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authorWojciech Polak <polak@gnu.org>2008-11-09 17:48:40 +0000
committerWojciech Polak <polak@gnu.org>2008-11-09 17:48:40 +0000
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Fix typos.
* doc/texinfo/mailcap.texi, doc/texinfo/mailutils.texi doc/texinfo/mom.texi, doc/texinfo/mu-mh.texi, doc/texinfo/mu_message.texi, doc/texinfo/programs.texi, doc/texinfo/sieve.texi: Fix typos.
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog9
-rw-r--r--doc/texinfo/mailcap.texi8
-rw-r--r--doc/texinfo/mailutils.texi2
-rw-r--r--doc/texinfo/mom.texi8
-rw-r--r--doc/texinfo/mu-mh.texi4
-rw-r--r--doc/texinfo/mu_message.texi6
-rw-r--r--doc/texinfo/programs.texi46
-rw-r--r--doc/texinfo/sieve.texi6
8 files changed, 49 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 832650a91..f5814087c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2008-11-09 Wojciech Polak <polak@gnu.org>
+
+ Fix typos.
+
+ * doc/texinfo/mailcap.texi, doc/texinfo/mailutils.texi
+ doc/texinfo/mom.texi, doc/texinfo/mu-mh.texi,
+ doc/texinfo/mu_message.texi, doc/texinfo/programs.texi,
+ doc/texinfo/sieve.texi: Fix typos.
+
2008-11-09 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
Rewrite default mailbox format support to make sure it does not
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/mailcap.texi b/doc/texinfo/mailcap.texi
index 0a176a4a5..d77a82064 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/mailcap.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/mailcap.texi
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
@c This is part of the GNU Mailutils manual.
@c Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2006,
-@c 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c 2007,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See file mailutils.texi for copying conditions.
@comment *******************************************************************
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ application/pgp; gpg < %s | metamail; needsterminal; \
@end group
@end smallexample
-A mailcap file consits of a set of mailcap entries per line, lines
+A mailcap file consists of a set of mailcap entries per line, lines
beginning with @samp{#} are considered comments and ignored. Long
mailcap entry may be continued on multiple lines if each line ends
with a backslash character @samp{\}, the multiline will be considered
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ Newline = <newline as defined by OS convention>
@end smallexample
Each mailcap entry consists of a number of fields, separated
-by semi-colons. The first two filds are required and must occur
-in the secified order, the remaining fields are optional.
+by semi-colons. The first two fields are required and must occur
+in the specified order, the remaining fields are optional.
@smallexample
Mailcap-Entry = @var{typefield} ";" @var{view-command} ";" *[ ";" @var{field} ]
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/mailutils.texi b/doc/texinfo/mailutils.texi
index 390105d8b..e09292aba 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/mailutils.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/mailutils.texi
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.''
@titlepage
@title GNU Mailutils
@subtitle version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}
-@author Alain Magloire, Sergey Pozbyakoff et al.
+@author Alain Magloire, Sergey Poznyakoff et al.
@page
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
@insertcopying
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/mom.texi b/doc/texinfo/mom.texi
index 995092853..c6cf0dd36 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/mom.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/mom.texi
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
@c This is part of the GNU Mailutils manual.
@c Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,
-@c 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c 2007,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See file mailutils.texi for copying conditions.
@comment *******************************************************************
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ extends it:
struct _mu_object;
typedef struct _mu_object* mu_object_t;
-/* Defintion of the interface for mu_object */
+/* Definition of the interface for mu_object */
struct _mu_object_vtable
@{
int (*create) (mu_object_t *object);
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ Instead of using macros or the vtable directly.
@section Implementing an Interface
@comment ***********************************************************
-@comment This is not a very good/usefull example, we should do one using
-@comment header or message, something usefull that would clarify the concepts
+@comment This is not a very good/useful example, we should do one using
+@comment header or message, something usefully that would clarify the concepts
@comment better and at the same could be reuse in code by clients.
@comment
@comment For example mime_t "extends" message_t, this is a good example
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/mu-mh.texi b/doc/texinfo/mu-mh.texi
index 1e9fdfd49..da6b0d906 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/mu-mh.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/mu-mh.texi
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
@c This is part of the GNU Mailutils manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See file mailutils.texi for copying conditions.
@comment *******************************************************************
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ it must be enclosed in double-quotes. Dangling equal sign is an error,
to set a string variable to the empty value assign it an empty string, e.g.:
@code{overflowtext=""} (see the supplied @file{mhl.format} file).
-Ineractive prompting is not yet implemented.
+Interactive prompting is not yet implemented.
@item mhn
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/mu_message.texi b/doc/texinfo/mu_message.texi
index dfd4b44ed..ce71997f7 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/mu_message.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/mu_message.texi
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Destroys the message @var{mesg}.
@deffn {Scheme procedure} mu-message-set-header mesg header value replace
Sets new @var{value} to the header @var{header} of the message @var{mesg}.
If @var{header} is already present in the message its value
-is replaced with the suplied one iff the optional @var{replace} is
+is replaced with the supplied one if the optional @var{replace} is
#t. Otherwise, a new header is created and appended.
@end deffn
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Return the value of the user attribute @var{flag} from the message @var{mesg}.
@c snarfed from "mu_message.c":783
@deffn {Scheme procedure} mu-message-set-user-flag mesg flag value
-Set the given user attribute @var{flag} in the message @var{mesg}. If optional argumen
+Set the given user attribute @var{flag} in the message @var{mesg}. If optional argument
@var{value} is @samp{#f}, the attribute is unset.
@end deffn
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Returns part #@var{part} from a multipart @acronym{MIME} message @var{mesg}.
