CONTRIBUTING.md: general proofread

grammar, uniform style, etc.
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@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ a bug in pandoc. Quoting from the MANUAL:
> to be perfect, conversions from formats more expressive than pandoc's
> Markdown can be expected to be lossy.
For example, both docx and odt can represent margin size, but because
pandoc's internal document model does not contain a representation of
For example, both `docx` and `odt` formats can represent margin size, but
because pandoc's internal document model does not contain a representation of
margin size, this information will be lost on converting from docx
to odt. (You can, however, customize margin size using `--reference-odt`.)
to `odt`. (You can, however, customize margin size using `--reference-odt`.)
So before submitting a bug report, consider whether it might be
"out of scope." If it concerns a feature of documents that isn't
"out of scope". If it concerns a feature of documents that isn't
representable in pandoc's Markdown, then it very likely is.
(If in doubt, you can always ask on [pandoc-discuss].)
@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Please follow these guidelines:
below under [Tests](#tests).) If you are adding a new writer or reader,
you must include tests.
7. If you are adding a new feature, include updates to MANUAL.txt.
7. If you are adding a new feature, include updates to `MANUAL.txt`.
8. All code must be released under the general license governing pandoc
(GPL v2).
@ -197,12 +197,10 @@ a ghci REPL for working with pandoc. With [stack], use
We recommend using the following `.ghci` file (which can be
placed in the source directory):
```
:set -fobject-code
:set -XTypeSynonymInstances
:set -XScopedTypeVariables
:set -XOverloadedStrings
```
:set -fobject-code
:set -XTypeSynonymInstances
:set -XScopedTypeVariables
:set -XOverloadedStrings
Profiling
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@ -252,7 +250,7 @@ the pandoc library is in `src/`, the source for the tests is in
The modules `Text.Pandoc.Definition`, `Text.Pandoc.Builder`, and
`Text.Pandoc.Generic` are in a separate library `pandoc-types`. The code can
be found in a <http://github.com/jgm/pandoc-types>.
be found in <http://github.com/jgm/pandoc-types>.
To build pandoc, you will need a working installation of the
[Haskell platform].