README.symbols: More filling in of little words, and updating two URLs.

Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/docs/README.symbols b/docs/README.symbols
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--- a/docs/README.symbols
+++ b/docs/README.symbols
@@ -1,51 +1,48 @@
 
-The files in the symbols directory describe possible layouts for a given 
-keyboard.
+The files in the symbols directory describe possible keyboard layouts
+for a given  country or language or script.
 
 The default layout in each file should describe the most common layout
-for its kind, usually the symbols printed on the keys. Layout variants
-can describe common differences that are not necessarily printed on the keys.
-(e.g. a phonetic version of Cyrillic).
+for its kind, usually the one that matches the symbols printed on the
+keys.  Layout variants can describe common deviations that are not
+necessarily printed on the keys (e.g. a phonetic version of Cyrillic).
 
-The names of the files are referenced throughout the XKB rules, and may be
-exposed in the X server configuration and in user configuration tools.
+The names of the files are referenced throughout the XKB rules, and may
+be exposed in the X server configuration and in user configuration tools.
 The filenames use the following convention:
 
 Country layouts:
-
   Keyboard layouts for a country must use the 2-letter code from the
   ISO-3166 standard.
 
 Language layouts:
-
   Keyboard layouts for a language must use the 3-letter code from the
   ISO-639 standard.
 
 Script layouts:
-
   Keyboard layouts for a script must use the 4-letter code from the
   ISO-15924 standard.
 
 Other:
+  Keyboard layouts that do not fit in the above categories must use a
+  filename between 5 and 8 characters.
 
-  Keyboard layouts that do not fit in the above model and directories
-  must use a filename between 5 and 8 characters.
-
-The ISO codes can be found at the following addressed:
+The relevant ISO codes can be found at the following addresses:
 
-Country layouts:  http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/iso_3166-1_decoding_table.html
-Language layouts: http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langcodes.html
+Country layouts:  http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes/iso-3166-1_decoding_table.htm
+Language layouts: http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php
 Script layouts:   http://www.unicode.org/iso15924/iso15924-codes.html
 
-The description in the directory file base.xml.in should match the group names 
-in the symbols file. 
+The descriptions of the layouts in the file base.xml.in should match the
+group names in the symbols file.
 
-If the layout is country-based, this has to be the full 
-name of the country. It is highly not recommended to use the forms 
-"Republic of XXX" or "XXX Republic" - the form "XXX" should be used instead.
-The only exception is "United Kingdom".
+If the layout is country-based, the group name has to be the full name of
+the country.  It is highly discouraged to use forms like "Republic of XXX"
+or "XXX Republic" -- the form "XXX" should be used instead.  The only
+exception is "United Kingdom".
 
-If the layout is language-based, this has to be the name of the language.
+If the layout is language-based, the group name has to be the name of the
+language.
 
-Within single symbols file, all the variants should have the same group name 
+Within a single symbols file, all the variants should have the same group name
 (implemented using the "include" directive wherever possible).