manuals: suppress excess use of "following" word

To simplify the style, replace "Following is" and "Following are"
by "here is" and "here are", sounding more natural.

In some cases, also go further by simplifying "Here are/is xxx"
by "xxx are/is" when the "are" or "is" are not two far at
the end of the sentence.

In some cases too, completely remove the sentence, when
it's redundant with the preceding title.

(From yocto-docs rev: da1cbd7083238657aaeaea16841b24531c86298e)

Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
CC: Daniel Ammann <daniel.ammann@bytesatwork.ch>
Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman <steve@sakoman.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/layers.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/layers.rst
index b3ccf633df..f7929e630e 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/layers.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/layers.rst
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Follow these general steps to create your layer without using tools:
       LAYERVERSION_yoctobsp = "4"
       LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_yoctobsp = "dunfell"
 
-   Following is an explanation of the layer configuration file:
+   Here is an explanation of the layer configuration file:
 
    -  :term:`BBPATH`: Adds the layer's
       root directory to BitBake's search path. Through the use of the
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ following list:
 -  *Structure Your Layers:* Proper use of overrides within append files
    and placement of machine-specific files within your layer can ensure
    that a build is not using the wrong Metadata and negatively impacting
-   a build for a different machine. Following are some examples:
+   a build for a different machine. Here are some examples:
 
    -  *Modify Variables to Support a Different Machine:* Suppose you
       have a layer named ``meta-one`` that adds support for building
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ In the main recipe, note the :term:`SRC_URI`
 variable, which tells the OpenEmbedded build system where to find files
 during the build.
 
-Following is the append file, which is named ``formfactor_0.0.bbappend``
+Here is the append file, which is named ``formfactor_0.0.bbappend``
 and is from the Raspberry Pi BSP Layer named ``meta-raspberrypi``. The
 file is in the layer at ``recipes-bsp/formfactor``::
 
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ Directory`.  Here is the main ``xserver-xf86-config`` recipe, which is named
         fi
    }
 
-Following is the append file, which is named ``xserver-xf86-config_%.bbappend``
+Here is the append file, which is named ``xserver-xf86-config_%.bbappend``
 and is from the Raspberry Pi BSP Layer named ``meta-raspberrypi``. The
 file is in the layer at ``recipes-graphics/xorg-xserver``::