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@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ typeset and they can be inaccurate. The reason is that \pgfname\ has
to a \emph{lot} of rather difficult computations in the background and
\TeX\ is not very good at doing math. Decorations are fastest when
applied to straight line segments, but even then they are much slower
-than other alternative. For instance, the |ticks| decoration can be
+than other alternatives. For instance, the |ticks| decoration can be
simulated by clever use of a dashing pattern and the dashing pattern
will literally be thousands of times faster to typeset. However, for
most decorations there are no real alternatives.
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ command.
\begin{key}{/pgf/decoration=\meta{decoration options}}
\keyalias{tikz}
This option is used to specify which decoration is used and how it
- will look like. Note that his key will \emph{not} cause any
+ will look like. Note that this key will \emph{not} cause any
decorations to be applied, immediately. It takes the |decorate| path
command or the |decorate| option to actually decorate a path. The
|decoration| option is only used to specify which decoration should
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ command.
The \meta{decoration options} are special options
(which have the path prefix |/pgf/decoration/|) that determine the
properties of the decoration. Which options are appropriate for a
- decoration depend strongly on the decoration, you will have to look
+ decoration strongly depend on the decoration, you will have to look
up the appropriate options in the documentation of the decoration,
see Section~\ref{section-library-decorations}.
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ command.
You may sometimes wish to decorate a path over whose construction you
have no control. For instance, the path of the background of a node is
-created without your having a chance to issue a |decorate| path
+created without having a chance to issue a |decorate| path
command. In such cases you can use the following option, which allows
you to decorate a path ``after the fact.''
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ you to decorate a path ``after the fact.''
\end{enumerate}
The main use or the |decorate| option is the you can also use it
with the nodes. It then causes the background path of the node to be
- decorated. Note that you decorate a background path only once in
+ decorated. Note that you can decorate a background path only once in
this manner. That is, in contrast to the |decorate| path command you
cannot apply this option twice (this would just set it to |true|,
once more).
@@ -367,8 +367,8 @@ you to decorate a path ``after the fact.''
\end{codeexample}
Here is more useful example, where a postaction is used to add the
path after the main path has been drawn.
+% \catcode`\|12 % !?
\begin{codeexample}[]
-\catcode`\|12
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw [help lines] grid (3,2);
\fill [draw=red,fill=red!20,
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ not with meta-decorations.
\begin{key}{/pgf/decoration/pre length=\meta{dimension} (initially 0pt)}
This key sets the distance along which the pre-decoration should be
used. If you do not need/wish a pre-decoration, set this key to
- |0pt| (exactly this string, not just to something that evaluated to
+ |0pt| (exactly this string, not just to something that evaluates to
the same things such as |0cm|).
\end{key}