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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2007-02-18 18:42:54 (GMT)
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Apply [Bug 1610310] to fix typos. Thanks to Larry Virden for spotting them.
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-rw-r--r--doc/chan.n6
-rw-r--r--doc/clock.n6
-rw-r--r--doc/eval.n4
-rw-r--r--doc/exit.n4
-rw-r--r--doc/expr.n4
-rw-r--r--doc/interp.n12
-rw-r--r--doc/open.n4
-rw-r--r--doc/platform_shell.n6
-rw-r--r--doc/pwd.n4
-rw-r--r--doc/refchan.n10
-rw-r--r--doc/regsub.n4
-rw-r--r--doc/scan.n12
-rw-r--r--doc/tclvars.n4
-rw-r--r--doc/tm.n4
-rw-r--r--doc/unload.n6
15 files changed, 45 insertions, 45 deletions
diff --git a/doc/chan.n b/doc/chan.n
index 517d7b6..0dabbd6 100644
--- a/doc/chan.n
+++ b/doc/chan.n
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: chan.n,v 1.8 2006/12/06 01:42:00 das Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: chan.n,v 1.9 2007/02/18 18:42:54 dkf Exp $
.so man.macros
.TH chan n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
.BS
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ interpreter, even if the channel was shared with and/or was moved into
a different interpreter. Each reflected channel also knows the thread
it was created in, and executes its handler command only in that
thread, even if the channel was moved into a different thread. To this
-end all invokations of the handler are forwarded to the original
+end all invocations of the handler are forwarded to the original
thread by posting special events to it. This means that the original
thread (i.e. the thread that executed the \fBchan create\fR command)
must have an active event loop, i.e. it must be able to process such
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ within the safe interpreter.
.
Test whether the last input operation on the channel called
\fIchannelId\fR failed because the end of the data stream was reached,
-returning 1 if end-fo-file was reached, and 0 otherwise.
+returning 1 if end-of-file was reached, and 0 otherwise.
.TP
\fBchan event \fIchannelId event\fR ?\fIscript\fR?
.
diff --git a/doc/clock.n b/doc/clock.n
index d4d09e8..0bcb665 100644
--- a/doc/clock.n
+++ b/doc/clock.n
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ have 59 or 61 seconds.
\fIunit\fR
One of the words, \fBseconds\fR, \fBminutes\fR, \fBhours\fR,
\fBdays\fR, \fBweeks\fR, \fBmonths\fR, or \fByears\fR, or
-any unique prefix of such a word. Used in conjuction with \fIcount\fR
+any unique prefix of such a word. Used in conjunction with \fIcount\fR
to identify an interval of time, for example, \fI3 seconds\fR or
\fI1 year\fR.
.SH "OPTIONS"
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ representation that \fBclock seconds\fR returns. There are three exceptions,
which are all intended for use where higher-resolution times are required.
\fBclock milliseconds\fR returns the count of milliseconds from the
epoch time, and \fBclock microseconds\fR returns the count of microseconds
-from the epoch time. In addition, there js a \fBclock clicks\fR command
+from the epoch time. In addition, there is a \fBclock clicks\fR command
that returns a platform-dependent high-resolution timer. Unlike
\fBclock seconds\fR and \fBclock milliseconds\fR, the value
of \fBclock clicks\fR is not guaranteed to be tied to any fixed
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ Brazilian Standard Time. It is recommended that date/time strings for
use by computers use numeric time zones instead.
.TP
\fB%%\fR
-On output, produces a literal '\fB%\fR' charater. On input, matches
+On output, produces a literal '\fB%\fR' character. On input, matches
a literal '\fB%\fR' character.
.TP
\fB%+\fR
diff --git a/doc/eval.n b/doc/eval.n
index 66e397e..139b65d 100644
--- a/doc/eval.n
+++ b/doc/eval.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: eval.n,v 1.7 2006/11/03 00:34:51 hobbs Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: eval.n,v 1.8 2007/02/18 18:42:54 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH eval n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ for {set i 0} {$i<10} {incr i} {
.VS 8.5
Note that in the most common case (where the script fragment is
actually just a list of words forming a command prefix), it is better
-to use \fB{*}$script\fR when doing this sort of invokation
+to use \fB{*}$script\fR when doing this sort of invocation
pattern. It is less general than the \fBeval\fR command, and hence
easier to make robust in practice.
