[libdvdcss-devel] [PATCH 13/25] doc: Miscellaneous wording and style improvements

Diego Biurrun diego at biurrun.de
Mon Oct 20 11:59:06 CEST 2014


---
 libdvdcss.spec.in   |  20 +++++------
 src/dvdcss/dvdcss.h |   4 +--
 src/libdvdcss.c     | 100 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
 3 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libdvdcss.spec.in b/libdvdcss.spec.in
index b86782f..b5722fb 100644
--- a/libdvdcss.spec.in
+++ b/libdvdcss.spec.in
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ Conflicts:      libdvdcss0.0.1, libdvdcss0.0.2
 %description
 libdvdcss is a simple library designed for accessing DVDs like a block device
 without having to bother about the decryption. The important features are:
- * Portability: currently supported platforms are GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
+ * Portability: Currently supported platforms are GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
    OpenBSD, BeOS, Windows 98/ME, Windows NT/2000/XP, Mac OS X, Solaris,
    HP-UX and OS/2.
- * Adaptability: unlike most similar projects, libdvdcss doesn't require the
+ * Adaptability: Unlike most similar projects, libdvdcss does not require the
    region of your drive to be set and will try its best to read from the disc
    even in the case of a region mismatch.
- * Simplicity: a DVD player can be built around the libdvdcss API using no
-   more than 6 library calls.
+ * Simplicity: A DVD player can be built around the libdvdcss API using no
+   more than 4 or 5 library calls.
 
 %package -n %{libname}
 Summary:        Library for accessing DVDs like block devices with transparent decryption
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ Provides:       %name = %version-%release
 %description -n %{libname}
 libdvdcss is a simple library designed for accessing DVDs like a block device
 without having to bother about the decryption. The important features are:
- * Portability: currently supported platforms are GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
+ * Portability: Currently supported platforms are GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
    OpenBSD, BeOS, Windows 98/ME, Windows NT/2000/XP, Mac OS X, Solaris,
    HP-UX and OS/2.
- * Adaptability: unlike most similar projects, libdvdcss doesn't require the
+ * Adaptability: Unlike most similar projects, libdvdcss does not require the
    region of your drive to be set and will try its best to read from the disc
    even in the case of a region mismatch.
- * Simplicity: a DVD player can be built around the libdvdcss API using no
-   more than 6 library calls.
+ * Simplicity: A DVD player can be built around the libdvdcss API using no
+   more than 4 or 5 library calls.
 
 %package -n %{libname}-devel
 Summary:        Development tools for programs which will use the %{name} library
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ necessary for developing programs which will manipulate DVDs files using
 the %{name} library.
 
 If you are going to develop programs which will manipulate DVDs, you
-should install %{name}-devel.  You'll also need to have the %{name}
+should install %{name}-devel.  You will also need to have the %{name}
 package installed.
 
 %prep
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ package installed.
 - major version is 2 (aka guillaume sux).
 - spec clean up: do not rm in %%prep, %%buildroot, %%makeinstall_std, %%provides %%version-%%release
 - added doc in devel
-- sync with CVS's one (%%description,%%files, conflicts).
+- sync with the CVS one (%%description,%%files, conflicts).
 - fix URL
 
