minor text corrections based on my previous contribution #57

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@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ php -S localhost:9000
this will run your site at http://localhost:9000/ this will run your site at http://localhost:9000/
if you are running the development server on your tilde account, you
will not be able to access it on (hostname):9000 because it only runs
on localhost, but you can create a tunnel with
ssh -L 9000:localhost:9000
to access from your localhost:9000 address
* edit as needed! * edit as needed!

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@ -18,19 +18,20 @@ Start weechat on your linux shell and type the following commands:
/connect tilde /connect tilde
This will connect you to the irc network via a secure connection. The This will connect you to the irc network via a secure connection. The
username used is the same as your linux account, this is should be username used is your linux account, this has to be unique, if someone
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"this is has to be unique" is still not how the sentence should be phrased; should be "this has to be unique"

"this is has to be unique" is still not how the sentence should be phrased; should be "this has to be unique"
unique, if it is not you will be called username1 or similar, then you else registered your name already and is online you will be called
should chose another nickname. You do that by using the /nick command **username1** or similar, then you should choose another nickname. You
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the "or similar" is important because if you're not the only person trying to use username, you'll be username2 or username3 or whatever.

the "or similar" is important because if you're not the only person trying to use `username`, you'll be `username2` or `username3` or whatever.

chose to choose here too

chose to choose here too
do that with
/nick newusername /nick newusername
(If you didn't chose a username that is unique in the tilde network, (If you didn't choose a username that is unique in the tilde network,
you had kind of bad luck.) you had kind of bad luck.)
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"if you didn't chose [sic] a username that is unique in the tilde network, you had kind of bad luck" is correct (except for "chose" instead of "choose"), since both verbs are in the past tense.

"if you didn't chose [sic] a username that is unique in the tilde network, you had kind of bad luck" is correct (except for "chose" instead of "choose"), since both verbs are in the past tense.
## Register ## Register
You now can register your username using your tilde email address as You now can register your username using your tilde email address as
described here: [intro to nicks](nicks.html) described here: [intro to nicks](nicks)
## Setting login credentials ## Setting login credentials
@ -67,13 +68,13 @@ in /whois you can use
/set irc.server.tilde.realname "My real name" /set irc.server.tilde.realname "My real name"
You can join multiple channels with /j #channel or start private You can join multiple channels with /j #channel or start private
conversatins with /msg nickname and navigate between the different conversations with /msg nickname and navigate between the different
windows with Control-n and Control-p windows with Control-n and Control-p
To automatically connect to the tilde server on startup use To automatically connect to the tilde server on startup use
/set irc.server.tilde.autoconnect on /set irc.server.tilde.autoconnect on
For more information about the program, see the For more information about weechat, see the
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meh, I'd rather this sentence be written as "for more information on weechat, see the manual" with manual being the link text, since it's the manual of weechat, which is the focus of this page. no need to clarify in the link text that this is specifically the weechat manual; that's implied by it being on the weechat page (and would be further implied with my suggested phrasing)

meh, I'd rather this sentence be written as "for more information on weechat, see the manual" with manual being the link text, since it's the manual of weechat, which is the focus of this page. no need to clarify in the link text that this is specifically the weechat manual; that's implied by it being on the weechat page (and would be further implied with my suggested phrasing)
[manual](https://weechat.org/files/doc/stable/weechat_user.en.html) [manual](https://weechat.org/files/doc/stable/weechat_user.en.html)