Re: Minor language issues in documentation

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On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 12:56:24PM -0400, Ben Gamari wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> While browsing the nftables documentation I noticed that the word
> "performance" is often misused in a variety of ways. For instance,
> on the main page[1],
> 
>     Fast lookups through performance data structures: The new syntax
>     allows you to arrange you rule-set in a very performance way
>     contrary to purely linear-list based filtering policies.
> 
> The use in the first sentence might be acceptable as a colloquialism but
> really could be improved by replacing "performance" with "high
> performance".
> 
> The second sentence is a bit more serious as it uses "performance", a
> noun, as an adjective. You might consider replacing this with
> "performance-oriented" or a similar rewrite. I've found this same
> mix-up in a few other places as well[2].
> 
> I also noticed a couple other small issues,
> 
>   * [3] misspells "hybrid"
>   * The "Basic operational" section of the documentation ToC would be
>     named "Basic operation"
> 
> Otherwise thanks for the great packet mangling framework and thorough
> documentation!

I have fixed what you indicated in the nftables wiki. Thanks.
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