 * Sat Apr 06 2002 Guillaume Rousse <rousse at ccr.jussieu.fr> 1.1.1-1plf
diff --git a/src/dvdcss/dvdcss.h b/src/dvdcss/dvdcss.h
index 7c9c733..dc4af62 100644
--- a/src/dvdcss/dvdcss.h
+++ b/src/dvdcss/dvdcss.h
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
  * \file dvdcss.h
  * \author Stéphane Borel <stef at via.ecp.fr>
  * \author Sam Hocevar <sam at zoy.org>
+ *
  * \brief The \e libdvdcss public header.
  *
- * This header contains the public types and functions that applications
- * using \e libdvdcss may use.
+ * Public types and functions that describe the API of the \e libdvdcss library.
  */
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/libdvdcss.c b/src/libdvdcss.c
index 6c4befc..8fc58a7 100644
--- a/src/libdvdcss.c
+++ b/src/libdvdcss.c
@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@
  * \e libdvdcss is a simple library designed for accessing DVDs like a block
  * device without having to bother about the decryption. The important features
  * are:
- * \li portability: currently supported platforms are GNU/Linux, FreeBSD,
+ * \li portability: Currently supported platforms are GNU/Linux, FreeBSD,
  *     NetBSD, OpenBSD, BeOS, Windows 98/ME, Windows NT/2000/XP, Mac OS X,
  *     Solaris, HP-UX and OS/2.
- * \li adaptability: unlike most similar projects, libdvdcss doesn't require
+ * \li adaptability: Unlike most similar projects, libdvdcss does not require
  *     the region of your drive to be set and will try its best to read from
  *     the disc even in the case of a region mismatch.
- * \li simplicity: a DVD player can be built around the \e libdvdcss API using
+ * \li simplicity: A DVD player can be built around the \e libdvdcss API using
  *     no more than 4 or 5 library calls.
  *
- * \e libdvdcss is free software, released under the General Public License.
+ * \e libdvdcss is free software, released under the GNU General Public License.
  * This ensures that \e libdvdcss remains free and used only with free
  * software.
  *
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@
  * \e libdvdcss without having to modify the program which uses it. These
  * variables are:
  *
- * \li \b DVDCSS_VERBOSE: sets the verbosity level.
+ * \li \b DVDCSS_VERBOSE: Sets the verbosity level.
  *     - \c 0 outputs no messages at all.
  *     - \c 1 outputs error messages to stderr.
  *     - \c 2 outputs error messages and debug messages to stderr.
  *
- * \li \b DVDCSS_METHOD: sets the authentication and decryption method
+ * \li \b DVDCSS_METHOD: Sets the authentication and decryption method
  *     that \e libdvdcss will use to read scrambled discs. Can be one
  *     of \c title, \c key or \c disc.
  *     - \c key is the default method. \e libdvdcss will use a set of
@@ -70,19 +70,19 @@
  *       64 MB of memory to store temporary data.
  *     - \c title is the fallback when all other methods have failed. It does
  *       not rely on a key exchange with the DVD drive, but rather uses a
- *       crypto attack to guess the title key. On rare cases this may fail
+ *       crypto attack to guess the title key. In rare cases this may fail
  *       because there is not enough encrypted data on the disc to perform
- *       a statistical attack, but in the other hand it is the only way to
+ *       a statistical attack, but on the other hand it is the only way to
  *       decrypt a DVD stored on a hard disc, or a DVD with the wrong region
  *       on an RPC2 drive.
  *
- * \li \b DVDCSS_RAW_DEVICE: specify the raw device to use. Exact usage will
+ * \li \b DVDCSS_RAW_DEVICE: Specify the raw device to use. Exact usage will
  *     depend on your operating system, the Linux utility to set up raw devices
  *     is \c raw(8) for instance. Please note that on most operating systems,
  *     using a raw device requires highly aligned buffers: Linux requires a
  *     2048 bytes alignment (which is the size of a DVD sector).
  *
- * \li \b DVDCSS_CACHE: specify a directory in which to store title key
+ * \li \b DVDCSS_CACHE: Specify a directory in which to cache title key
  *     values. This will speed up descrambling of DVDs which are in the
  *     cache. The DVDCSS_CACHE directory is created if it does not exist,
  *     and a subdirectory is created named after the DVD's title or
@@ -140,15 +140,13 @@
  * \brief Open a DVD device or directory and return a dvdcss instance.
  *
  * \param psz_target a string containing the target name, for instance
- *        "/dev/hdc" or "E:".
+ *        "/dev/hdc" or "E:"
  * \return a handle to a dvdcss instance or NULL on error.
  *
- * Initialize the \e libdvdcss library and open the requested DVD device or
- * directory. \e libdvdcss checks whether ioctls can be performed on the disc,
+ * Initialize the \e libdvdcss library, open the requested DVD device or
+ * directory, and return a handle to be used for all subsequent \e libdvdcss
+ * calls. \e libdvdcss checks whether ioctls can be performed on the disc,
  * and when possible, the disc key is retrieved.
- *
- * dvdcss_open() returns a handle to be used for all subsequent \e libdvdcss
- * calls. If an error occurred, NULL is returned.
  */
 LIBDVDCSS_EXPORT dvdcss_t dvdcss_open ( char *psz_target )
 {
@@ -529,15 +527,14 @@ LIBDVDCSS_EXPORT dvdcss_t dvdcss_open ( char *psz_target )
 }
 
