all: fix misspellings in docs and program comments

We might as well join the coreutils and util-linux
projects in correcting our own typos.

The following was left unchanged:
   top/top.c[1797]: thru -> "through"

references:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2012-04/msg00057.html
http://marc.info/?l=util-linux-ng&m=133518057419736&w=2

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
This commit is contained in:
Jim Warner 2012-04-23 11:50:49 -05:00 committed by Craig Small
parent 9af478c13d
commit 421b08a4df
9 changed files with 13 additions and 14 deletions

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@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ with others.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob_plain;f=Documentation/CodingStyle
In addtion to Linux coding style this project has few addtional
In addtion to Linux coding style this project has few additional
wishes to contributors.
* Many small patches are favoured over one big. Break down is done on

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@ -2024,7 +2024,7 @@ void init_output(void){
);
memset(outbuf, ' ', SPACE_AMOUNT);
if(SPACE_AMOUNT==page_size) mprotect(outbuf, page_size, PROT_READ);
mprotect(outbuf + page_size*outbuf_pages, page_size, PROT_NONE); // gaurd page
mprotect(outbuf + page_size*outbuf_pages, page_size, PROT_NONE); // guard page
saved_outbuf = outbuf + SPACE_AMOUNT;
// available space: page_size*outbuf_pages-SPACE_AMOUNT

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@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static const char *parse_sysv_option(void){
// "IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition", "ISO/IEC 9945:2003",
// or "Version 2 of the Single Unix Specification".
//
// It may be time to re-think the existance of this list.
// It may be time to re-think the existence of this list.
// In the meantime, please do not add to it. The list is
// intended to ONLY contain flags defined by the POSIX and UNIX
// standards published by The Open Group, IEEE, and ISO.

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@ -1310,11 +1310,11 @@ for additional information.
T}
maj_flt MAJFLT T{
The number of major page faults that have occured with this process.
The number of major page faults that have occurred with this process.
T}
min_flt MINFLT T{
The number of minor page faults that have occured with this process.
The number of minor page faults that have occurred with this process.
T}
ni NI T{

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@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ set test "free with zero repeat count"
spawn $free -c 0
expect_pass "$test" "\(lt-\)\?free: failed to parse count argument: '0': Numerical result out of range"
set test "free with postive repeat count"
set test "free with postive repeat count"
set test "free with positive repeat count"
spawn $free -c 2
expect_continue "$test" "^${free_header}"
expect_pass "$test" "${free_header}"

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@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ BENCHMARKS, Redux (for NLS) ==============================================
Each test was run outside of X-windows at a linux console
offering 48 rows and 170 columns. This was done to reduce
contention which sometimes made comparisions problematic.
contention which sometimes made comparisons problematic.
old-top = procps-3.2.8 (debian patched and memory leaking)
new-top = procps-ng-3.3.2 with NLS support

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@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static int No_ksyms = -1, // set to '0' if ksym avail, '1' otherwise
Width_mode = 0; // set w/ 'w' - potential output override
/* Unchangeable cap's stuff built just once (if at all) and
thus NOT saved in a WIN_t's RCW_t. To accomodate 'Batch'
thus NOT saved in a WIN_t's RCW_t. To accommodate 'Batch'
mode, they begin life as empty strings so the overlying
logic need not change ! */
static char Cap_clr_eol [CAPBUFSIZ] = "", // global and/or static vars
@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ static void build_headers (void) {
#ifdef EQUCOLHDRYES
// prepare to even out column header lengths...
if (hdrmax + w->hdrcaplen < (x = strlen(w->columnhdr))) hdrmax = x - w->hdrcaplen;
// must sacrifice last header positon to avoid task row abberations
// must sacrifice last header position to avoid task row abberations
w->eolcap = Caps_endline;
#else
if (Screen_cols > (int)strlen(w->columnhdr)) w->eolcap = Caps_endline;
@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ static void build_headers (void) {
/*
* This guy coordinates the activities surounding the maintainence
* This guy coordinates the activities surrounding the maintainence
* of each visible window's columns headers and the library flags
* required for the openproc interface. */
static void calibrate_fields (void) {
@ -3259,7 +3259,7 @@ static void keys_xtra (int ch) {
#else
OFFw(w, Show_FOREST);
#endif
/* these keys represent old-top compatability --
/* these keys represent old-top compatibility --
they're grouped here so that if users could ever be weaned,
we would just whack do_key's key_tab entry and this function... */
switch (ch) {

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@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
// comment additions.
//
// Also, by omitting the argument for the --add-comments
// XGETTEXT_OPTION in po/Makevars, *any* preceeding c style
// XGETTEXT_OPTION in po/Makevars, *any* preceding c style
// comment will be propagated to the .pot file, providing
// that the gettext macro isn't empty as discussed above.
// However, this is far too aggressive so we have chosen

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@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ between updates in seconds. If no
is specified, only one report is printed with the average values since boot.
.TP
.I count
Number of updates. In absense of
Number of updates. In absence of
.IR count ,
when
.I delay