.VE 8.5
diff --git a/doc/exit.n b/doc/exit.n
index 42dcb23..fa593b6 100644
--- a/doc/exit.n
+++ b/doc/exit.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: exit.n,v 1.6 2004/11/20 00:17:32 dgp Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: exit.n,v 1.7 2007/02/18 18:42:54 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH exit n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ to 0.
.SH EXAMPLE
Since non-zero exit codes are usually interpreted as error cases by
the calling process, the \fBexit\fR command is an important part of
-signalling that something fatal has gone wrong. This code fragment is
+signaling that something fatal has gone wrong. This code fragment is
useful in scripts to act as a general problem trap:
.CS
proc main {} {
diff --git a/doc/expr.n b/doc/expr.n
index d84f384..c206d74 100644
--- a/doc/expr.n
+++ b/doc/expr.n
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: expr.n,v 1.23 2006/08/09 10:06:28 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: expr.n,v 1.24 2007/02/18 18:42:54 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH expr n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ integer calculations are performed exactly. Note that in Tcl releases
prior to 8.5, integer calculations were performed with one of the C types
\fIlong int\fR or \fITcl_WideInt\fR, causing implicit range truncation
in those calculations where values overflowed the range of those types.
-Any code that relied on these implicit trunctions will need to explicitly
+Any code that relied on these implicit truncations will need to explicitly
add \fBint()\fR or \fBwide()\fR function calls to expressions at the points
where such truncation is required to take place.
.VE 8.5
diff --git a/doc/interp.n b/doc/interp.n
index 615fbbd..8b32ee0 100644
--- a/doc/interp.n
+++ b/doc/interp.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: interp.n,v 1.26 2007/02/18 01:06:14 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: interp.n,v 1.27 2007/02/18 18:42:54 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH interp n 7.6 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ reading and writing the option when the particular limit in the
limited interpreter is exceeded. The callback may modify the limit on
the interpreter if it wishes the limited interpreter to continue
executing. If the callback generates an error, it is reported through
-the background error mechansism (see \fBBACKGROUND ERROR HANDLING\fR).
+the background error mechanism (see \fBBACKGROUND ERROR HANDLING\fR).
Note that the
callbacks defined by one interpreter are completely isolated from the
callbacks defined by another, and that the order in which those
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ This option specifies the number of milliseconds after the moment
defined in the \fB\-seconds\fR option that the time limit will fire.
It should only ever be specified in conjunction with the
\fB\-seconds\fR option (whether it was set previously or is being set
-this invokation.)
+this invocation.)
.TP
\fB\-seconds\fR
This option specifies the number of seconds after the epoch (see
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ namespace to be called, but other error handlers may be installed and
process background errors in substantially different ways.
.PP
A background error handler consists of a non-empty list of words to
-which will, at invokation time, be appended two further words. The
+which will, at invocation time, be appended two further words. The
first word will be the error message string, and the second will a
dictionary of return options (this is also the sort of information
that can be obtained by trapping a normal error using \fBcatch\fR of
@@ -763,13 +763,13 @@ set idx [getIndex delta]
.CE
.PP
Executing an arbitrary command in a safe interpreter where every
-invokation of \fBlappend\fR is logged:
+invocation of \fBlappend\fR is logged:
.CS
set i [\fBinterp create\fR -safe]
\fBinterp hide\fR $i lappend
\fBinterp alias\fR $i lappend {} loggedLappend $i
proc loggedLappend {i args} {
- puts "logged invokation of lappend $args"
+ puts "logged invocation of lappend $args"
\fBinterp invokehidden\fR $i lappend {*}$args
}
\fBinterp eval\fR $i $someUntrustedScript
diff --git a/doc/open.n b/doc/open.n
index cc5bb35..7723942 100644
--- a/doc/open.n
+++ b/doc/open.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: open.n,v 1.27 2006/04/12 02:35:06 das Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: open.n,v 1.28 2007/02/18 18:42:55 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH open n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Set the file pointer to the end of the file prior to each write.
.VS 8.5
.TP 15
\fBBINARY\fR
-Configure the opened channed with the \fB-translation binary\fR option.
+Configure the opened channel with the \fB-translation binary\fR option.
