ref: 2d976ec561716a5ae1ac0739b32b30bc80fd21e9
parent: f5b78f452e48323484e6363d46a2aa631a956349
author: Jacob Moody <[email protected]>
date: Mon Mar 13 17:40:44 EDT 2023
man1: various spelling fixes
--- a/sys/man/1/acmemail
+++ b/sys/man/1/acmemail
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
.IR /mail/fs/mbox ,
is presented.
In the message list, the tag bar commands typically affect
-the selected messsage.
+the selected message.
In the message and composition views, they typically apply
to the current message.
--- a/sys/man/1/atari
+++ b/sys/man/1/atari
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I 2600
is an emulator for the Atari 2600.
-It exectues the romfile given as an argument,
+It executes the romfile given as an argument,
and controls as if using a regular 4-direction 1-button joystick,
using \fBspace\fR button and directional keys.
The \fBq\fR, \fBw\fR, \fBe\fR and \fBr\fR keys correspond respectively to the reset, select, player 1 difficulty and color mode switches.
--- a/sys/man/1/bar
+++ b/sys/man/1/bar
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
By default,
.I bar
is placed at the bottom right corner of the screen. This can be
-changed by speicifying option
+changed by specifying option
.I -p
with first letters of the required placement:
.I l
--- a/sys/man/1/expect
+++ b/sys/man/1/expect
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
.PP
.I Expect
reads standard input looking for one of the strings given
-as arguments. Reading the first string causes a successul exit
+as arguments. Reading the first string causes a successful exit
status. Reading any of the others causes an exit status equal to
the string. The command also terminates on a timeout. The options
are:
--- a/sys/man/1/forp
+++ b/sys/man/1/forp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
.TP "\w'\fL<\fR, \fL<=\fR, \fL>\fR, \fL>=\fR 'u"
\fL[]\fR
Array indexing. The syntax is \fIvar\fL[\fIa\fL:\fIb\fR], with \fIa\fR denoting the MSB and \fIb\fR denoting the LSB.
-Omiting \fL:\fIb\fR addresses a single bit.
+Omitting \fL:\fIb\fR addresses a single bit.
The result is always treated as unsigned.
.TP
\fL!\fR, \fL~\fR, \fL+\fR, \fL-\fR
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
Left shift, arithmetic right shift. Because of promotion, this is effectively a logical right shift on unsigned variables.
.TP
\fL<\fR, \fL<=\fR, \fL>\fR, \fL>=\fR
-Less than, less than or equal to, greater than, greather than or equal to.
+Less than, less than or equal to, greater than, greater than or equal to.
.TP
\fL==\fR, \fL!=\fR
Equal to, not equal to.
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
obviously c < a <=> c != a+b;
.EE
.PP
-Here the statement to be proved is "\fIc\fR is less than \fIa\fR if and only if \fIc\fR does not equal the mathematical sum \fIa\fR + \fIb\fR (i.e. overflow has occured)".
+Here the statement to be proved is "\fIc\fR is less than \fIa\fR if and only if \fIc\fR does not equal the mathematical sum \fIa\fR + \fIb\fR (i.e. overflow has occurred)".
.SH SOURCE
.B /sys/src/cmd/forp
.SH "SEE ALSO"
--- a/sys/man/1/git
+++ b/sys/man/1/git
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
whether or not it was specified explicitly or reused.
To amend a commit message,
.B -r
-can be used in conjuction with
+can be used in conjunction with
.B -m
or
.BR -e .
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@
option, the branch is deleted.
.PP
When switching branches, git/branch will refuse to clobber
-modificiations.
+modifications.
Passing the
.B -m
option will cause git9 to attempt to merge the changes between
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
.B Git/merge
takes two branches and merges them filewise using
.IR ape/diff3 .
-The next commit made will be a merge commmit.
+The next commit made will be a merge commit.
.PP
.B Git/rebase
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@
.IR hjgit:// .
Both are the
.I git://
-protocol, tunnelled over tls.
+protocol, tunneled over tls.
.I Hjgit://
authenticates with the server using Plan 9 authentication,
using
--- a/sys/man/1/gzip
+++ b/sys/man/1/gzip
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
The options are:
.TP 0.6i
.B -a
-Automaticialy creates directories as needed, needed for zip files
+Automatically creates directories as needed, needed for zip files
created by broken implementations which omit directories.
