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--- a/contents/preface.md
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@@ -63,16 +63,16 @@ try for students interested in the inner mechanics of their systems.
Readers who do not have a programming background may wish to skip
everything related to instrumentation, which requires, most of the
-time, some C language skills.
+time, some programming language skills.
Note to readers:This is an open
documentation: its source is available in a
public Git
repository. Should you find any error in the contents of this text,
-any grammatical mistake or any dead link, we would be very grateful if
+any grammatical mistake, or any dead link, we would be very grateful if
you would fill a GitHub issue for it or, even better, contribute a patch
-to this documentation using a GitHub pull request.
+to this documentation by creating a pull request.
### Chapter descriptions
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ as linear as possible.
source.
3. [Getting started](#doc-getting-started) is a very concise guide to
get started quickly with LTTng kernel and user space tracing. This
- chapter is recommended if you're new to LTTng or software tracing
+ chapter is recommended if you're new to LTTng or to software tracing
in general.
4. [Understanding LTTng](#doc-understanding-lttng) deals with some
core concepts and components of the LTTng suite. Understanding
@@ -99,15 +99,14 @@ as linear as possible.
5. [Using LTTng](#doc-using-lttng) is a complete user guide of the
LTTng project. It shows in great details how to instrument user
applications and the Linux kernel, how to control tracing sessions
- using the `lttng` command line tool and miscellaneous practical use
+ using the `lttng` command line tool, and miscellaneous practical use
cases.
- 6. [Reference](#doc-reference) contains references of LTTng components,
- like links to online manpages and various APIs.
+ 6. [Reference](#doc-reference) contains references of LTTng components.
We recommend that you read the above chapters in this order, although
some of them may be skipped depending on your situation. You may skip
[Nuts and bolts](#doc-nuts-and-bolts) if you're familiar with tracing
-and LTTng. Also, you may jump over
+and the LTTng project. Also, you may jump over
[Installing LTTng](#doc-installing-lttng) if LTTng is already properly
installed on your target system.