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authorAlan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>2022-01-09 12:55:24 -0800
committerAlan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>2022-01-09 12:55:24 -0800
commit9798a36bf96142deaf99f73ee0f48745a697121e (patch)
treec94537902fb018ac832f28ceda063204c1152c98
parentdcbbde24c64d97447692ff196333ef343de791bb (diff)
Fix spelling/wording issues
Found by using: codespell --builtin clear,rare,usage,informal,code,names Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>
-rw-r--r--README.md2
-rw-r--r--configure.ac2
-rw-r--r--specs/rstart.ms16
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 901b79f..faa4b23 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Xorg mailing list:
https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
-The master development code repository can be found at:
+The primary development code repository can be found at:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/rstart
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f4e4f3f..4135fc8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ AC_SUBST([rstartdir],[$libdir/X11/rstart])
# Define the root directory for config
AC_SUBST([configdir],[$sysconfdir/X11/rstart])
-# Obtain compiler options from depedencies
+# Obtain compiler options from dependencies
PKG_CHECK_MODULES(RSTART, xproto)
# Define a configure option for an alternate user path
diff --git a/specs/rstart.ms b/specs/rstart.ms
index e243fdc..c9c948a 100644
--- a/specs/rstart.ms
+++ b/specs/rstart.ms
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ The protocol itself:
The requesting system makes a remote execution request using rsh (or
other suitable protocol) to execute the program \*Qrstartd\*U. The host
-system responds with any amount of data (to accomodate systems that
+system responds with any amount of data (to accommodate systems that
want to natter before starting a program), and then sends a line
consisting of (exactly):
.nf
@@ -398,8 +398,8 @@ started in a system-specific initial location, presumably the user's
\*Qhome\*U.
Note: It is expected that this value would come from a source with
-a priori knowlege of the host - either the user or a \*Qrestart\*U request.
-It is not expected that an automated mechanism with no advance knowlege
+a priori knowledge of the host - either the user or a \*Qrestart\*U request.
+It is not expected that an automated mechanism with no advance knowledge
would be able to make use of this request.
.B MISC
@@ -413,15 +413,15 @@ specifies the naming authority, and is intended to prevent conflicts and
allow for intelligent conversion. The idea is that systems that
understand a given registry will map these straight into environment
variables. Systems that don't entirely understand a given registry or
-use a different but convertable mechanism can be picky and convert as
+use a different but convertible mechanism can be picky and convert as
needed. An appendix lists the names that all systems are strongly
encouraged to support.
Note: The names in the \*Qsuggested\*U appendix are expected to be supplied
-by requesters with no advance knowlege of the host, only the blind
+by requesters with no advance knowledge of the host, only the blind
assumption that the host will support those \*Qwell-known\*U names with
their \*Qwell-known\*U semantics. Other names may be used by requesters
-with advance knowlege of the host - restart requests, for example.
+with advance knowledge of the host - restart requests, for example.
Any number of
.B MISC
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ The
.B GENERIC
system is a hypothetical system that offers various services
that can be supported on different real systems; it provides a common
-interface for heterogenous systems.
+interface for heterogeneous systems.
.B GENERIC-CMD
.I "generic-command-name args ..."
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ de facto standard). Note that if there is no POSIX-standardized list
of locale names the host SHOULD translate from our list to the local
list. Note that this is based on the POSIX LANG environment variable,
but rumor says that POSIX does not specify a list of identifiers;
-since we want a standarized list we must specify a registry and must
+since we want a standardized list we must specify a registry and must
assume \*Qcontrol\*U of the name. If in the future POSIX specifies a
different list then during a transition period MISC X LANG and
MISC POSIX LANG would perform similar functions but using different