 /**
- * \brief Return a string containing the latest error that occurred in the
+ * \brief Return a string containing the last error that occurred in the
  *        given \e libdvdcss instance.
  *
- * \param dvdcss a \e libdvdcss instance.
- * \return a null-terminated string containing the latest error message.
+ * \param dvdcss a \e libdvdcss instance
+ * \return a NULL-terminated string containing the last error message.
  *
- * This function returns a constant string containing the latest error that
- * occurred in \e libdvdcss. It can be used to format error messages at your
- * convenience in your application.
+ * Return a string with the last error message produced by \e libdvdcss.
+ * Useful to conveniently format error messages in external applications.
  */
 LIBDVDCSS_EXPORT char * dvdcss_error ( dvdcss_t dvdcss )
 {
@@ -547,11 +544,11 @@ LIBDVDCSS_EXPORT char * dvdcss_error ( dvdcss_t dvdcss )
 /**
  * \brief Seek in the disc and change the current key if requested.
  *
- * \param dvdcss a \e libdvdcss instance.
- * \param i_blocks an absolute block offset to seek to.
+ * \param dvdcss a \e libdvdcss instance
+ * \param i_blocks an absolute block offset to seek to
  * \param i_flags #DVDCSS_NOFLAGS, optionally ORed with one of #DVDCSS_SEEK_KEY
- *        or #DVDCSS_SEEK_MPEG.
- * \return the new position in blocks, or a negative value in case an error
+ *        or #DVDCSS_SEEK_MPEG
+ * \return the new position in blocks or a negative value in case an error
  *         happened.
  *
  * This function seeks to the requested position, in logical blocks.
@@ -561,9 +558,9 @@ LIBDVDCSS_EXPORT char * dvdcss_error ( dvdcss_t dvdcss )
  * If #DVDCSS_SEEK_MPEG is specified in \p i_flags and if \e libdvdcss finds it
  * reasonable to do so (i.e., if the dvdcss method is not "title"), the current
  * title key will be checked and a new one will be calculated if necessary.
- * This flag is typically used when reading data from a VOB.
+ * This flag is typically used when reading data from a .VOB file.
  *
- * If #DVDCSS_SEEK_KEY is specified, the title key will be always checked,
+ * If #DVDCSS_SEEK_KEY is specified, the title key will always be checked,
  * even with the "title" method. This flag is typically used when seeking
  * in a new title.
  */
@@ -587,14 +584,14 @@ LIBDVDCSS_EXPORT int dvdcss_seek ( dvdcss_t dvdcss, int i_blocks, int i_flags )
 /**
  * \brief Read from the disc and decrypt data if requested.
  *
- * \param dvdcss a \e libdvdcss instance.
- * \param p_buffer a buffer that will contain the data read from the disc.
- * \param i_blocks the amount of blocks to read.
- * \param i_flags #DVDCSS_NOFLAGS, optionally ORed with #DVDCSS_READ_DECRYPT.
- * \return the amount of blocks read, or a negative value in case an
+ * \param dvdcss a \e libdvdcss instance
+ * \param p_buffer a buffer that will contain the data read from the disc
+ * \param i_blocks the amount of blocks to read
+ * \param i_flags #DVDCSS_NOFLAGS, optionally ORed with #DVDCSS_READ_DECRYPT
+ * \return the amount of blocks read or a negative value in case an
  *         error happened.
  *
- * This function reads \p i_blocks logical blocks from the DVD.
+ * Read \p i_blocks logical blocks from the DVD.
  *
  * You typically set \p i_flags to #DVDCSS_NOFLAGS when reading data from a
  * .IFO file on the DVD.
@@ -602,10 +599,10 @@ LIBDVDCSS_EXPORT int dvdcss_seek ( dvdcss_t dvdcss, int i_blocks, int i_flags )
  * If #DVDCSS_READ_DECRYPT is specified in \p i_flags, dvdcss_read() will
  * automatically decrypt scrambled sectors. This flag is typically used when
  * reading data from a .VOB file on the DVD. It has no effect on unscrambled
- * discs or unscrambled sectors, and can be safely used on those.
+ * discs or unscrambled sectors and can be safely used on those.
  *
  * \warning dvdcss_read() expects to be able to write \p i_blocks *
- *          #DVDCSS_BLOCK_SIZE bytes in \p p_buffer.
+ *          #DVDCSS_BLOCK_SIZE bytes into \p p_buffer.
  */
 LIBDVDCSS_EXPORT int dvdcss_read ( dvdcss_t dvdcss, void *p_buffer,
                                           int i_blocks,
@@ -653,18 +650,18 @@ LIBDVDCSS_EXPORT int dvdcss_read ( dvdcss_t dvdcss, void *p_buffer,
 }
 
