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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2005-01-01 00:28:46 (GMT)
committerRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2005-01-01 00:28:46 (GMT)
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SF Patch #1093896: miscellaneous doc typos
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@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ text contributions are more than welcome as well.
For ``central processing unit.'' Many style guides say this
should be spelled out on the first use (and if you must use it,
do so!). For the Python documentation, this abbreviation should
- be avoided since there's no reasonable way to predict which occurance
+ be avoided since there's no reasonable way to predict which occurrence
will be the first seen by the reader. It is better to use the
word ``processor'' instead.
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ This \UNIX\ is also followed by a space.
\LaTeX{} provides a variety of environments even without the
additional markup provided by the Python-specific document classes
- introducted in the next section. The following environments are
+ introduced in the next section. The following environments are
provided as part of standard \LaTeX{} and are being used in the
standard Python documentation; descriptions will be added here as
time allows.
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ verbatim
\end{envdesc}
\begin{envdesc}{excclassdesc}{\p{name}\p{constructor parameters}}
- Descibe an exception defined by a class. \var{constructor
+ Describe an exception defined by a class. \var{constructor
parameters} should not include the \var{self} parameter or
the parentheses used in the call syntax. To describe an
exception class without describing the parameters to its
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ verbatim
with release \var{version}. The text given as \var{what to do}
should recommend something to use instead. It should be
complete sentences. The entire deprecation notice will be
- presented as a separate paragraph; it should either preceed or
+ presented as a separate paragraph; it should either precede or
succeed the description of the deprecated feature.
\end{macrodesc}
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ verbatim
\begin{envdesc}{notice}{\op{type}}
Label some paragraphs as being worthy of additional attention from
- the reader. What sort of attention is warrented can be indicated
+ the reader. What sort of attention is warranted can be indicated
by specifying the \var{type} of the notice. The only values
defined for \var{type} are \code{note} and \code{warning}; these
are equivalent in intent to the inline markup of the same name.
@@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@ verbatim
\begin{envdesc}{productionlist}{\op{language}}
This environment is used to enclose a group of productions. The
two macros are only defined within this environment. If a
- document descibes more than one language, the optional parameter
+ document describes more than one language, the optional parameter
\var{language} should be used to distinguish productions between
languages. The value of the parameter should be a short name
that can be used as part of a filename; colons or other
@@ -1731,7 +1731,7 @@ verbatim
a complete sequence of menu selections, including selecting
submenus and choosing a specific operation, or any subsequence of
such a sequence. The names of individual selections should be
- separated by occurances of \macro{sub}.
+ separated by occurrences of \macro{sub}.
For example, to mark the selection ``\menuselection{Start \sub
Programs}'', use this markup:
@@ -2080,7 +2080,7 @@ mydoc.ps: mydoc.tex mygraphic.eps
fairly rough.
The timeframe for the conversion is not clear since there doesn't
- seem to be much time available to work on this, but the appearant
+ seem to be much time available to work on this, but the apparent
benefits are growing more substantial at a moderately rapid pace.