherwise, accept in input -a string representing a number, which may contain one of the -SI unit prefixes, for example 'K', 'M', 'G'. -If 'i' is appended after the prefix, binary prefixes are used, -which are based on powers of 1024 instead of powers of 1000. -The 'B' postfix multiplies the value by 8, and can be -appended after a unit prefix or used alone. This allows using for -example 'KB', 'MiB', 'G' and 'B' as number postfix. +All the numerical options, if not specified otherwise, accept a string +representing a number as input, which may be followed by one of the SI +unit prefixes, for example: 'K', 'M', or 'G'. + +If 'i' is appended to the SI unit prefix, the complete prefix will be +interpreted as a unit prefix for binary multiplies, which are based on +powers of 1024 instead of powers of 1000. Appending 'B' to the SI unit +prefix multiplies the value by 8. This allows using, for example: +'KB', 'MiB', 'G' and 'B' as number suffixes. Options which do not take arguments are boolean options, and set the corresponding value to true. They can be set to false by prefixing -with "no" the option name, for example using "-nofoo" in the -command line will set to false the boolean option with name "foo". +the option name with "no". For example using "-nofoo" +will set the boolean option with name "foo" to false. @anchor{Stream specifiers} @section Stream specifiers