commit 19e937d82ef8491b3037cf41d0c140e7512b9df9
Author: FRIGN <dev_AT_frign.de>
Date: Mon Nov 9 17:25:59 2015 +0100
Change tense in talk abstracts
diff --git a/suckless.org/conference/index.md b/suckless.org/conference/index.md
index 4958d87..c67c39e 100644
--- a/suckless.org/conference/index.md
+++ b/suckless.org/conference/index.md
_AT_@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ Talks
(11:15-12:00) *suckless core - A suckless userspace foundation*, Laslo Hunhold
-> This talk will focus on recent developments in the suckless core
- programs, the design and motivation behind them and which issues were
+> This talk focused on recent developments in the suckless core
+ programs, the design and motivation behind them and which issues had been
faced along the way, including ditching POSIX in some places in favor of
suckless design principles and consistency.
- Current issues and future plans will be discussed in the last part.
+ Current issues and future plans were discussed in the last part.
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http://dl.sta.li/slcon/2015/slcon-2015-01-frign-suckless_core.png">
<source src="
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_AT_@ -41,19 +41,19 @@ Talks
(14:30-15:30) *Farbfeld - Rethinking image-formats*, Laslo Hunhold, ([video](
http://dl.sta.li/slcon/2015/slcon-2015-04-frign-farbfeld.mts))
-> This talk will discuss the deficiencies of the RGBA color space and
- present the Farbfeld format to store images in a device independent
+> This talk discussed the deficiencies of the RGBA color space and
+ presented the Farbfeld format to store images in a device independent
way using the Lab color space.
Additionally, an alternative to incorporated, namely imposed, image
- compression is discussed, evaluating the advantages over other image
+ compression was discussed, evaluating the advantages over other image
formats using different kinds of images.
(15:30-16:00) Coffee/Tea break
(16:00-16:30) *suckless.org e.V.*, Anselm R Garbe
-> Anselm will present the idea of suckless.org e.V.[<sup>1</sup>][1] and ask attendees
- to join.
+> Anselm presented the idea of suckless.org e.V.[<sup>1</sup>][1] and asked
+ attendees to join.
(16:30-17:30) *suckless.org foundation*, All
_AT_@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ Talks
But like the web, you have to deal with it. It is the only open
and widely used instant messaging protocol on the internet.
Its extensibility is the main reason that an implementation in a single
- program is nearly impossible. This talk describes an approach to master this problem.
+ program is nearly impossible. This talk described an approach to master this problem.
(11:30-12:00) *Finite state document processing*, Manu Raster, ([video](
http://dl.sta.li/slcon/2015/slcon-2015-08-raster-finite_state_document_processing.mts))
> Mainstream XML processing techniques wastefully consume time
and memory for example in file format conversions popularly
- known as 'save as …'. In this talk we present a less
+ known as 'save as...'. This talk presented a less
wasteful method based on finite-state transducers.
(12:00-13:00) Lunch
_AT_@ -92,14 +92,14 @@ Talks
(13:15-14:15) *UTF-8 everywhere? Writing Unicode compliant software that sucks less*, Laslo Hunhold, ([video](
http://dl.sta.li/slcon/2015/slcon-2015-09-frign-utf-8_everywhere.mts))
-> This talk will discuss UTF-8 and its history, how and when you have to
- deal with it and which challenges are faced along the way, evaluating
+> This talk discussed UTF-8 and its history, how and when you have to
+ deal with it and which challenges had been faced along the way, evaluating
its advantages over other character encodings.
Besides more trivial problems like decoding and encoding, advanced
- issues like string comparison, case conversion and normalization are
+ issues like string comparison, case conversion and normalization were
discussed, leading to the conclusion that the POSIX wchar-interfaces
are broken by design.
- Using suckless principles, problems with the ICU libraries are discussed
+ Using suckless principles, problems with the ICU libraries were discussed
and a midway drawn between total localization and minimalism,
presenting possible solutions.
Received on Mon Nov 09 2015 - 17:26:05 CET
