From 81617983bb4b3b17f18dab938bb572757aa54920 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Touchet Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2018 12:04:41 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Fix grammatical errors in README --- README.md | 25 ++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index bd234456..14331e7c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Alacritty Alacritty is the fastest terminal emulator in existence. Using the GPU for rendering enables optimizations that simply aren't possible in other emulators. -Alacritty currently supports macOS and Linux, and Windows. +Alacritty currently supports macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Alacritty running vim inside tmux @@ -24,20 +24,18 @@ The software is considered to be at an **alpha** level of readiness--there are missing features and bugs to be fixed, but it is already used by many as a daily driver. -Precompiled binaries are available for Windows through [appveyor](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/jwilm/alacritty). -Precompiled binaries for other platforms are minimally blocked on a stable config format. For now, Alacritty must be -built from source. +Precompiled binaries are available from the [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/releases). ## Further information -- [Announcing Alacritty, a GPU-Accelerated Terminal Emulator](http://jwilm.io/blog/announcing-alacritty/) January 6, 2017 +- [Announcing Alacritty, a GPU-Accelerated Terminal Emulator](https://jwilm.io/blog/announcing-alacritty/) January 6, 2017 - [A short talk about Alacritty at the Rust Meetup January 2017](https://air.mozilla.org/rust-meetup-january-2017/) (starts at 57:00) - [Alacritty Lands Scrollback, Publishes Benchmarks](https://jwilm.io/blog/alacritty-lands-scrollback/) September 17, 2018 ## Installation Some operating systems already provide binaries for Alacritty, for everyone else the instructions -to build Alacritty from source, can be found [here](INSTALL.md). +to build Alacritty from source can be found [here](INSTALL.md). ### Arch Linux @@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ cargo install cargo-deb cargo deb --install ``` -### openSUSE Tumbleweed Linux +### openSUSE Tumbleweed ```sh zypper in alacritty @@ -75,19 +73,20 @@ emerge x11-terms/alacritty ``` ### FreeBSD + ```sh pkg install alacritty ``` ### Other -Prebuilt binaries for Linux, macOS and Windows can be downloaded from the [github releases](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/releases). +Prebuilt binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows can be downloaded from the [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/releases). ## Configuration Although it's possible the default configuration would work on your system, you'll probably end up wanting to customize it anyhow. There is a default -`alacritty.yml`, `alacritty_macos.yml`, and `alacritty_windows.yml` at the git repository root. +`alacritty.yml`, `alacritty_macos.yml`, and `alacritty_windows.yml` at the Git repository root. Alacritty looks for the configuration file as the following paths: 1. `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.yml` @@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ Alacritty looks for the configuration file as the following paths: 4. `$HOME/.alacritty.yml` If none of these paths are found then -`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.yml` is created once alacritty is first +`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.yml` is created once Alacritty is first run. On most systems this often defaults to `$HOME/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml`. @@ -107,11 +106,11 @@ file, please consult the comments in the default config file. ### Windows -On windows the config file is located at: +On Windows the config file is located at: `%UserProfile%\alacritty.yml` -## Issues (known, unknown, feature requests, etc) +## Issues (known, unknown, feature requests, etc.) If you run into a problem with Alacritty, please file an issue. If you've got a feature request, feel free to ask about it. Keep in mind that Alacritty is very @@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ Just Works. **_Is it really the fastest terminal emulator?_** -In the terminals I've benchmarked against, alacritty is either faster, WAY +In the terminals I've benchmarked against, Alacritty is either faster, WAY faster, or at least neutral. There are no benchmarks in which I've found Alacritty to be slower.