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Reword descriptions in manual. #23

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@mkcor mkcor commented Nov 20, 2024

@lagru just noticed this!

@@ -127,13 +127,13 @@ def report_execution_time():
"-o",
"--out-dir",
type=click.Path(file_okay=False),
help="Set explicit output directory.",
help="Set output directory explicitly.",
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Thanks for checking in, I don't really get why this needs rewording but I don't mind the tiny change either.

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The first motivation is consistency: If I had read, for instance,

  -o, --out-dir DIRECTORY  Set explicit output directory.
  --config FILE            Set explicit configuration file.

I probably wouldn't have noticed anything (say, the area for improvement). Because it would have looked consistent. But seeing

  -o, --out-dir DIRECTORY  Set explicit output directory.
  --config FILE            Set explicitly configuration file.

made me wonder why "Set explicit [noun]" and then "Set explicitly [noun]?"

Second, my understanding of the semantics is that the options let you "do something explicitly" (which, btw, sounds more natural than "do explicitly something") and not so much "do an explicit thing").

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Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for explaining. :)

@lagru lagru merged commit 625bdce into scientific-python:main Nov 21, 2024
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@mkcor mkcor deleted the mkcor-patch-1 branch November 21, 2024 12:55
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