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authorKarl Williamson <public@khwilliamson.com>2013-07-09 22:08:00 -0600
committerKarl Williamson <public@khwilliamson.com>2013-07-09 22:23:24 -0600
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locale documentation: Grammaar and appearance nits
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diff --git a/ext/POSIX/lib/POSIX.pod b/ext/POSIX/lib/POSIX.pod
index ff201b8939..325d92af13 100644
--- a/ext/POSIX/lib/POSIX.pod
+++ b/ext/POSIX/lib/POSIX.pod
@@ -728,8 +728,7 @@ for creating hard links into files, see L<perlfunc/link>.
Get numeric formatting information. Returns a reference to a hash
containing the current locale formatting values.
Users of this function should also read L<perllocale>, where there is a
-discussion devoted to this function
-(L<perllocale/The localeconv function>).
+L<discussion devoted to this function|perllocale/The localeconv function>.
Here is how to query the database for the B<de> (Deutsch or German) locale.
@@ -1086,11 +1085,11 @@ see L<perlfunc/eval>.
=item setlocale
Modifies and queries the program's underlying locale. Users of this
-function should also read L<perllocale>, where there is a discussion
-devoted to this function (L<perllocale/The setlocale function>).
+function should also read L<perllocale>, where there is a
+L<discussion devoted to this function|perllocale/The setlocale function>.
Note that Perl itself is almost entirely unaffected by the locale
except within the scope of S<C<"use locale">>. (Exceptions are listed
-in L<perllocale/Not within the scope of any use locale variant>.)
+in L<perllocale/Not within the scope of any "use locale" variant>.)
The following examples assume
@@ -1110,7 +1109,7 @@ argument means 'query'.)
The following will set the LC_CTYPE behaviour according to the locale
environment variables (the second argument C<"">).
-Please see your systems C<setlocale(3)> documentation for the locale
+Please see your system's C<setlocale(3)> documentation for the locale
environment variables' meaning or consult L<perllocale>.
$loc = setlocale( LC_CTYPE, "" );