patch for Colorize "Lightness" slider (english)

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Here is a patch for the Colorize page.  The changes reflect some
discussion I had with Sven and Mitch this morning on the GIMP Developer
list.

I'm attaching the patch file, but in case attachments don't get through,
here is the text:

Index: src/toolbox/tool-colorize.xml
===================================================================
--- src/toolbox/tool-colorize.xml   (revision 1717)
+++ src/toolbox/tool-colorize.xml   (working copy)
@@ -272,14 +272,16 @@
       </varlistentry>

       <varlistentry lang="en;fr;it;zh_CN">
-        <term lang="en">Value</term>
+        <term lang="en">Lightness</term>
         <term lang="fr">Luminost��</term>
         <term lang="it" >Luminosit�| </term>
         <term lang="zh_CN">������</term>
         <listitem>
           <para lang="en">
-            The slider and the input box allows you to select a value
-            (luminosity): 0 through 100.
+            This slider and its input box allow you to adjust the
lightness
+            (luminosity) relative to the current pixel values.
+            Values range from -100 through 100.  Negative values darken
the
+            image while positive values brighten it.
           </para>

           <para lang="fr">

-- 
Michael J. Hammel                                    Senior Software Engineer
mjhammel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                           http://graphics-muse.org
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer. 
  --  Credited to the Dalai Lama.
Index: src/toolbox/tool-colorize.xml
===================================================================
--- src/toolbox/tool-colorize.xml	(revision 1717)
+++ src/toolbox/tool-colorize.xml	(working copy)
@@ -272,14 +272,16 @@
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry lang="en;fr;it;zh_CN">
-        <term lang="en">Value</term>
+        <term lang="en">Lightness</term>
         <term lang="fr">Luminosté</term>
         <term lang="it" >Luminosità</term>
         <term lang="zh_CN">亮度</term>
         <listitem>
           <para lang="en">
-            The slider and the input box allows you to select a value
-            (luminosity): 0 through 100.
+            This slider and its input box allow you to adjust the lightness 
+            (luminosity) relative to the current pixel values.
+            Values range from -100 through 100.  Negative values darken the
+            image while positive values brighten it.
           </para>
 
           <para lang="fr">
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