.TP
.B -c
--- a/sys/man/1/history
+++ b/sys/man/1/history
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
The
.B -f
option is accepted
-but ignored by compatibilty with other history implementations.
+but ignored by compatibility with other history implementations.
.PP
Finally, the
.B -s
--- a/sys/man/1/ktrans
+++ b/sys/man/1/ktrans
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
.ft
the user types "watashiNO[^\e]neko[^\e]". Note that in both cases
we have successfully communicated to krans when to reset the explicit
-match buffer without needing to explicitily give a ctl-l character.
+match buffer without needing to explicitly give a ctl-l character.
.SH CHINESE
The Wubizixing input method is used. No implicit conversion is done,
explicit conversion interprets Latin characters as their Wubi counterparts
--- a/sys/man/1/leak
+++ b/sys/man/1/leak
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
.B -d
option is given,
.I leak
-will print information as decribed above,
+will print information as described above,
but for all free blocks,
i.e. those freed,
or those that are not yet
--- a/sys/man/1/marshal
+++ b/sys/man/1/marshal
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
.PP
.I Marshal
uses the login name as the reply address. This
-can be overriden using the environment variable
+can be overridden using the environment variable
.BR upasname .
Its value will become both the envelope
and
--- a/sys/man/1/nedmail
+++ b/sys/man/1/nedmail
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
doesn't start with a `/', it is interpreted relative to the directory in which the mailbox resides.
If
.I mfile
-is a directory then the destination is a file in that directry.
+is a directory then the destination is a file in that directory.
If the MIME header specifies a file name, that one is used.
Otherwise, one is generated using
.IR mktemp (2)
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
.B y
Synchronize with the mail box. Any deleted
messages are purged and any new messages read.
-This is equivalent to quiting nedmail and restarting.
+This is equivalent to quitting nedmail and restarting.
.TP
.BI | command
Run the
--- a/sys/man/1/paint
+++ b/sys/man/1/paint
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
and writes the canvas to its standard input.
.TP
.BI | command
-Transforms the canvas by piping it thru
+Transforms the canvas by piping it through
.I command.
.TP
.B q
--- a/sys/man/1/pc
+++ b/sys/man/1/pc
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
.TP
\fL<\fR \fIn\fR
Set the default input base to \fIn\fR (default 10).
-The input base can always be overriden by the base prefixes defined above.
+The input base can always be overridden by the base prefixes defined above.
.TP
\fL>\fR \fIn\fR
Set the output base to \fIn\fR.
--- a/sys/man/1/qr
+++ b/sys/man/1/qr
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
The default is
.BR -M .
.PP
-The QR standard defines different sizes labelled version 1 to version 40.
+The QR standard defines different sizes labeled version 1 to version 40.
By default the smallest possible is chosen automatically.
The
.B -v
--- a/sys/man/1/secstore
+++ b/sys/man/1/secstore
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
.IR acme (1)
on them. When the editor exits,
.I ipso
-prompts the user to confirm copying modifed or newly created files back to
+prompts the user to confirm copying modified or newly created files back to
.I secstore.
If no
.I file
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
.I ipso
invokes
.IR sam (1)
-as the editor insted of
+as the editor instead of
.BR acme ;
the
.B -a
--- a/sys/man/1/spred
+++ b/sys/man/1/spred
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
Each open sprite file has an associated palette file.
.PP
A left click on a color in a palette window selects that color.
-Colors in different palettes can be selected indepedently.
+Colors in different palettes can be selected independently.
A left click on a pixel in a sprite window sets that pixel to the selected color.
.PP
A right click brings up the global menu to create windows etc.
--- a/sys/man/1/ssh
+++ b/sys/man/1/ssh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.TH SSH 1
.SH NAME
-ssh - secure shell remote login client
+ssh \- secure shell remote login client
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ssh
[
--- a/sys/man/1/syscall
+++ b/sys/man/1/syscall
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
.I entry
with the given arguments.
The return value is printed.
-If an error occured, the error string is also printed.
+If an error occurred, the error string is also printed.
.PP
For convenience,
.IR write (2)
--- a/sys/man/1/vt
+++ b/sys/man/1/vt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.I cmd
(or the
.IR rc (1)
-shell when omited)
+shell when omitted)
running within an emulation of a DEC VT-100 terminal.
.SS Options
.TF m