.VE 8.5
.TP 15
\fBCREAT\fR
diff --git a/doc/platform_shell.n b/doc/platform_shell.n
index bbeba9f..f3ef6b9 100644
--- a/doc/platform_shell.n
+++ b/doc/platform_shell.n
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: platform_shell.n,v 1.2 2006/12/06 01:42:00 das Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: platform_shell.n,v 1.3 2007/02/18 18:42:55 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH "platform::shell" n 1.0.2 platform::shell "Tcl Bundled Packages"
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ only requirement is that the other shell (identified by its path), is
actually executable on the current machine.
.PP
While for most platform this means that the architecture of the
-interogated shell is identical to the architecture of the running
+interrogated shell is identical to the architecture of the running
shell this is not generally true. A counter example are all platforms
which have 32 and 64 bit variants and where a 64bit system is able to
-run 32bit code. For these running and interogated shell may have
+run 32bit code. For these running and interrogated shell may have
different 32/64 bit settings and thus different identifiers.
.PP
For applications like a code repository it is important to identify
diff --git a/doc/pwd.n b/doc/pwd.n
index d8b6a4e..aeb94c5 100644
--- a/doc/pwd.n
+++ b/doc/pwd.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: pwd.n,v 1.6 2004/10/27 14:24:37 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: pwd.n,v 1.7 2007/02/18 18:42:55 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH pwd n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Returns the absolute path name of the current working directory.
Sometimes it is useful to change to a known directory when running
some external command using \fBexec\fR, but it is important to keep
the application usually running in the directory that it was started
-in (unless the user specifies otherwise) since that minimises user
+in (unless the user specifies otherwise) since that minimizes user
confusion. The way to do this is to save the current directory while
the external command is being run:
.CS
diff --git a/doc/refchan.n b/doc/refchan.n
index 44d7742..04b0785 100644
--- a/doc/refchan.n
+++ b/doc/refchan.n
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: refchan.n,v 1.4 2006/07/28 10:38:00 das Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: refchan.n,v 1.5 2007/02/18 18:42:55 dkf Exp $
.so man.macros
.TH reflectedchan n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
.BS
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ other subcommands is optional.
.TP
\fIcmdPrefix \fBinitialize \fIchannelId mode\fR
.
-An invokation of this subcommand will be the first call the
+An invocation of this subcommand will be the first call the
\fIcmdPrefix\fR will receive for the specified new \fIchannelId\fR. It
is the responsibility of this subcommand to set up any internal data
structures required to keep track of the channel and its state.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ supported by the \fIcmdPrefix\fR.
.TP
\fIcmdPrefix \fBfinalize \fIchannelId\fR
.
-An invokation of this subcommand will be the last call the
+An invocation of this subcommand will be the last call the
\fIcmdPrefix\fR will receive for the specified \fIchannelId\fR. It will
be generated just before the destruction of the data structures of the
channel held by the Tcl core. The command handler \fImust not\fR
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ custom return codes.
.PP
This subcommand interacts with \fBchan postevent\fR. Trying to post an
event which was not listed in the last call to \fBwatch\fR will cause
-\fBchan postenvent\fR to throw an error.
+\fBchan postevent\fR to throw an error.
.RE
.SS "OPTIONAL SUBCOMMANDS"
.TP
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ from the channel handled by the command.
.PP
The return value of this subcommand is taken as the requested data
\fIbytes\fR. If the returned data contains more bytes than requested,
-an error will be signalled and later thrown by the command which
+an error will be signaled and later thrown by the command which
performed the read (usually \fBgets\fR or \fBread\fR). However,
returning fewer bytes than requested is acceptable.
.PP
diff --git a/doc/regsub.n b/doc/regsub.n
index 53b8dd4..333c776 100644
--- a/doc/regsub.n
+++ b/doc/regsub.n
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: regsub.n,v 1.15 2005/05/10 18:34:03 kennykb Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: regsub.n,v 1.16 2007/02/18 18:42:55 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH regsub n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Replace (in the string in variable \fIstring\fR) every instance of
.CE
.PP
Insert double-quotes around the first instance of the word
-\fBinteresting\fR, however it is capitalised.
+\fBinteresting\fR, however it is capitalized.
