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authorGravatar mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com>2012-08-28 11:27:09 -0400
committerGravatar mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com>2012-08-28 11:27:09 -0400
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Updated manual introduction; doc/01_Introduction.md
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@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ sacrificing speed or succumbing to code bloat and featuritis.
Textadept is _fast_. It starts up instantly and has a very responsive user
interface (UI). Even though the editor is mostly written in Lua, Lua is one of
-the fastest scripting languages available. With [LuaJIT][], Textadept is faster
-than ever before, though using LuaJIT is overkill.
+the fastest scripting languages available. With the optional [LuaJIT][] version,
+Textadept is faster than ever before.
[LuaJIT]: http://luajit.org
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ than ever before, though using LuaJIT is overkill.
Textadept is minimalist. Not only is this apparent in the UI, but the editor's C
core was designed to never exceed 2000 lines of code and its Lua extension code
-is not supposed to go beyond 4000 lines. After 4 1/2 years of development, even
-though Textadept has about the same number of lines of code than it did in its
-first release (~5600), it is vastly superior in every respect.
+is not supposed to go beyond 4000 lines. After 5 years of development, Textadept
+has maintained the same amount of code since its inception (~5600 lines) while
+evolving into a vastly superior editor.
### Ridiculously Extensible
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ commands on-the-fly to handling UI events. The possibilities are limitless.
`N` pressed followed by `Shift` and `N`.
* When mentioning key commands, the Mac OSX and ncurses equivalents will often
be shown in parenthesis. It may be tempting to assume that some Windows/Linux
- keys map to Mac OSX's (e.g `Ctrl` to `⌘`) or ncurses' (`Ctrl` to `^`), but
- this is not always the case. Please do not view the key equivalents as
+ keys map to Mac OSX's (e.g. `Ctrl` to `⌘`) or ncurses' (e.g. `Ctrl` to `^`),
+ but this is not always the case. Please do not view the key equivalents as
translations of one another, but rather as separate entities. This will
minimize confusion.