[patch] Spelling fixes

Julien ÉLIE julien at trigofacile.com
Mon Apr 23 19:07:53 UTC 2018


Hi Christoph,

> I'm not really convinced about changing "allows to" into "allows one
> to", same for "permits".
I'm not also convinced by the need to change for instance "The new -c flag
permits to send" by "The new -c flag permits one to send".


--- a/doc/man/clientlib.3
+++ b/doc/man/clientlib.3
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ clientlib \- NNTP clientlib part of InterNetNews library
 
 .B "int"
 .B "handle_server_response(response, host)"
-.B "    int	reponse;"
+.B "    int	response;"
 .B "    char	*host;"


I would suggest:
=> handle_server_response(int response, char *host)



Thanks for your message.
I've noted the following changes to do.  I'll soon commit them.

--- a/control/pgpverify.in
-#    accomodate the new build process of INN 2.5.
+#    accommodate the new build process of INN 2.5.
-#    the script, to accomodate the build process of INN.
+#    the script, to accommodate the build process of INN.


--- a/doc/pod/checklist.pod
-accomodated.  If you want to throw away large articles, do it explicitly
+accommodated.  If you want to throw away large articles, do it explicitly


--- a/doc/pod/inndf.pod
-space rather than grow to accomodate more records.  Currently, this flag
+space rather than grow to accommodate more records.  Currently, this flag


--- a/lib/inndcomm.c
-    /* Adjust the socket buffer size to accomodate large responses.  Ignore
+    /* Adjust the socket buffer size to accommodate large responses.  Ignore


--- a/doc/man/history.5
-recieved at 26 Aug 1999 08:06:54 GMT, could have a
+received at 26 Aug 1999 08:06:54 GMT, could have a


--- a/doc/pod/readers.conf.pod 
-Alternatively, a res block can be used instead of a res: paramater.
+Alternatively, a res block can be used instead of a res: parameter.


--- a/doc/pod/uwildmat.pod
-characters, and has noticable functionality changes.  Any bugs present in
+characters, and has noticeable functionality changes.  Any bugs present in


--- a/frontends/inews.c
-        die("emtpy control message");
+        die("empty control message");


--- a/innfeed/connection.c
-        /* Now handle possible remaining partial reponse and set up for
+        /* Now handle possible remaining partial response and set up for
- * This is called when the timeout for the reponse from the remote
+ * This is called when the timeout for the response from the remote
- * process the "send article to be transfered" reponse to the IHAVE.
+ * process the "send article to be transfered" response to the IHAVE.
- * process the "not wanted" reponse to the IHAVE.
+ * process the "not wanted" response to the IHAVE.
-    warn ("%s:%d cxnsleep message-id missing in reponse code %d: %s",
+    warn ("%s:%d cxnsleep message-id missing in response code %d: %s",
-    warn ("%s:%d cxnsleep message-id invalid message-id in reponse code"
+    warn ("%s:%d cxnsleep message-id invalid message-id in response code"
-     XXX - would be nice to have a timeout for reponses if we're sending a
+     XXX - would be nice to have a timeout for responses if we're sending a


--- a/innfeed/host.h
- * RESPTIMEOUT is the max amount of time we'll wait for any reponse
+ * RESPTIMEOUT is the max amount of time we'll wait for any response


--- a/innfeed/imap_connection.c
- * This is called when the timeout for the reponse from the remote
+ * This is called when the timeout for the response from the remote
- * This is called when the timeout for the reponse from the remote
+ * This is called when the timeout for the response from the remote


--- a/innfeed/misc.h
-/* parse a reponse line into it's code and body. *rest will end up pointing
+/* parse a response line into it's code and body. *rest will end up pointing


--- a/lib/dbz.c
-				   initalized in dbzinit */
+				   initialized in dbzinit */


--- a/storage/cnfs/cnfs.c
-                warn("CNFS: all cycbuff entries shoud be before metacycbuff"
+                warn("CNFS: all cycbuff entries should be before metacycbuff"


--- a/storage/tradindexed/tradindexed.c
-**  Set various options or query various paramaters for the overview method.
+**  Set various options or query various parameters for the overview method.


--- a/innd/innd.c
-        die("SERVER cant initalize storage manager: %s", SMerrorstr);
+        die("SERVER cant initialize storage manager: %s", SMerrorstr);


--- a/frontends/ovdb_server.c
-		/* shoudn't happen... */
+		/* shouldn't happen... */


--- a/expire/fastrm.c
-**  initalize various global variables, and then go into a loop calling
+**  initialize various global variables, and then go into a loop calling


--- a/doc/pod/libinnhist.pod
-specifed as <= 0 in which case that component shall be treated as
+specified as <= 0 in which case that component shall be treated as
-I<expired> may be specifed as <= 0 in which case that component shall
+I<expired> may be specified as <= 0 in which case that component shall
-hierachical storage management implementation).
+hierarchical storage management implementation).


--- a/doc/pod/control.ctl.pod
-to decode the sentence as CP1242 and reencode it as UTF-8.
+to decode the sentence as CP1242 and re-encode it as UTF-8.


--- a/doc/man/nntpget.1
+++ b/doc/man/nntpget.1
-succeedes, the file will be updated with a statistics line, modifying its
+succeeds, the file will be updated with a statistics line, modifying its


-- 
Julien ÉLIE

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  – Divodurum.
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