.CS
\fBregsub\fR -nocase {\e<interesting\e>} $string {"&"} string
.CE
diff --git a/doc/scan.n b/doc/scan.n
index 295bd38..144aa99 100644
--- a/doc/scan.n
+++ b/doc/scan.n
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: scan.n,v 1.18 2006/06/14 14:59:03 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: scan.n,v 1.19 2007/02/18 18:42:55 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH scan n 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ to the absence of a size modifier in the the conversion specifier.
Either one indicates the integer range to be stored is limited to
the same range produced by the \fBint()\fR function of the \fBexpr\fR
command. The \fBL\fR size modifier is equivalent to the \fBl\fR size
-modifer. Either one indicates the integer range to be stored is
+modifier. Either one indicates the integer range to be stored is
limited to the same range produced by the \fBwide()\fR function of
the \fBexpr\fR command. The \fBll\fR size modifier indicates that
-the integer range ro be stored is unlimited.
+the integer range to be stored is unlimited.
.VE 8.5
.PP
The following conversion characters are supported:
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ The input substring must be a decimal integer.
The integer value is truncated as required by the size modifier
value, and the corresponding unsigned value for that truncated
range is computed and stored in the variable as a decimal string.
-The conversion makes no sense without refernce to a truncation range,
-so the size modifer \fBll\fR is not permitted in combination
+The conversion makes no sense without reference to a truncation range,
+so the size modifier \fBll\fR is not permitted in combination
with conversion character \fBu\fR.
.TP 10
\fBi\fR
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ contains a sequence of the form \fIa\fB\-\fIb\fR then any
character between \fIa\fR and \fIb\fR (inclusive) will be excluded
from the set.
If the first or last character between the brackets is a \fB\-\fR, then
-it is treated as part of \fIchars\fR rather than indicating a ranvaluege.
+it is treated as part of \fIchars\fR rather than indicating a range value.
.TP 10
\fBn\fR
No input is consumed from the input string. Instead, the total number
diff --git a/doc/tclvars.n b/doc/tclvars.n
index b16ceb9..6b59a3a 100644
--- a/doc/tclvars.n
+++ b/doc/tclvars.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tclvars.n,v 1.26 2006/12/05 18:45:50 andreas_kupries Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tclvars.n,v 1.27 2007/02/18 18:42:55 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH tclvars n 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ Contains 1 if \fBtclsh\fR or \fBwish\fR is running interactively (no
script was specified and standard input is a terminal-like device), 0
otherwise.
.PP
-The \fBwish\fR executably additionally specifies the following global
+The \fBwish\fR executable additionally specifies the following global
variable:
.TP 6
\fBgeometry\fR
diff --git a/doc/tm.n b/doc/tm.n
index aa33fc4..96ec720 100644
--- a/doc/tm.n
+++ b/doc/tm.n
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tm.n,v 1.5 2004/11/12 09:01:25 das Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tm.n,v 1.6 2007/02/18 18:42:55 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH tm n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ to the list of paths to search.
This command is used internally by the system to set up the
system-specific default paths.
.PP
-The command has been exposed to allow a buildsystem to define
+The command has been exposed to allow a build system to define
additional root paths beyond those described by this document.
.RE
.SH "MODULE DEFINITION"
diff --git a/doc/unload.n b/doc/unload.n
index 8a2e51c..f9674c3 100644
--- a/doc/unload.n
+++ b/doc/unload.n
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: unload.n,v 1.8 2005/05/10 18:34:03 kennykb Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: unload.n,v 1.9 2007/02/18 18:42:55 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH unload n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ they are treated as switches. The following switches are
currently supported:
.TP
\fB\-nocomplain\fR
-Supresses all error messages. If this switch is given \fBunload\fR will
+Suppresses all error messages. If this switch is given, \fBunload\fR will
never report an error.
.TP
\fB\-keeplibrary\fR
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ loaded into normal (trusted) interpreters while the second describes how many
times the library has been loaded into safe interpreters. As a file containing
a shared library can be loaded only once by Tcl (with the first \fBload\fR
call on the file), these counters track how many interpreters use the library.
-Each subsequent call to \fBload\fR after the first, simply increaments the
+Each subsequent call to \fBload\fR after the first simply increments the
proper reference count.
.PP
\fBunload\fR works in the opposite direction. As a first step, \fBunload\fR