 /**
- * \brief Read from the disc into multiple buffers and decrypt data if
+ * \brief Read data from the disc into multiple buffers and decrypt data if
  *        requested.
  *
- * \param dvdcss a \e libdvdcss instance.
+ * \param dvdcss a \e libdvdcss instance
  * \param p_iovec a pointer to an array of iovec structures that will contain
- *        the data read from the disc.
- * \param i_blocks the amount of blocks to read.
- * \param i_flags #DVDCSS_NOFLAGS, optionally ORed with #DVDCSS_READ_DECRYPT.
- * \return the amount of blocks read, or a negative value in case an
+ *        the data read from the disc
+ * \param i_blocks the amount of blocks to read
+ * \param i_flags #DVDCSS_NOFLAGS, optionally ORed with #DVDCSS_READ_DECRYPT
+ * \return the amount of blocks read or a negative value in case an
  *         error happened.
  *
- * This function reads \p i_blocks logical blocks from the DVD and writes them
+ * Read \p i_blocks logical blocks from the DVD and write them
  * to an array of iovec structures.
  *
  * You typically set \p i_flags to #DVDCSS_NOFLAGS when reading data from a
@@ -673,10 +670,10 @@ LIBDVDCSS_EXPORT int dvdcss_read ( dvdcss_t dvdcss, void *p_buffer,
  * If #DVDCSS_READ_DECRYPT is specified in \p i_flags, dvdcss_readv() will
  * automatically decrypt scrambled sectors. This flag is typically used when
  * reading data from a .VOB file on the DVD. It has no effect on unscrambled
- * discs or unscrambled sectors, and can be safely used on those.
+ * discs or unscrambled sectors and can be safely used on those.
  *
  * \warning dvdcss_readv() expects to be able to write \p i_blocks *
- *          #DVDCSS_BLOCK_SIZE bytes in the buffers pointed by \p p_iovec.
+ *          #DVDCSS_BLOCK_SIZE bytes into the buffers pointed by \p p_iovec.
  *          Moreover, all iov_len members of the iovec structures should be
  *          multiples of #DVDCSS_BLOCK_SIZE.
  */
@@ -729,14 +726,13 @@ LIBDVDCSS_EXPORT int dvdcss_readv ( dvdcss_t dvdcss, void *p_iovec,
 }
 
 /**
- * \brief Close the DVD and clean up the library.
+ * \brief Clean up library state and structures.
  *
- * \param dvdcss a \e libdvdcss instance.
+ * \param dvdcss a \e libdvdcss instance
  * \return zero in case of success, a negative value otherwise.
  *
- * This function closes the DVD device and frees all the memory allocated
- * by \e libdvdcss. On return, the #dvdcss_t is invalidated and may not be
- * used again.
+ * Close the DVD device and free all the memory allocated by \e libdvdcss.
+ * On return, the #dvdcss_t is invalidated and may not be used again.
  */
 LIBDVDCSS_EXPORT int dvdcss_close ( dvdcss_t dvdcss )
 {
@@ -766,12 +762,10 @@ LIBDVDCSS_EXPORT int dvdcss_close ( dvdcss_t dvdcss )
 }
 
 /**
- * \brief Return 1 if the DVD is scrambled, 0 otherwise.
+ * \brief Detect whether or not a DVD is scrambled
  *
  * \param dvdcss a \e libdvdcss instance.
  * \return 1 if the DVD is scrambled, 0 otherwise.
- *
- * This function returns whether the DVD is scrambled.
  */
 LIBDVDCSS_EXPORT int dvdcss_is_scrambled ( dvdcss_t dvdcss )
 {
-- 
1.9.1



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