Doc patches: assorted minor nits

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p4raw-id: //depot/perl@17084

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index bdea91e..fd509c3 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ pop(), push(), shift(), splice(), unshift().
 
 =item *
 
-C<pack() / unpack()> now can group template letters with C<()> and then
+C<pack() / unpack()> can now group template letters with C<()> and then
 apply repetition/count modifiers on the groups.
 
 =item *
@@ -1067,14 +1067,14 @@ AutoLoader can now be disabled with C<no AutoLoader;>.
 
 =item *
 
-B::Deparse has been significantly enhanced by Robin Houston.  It now
-can deparse almost all of the standard test suite (so that the tests
+B::Deparse has been significantly enhanced by Robin Houston.  It can
+now deparse almost all of the standard test suite (so that the tests
 still succeed).  There is a make target "test.deparse" for trying this
 out.
 
 =item *
 
-Carp has now better interface documentation, and the @CARP_NOT
+Carp now has better interface documentation, and the @CARP_NOT
 interface has been added to get optional control over where errors
 are reported independently of @ISA, by Ben Tilly.
 

diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod
index d589423..fa1d70b 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlport.pod
+++ b/pod/perlport.pod
@@ -832,8 +832,8 @@ Win32::GetOSVersion().  For example:
         print +('3.1','95','NT')[$os_version_info[4]],"\n";
     }
 
-There are also Win32::IsWinNT() and Win32::IsWin95(), tryC<perldoc Win32>.
-The very portable POSIX::uname() will work too:
+There are also Win32::IsWinNT() and Win32::IsWin95(), try
+C<perldoc Win32>.  The very portable POSIX::uname() will work too:
 
     c:\> perl -MPOSIX -we "print join '|', uname"
     Windows NT|moonru|5.0|Build 2195 (Service Pack 2)|x86

diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod
index ee59aef..dd9bbaa 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlvar.pod
+++ b/pod/perlvar.pod
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ built, as determined during the configuration process.  The value
 is identical to C<$Config{'osname'}>.  See also L<Config> and the 
 B<-V> command-line switch documented in L<perlrun>.
 
-In Windows platforms the $^O is not very helpful since it is always
+In Windows platforms, $^O is not very helpful: since it is always
 C<MSWin32>, it doesn't tell the difference between 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/CE.
 Use Win32::GetOSVersion() (see L<perlport>) and other means (like for
 example the presence/absence of some files) to distinguish between