@c snarfed from "mu_message.c":957
@deffn {Scheme procedure} mu-message-send mesg mailer from to
Sends the message @var{mesg}. Optional @var{mailer} overrides default mailer settings
-in mu-mailer. Optional @var{from} and @var{to} give sender and recever addresses.
+in mu-mailer. Optional @var{from} and @var{to} give sender and receiver addresses.
@end deffn
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/programs.texi b/doc/texinfo/programs.texi
index 2c4ec0cdf..c42b5a5a1 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/programs.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/programs.texi
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
GNU Mailutils provides a broad set of utilities for handling
electronic mail. These utilities address the needs of both system
-adminsitrators and users.
+administrators and users.
-All utilities are built around a single core subsistem and share many
+All utilities are built around a single core subsystem and share many
common aspects. All of them are able to work with almost any existing
mailbox formats. They use a common configuration file syntax, and
their configuration files are located in a single subdirectory.
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ Do not load user configuration file.
@UNREVISED
Configuration files are the principal means of configuring any GNU
-Mailutil component. When started, each utility tries to load its
+Mailutils component. When started, each utility tries to load its
configuration from the following locations, in that order:
@enumerate 1
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ The most important debugging modules are:
Debug access control lists. @FIXME-xref{Debugging ACLs}.
@item config
-Debug configuration parser and/or lexical analizer. The following
+Debug configuration parser and/or lexical analyzer. The following
levels are supported:
@table @asis
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ indexed directory structure.
@cindex directory indexing
An @dfn{indexed directory structure} is a special way of storing
-mailboxes, which allowes for faster access in case of very large
+mailboxes, which allows for faster access in case of very large
number of users.
By default, all user mailboxes are stored in a single directory and
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ this case the file name of @samp{smith}'s mailbox is
The @dfn{reverse} indexed structure uses the same principles, but the
indexing letters are taken from the @emph{end} of the user name,
instead of from the beginning. For example, in the 2nd level reverse
-indexed structure, the @samp{smith}'s mailbix is located in
+indexed structure, the @samp{smith}'s mailbox is located in
@file{@var{path}/h/t/smith}.
@cindex hashed indexing
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ Finally, the @dfn{hashed} structure consists of 256 subdirectories
under @var{path}, named by 2-letter hex codes from @samp{00} to
@samp{FF}. Mailboxes are stored in these subdirectories. The name
of the subdirectory is computed by hashing first @var{level} letters
-of the user name. The hashing alorithm is:
+of the user name. The hashing algorithm is:
@enumerate 1
@item Take next letter from the user name
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ Store the PID of the locking process in a lock file.
@end deffn
@deffn {Configuration} retry-count @var{number}
-Number of locking attemtps. The @samp{P} flag must be set for this to
+Number of locking attempts. The @samp{P} flag must be set for this to
take effect.
@end deffn
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ can be regarded as a function that returns a tree-state value:
@samp{True}, @samp{False} and @samp{Don't know}. When a
remote party connects to the server, each of controls is tried in
turn. If a control returns @samp{False}, access is denied. If it
-retruns @samp{True}, access is allowed. If it returns @samp{Don't
+returns @samp{True}, access is allowed. If it returns @samp{Don't
know}, then the next control is tried. It is unclear whether to allow
access if the last control in list returned @samp{Don't know}. GNU
Mailutils @value{VERSION} issues a warning message and allows access.
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ families: @samp{AF_INET} and @samp{AF_UNIX}.
@item address
Remote IP address (for @samp{AF_INET}) or socket name (for
-@samp{AF_UNIX}). Notice that most Unices return empty string instead
+@samp{AF_UNIX}). Notice that most Unixes return empty string instead
of the @samp{AF_UNIX} socket name, so do not rely on it.
@item port
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ above in your configuration files.
@deffn {Configuration} exec [from] @var{cidr} @var{program}
If a connection from the @var{cidr} block is requested, execute
-the given @var{program}. Do not wait for it to teminate, and ignore
+the given @var{program}. Do not wait for it to terminate, and ignore
its exit code.
@end deffn
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ servers.
@deffn {Configuration} transcript @var{bool};
Enable transcript of the client-server interaction. This may generate
-exessive amounts of logging, which in turn may slow down the operation
+excessive amounts of logging, which in turn may slow down the operation
considerably.
Session transcripts are useful in fine-tuning your configurations and
@@ -1755,20 +1755,20 @@ $INCLUDE dict/mailutils.dict
Requests to use for authentication and authorization are
configured using three statements: @code{auth}, @code{getpwnam} and
@code{getpwuid}. Each statement takes a single argument: a string,
-containing a comma-separated list of assignements. An assignement
+containing a comma-separated list of assignments. An assignment
specifies a particular @dfn{attribute-value pair} (@pxref{Overview,
RADIUS Attributes,, radius, GNU Radius Reference Manual}) to send to
-the server. The left-hand side of the assignement is a symbolic attribute
+the server. The left-hand side of the assignment is a symbolic attribute
name, as defined in one of Radius dictionaries (@pxref{dictionary
file, Dictionary of Attributes,, radius, GNU Radius Reference
Manual}). The value is specified by the right-hand side of
-assignement. For example:
+assignment. For example:
@smallexample
"Service-Type = Authenticate-Only, NAS-Identifier = \"mail\""
@end smallexample
-An assignement may contain references to the following macro-variables
+An assignment may contain references to the following macro-variables
(@FIXME-pxref{macro-variables}):
@table @asis
@@ -2081,7 +2081,7 @@ Prints only a count of messages in the mailbox and exit.
@item -d
@itemx --debug
-Prints additional debugging outut.
+Prints additional debugging output.
@item -s @var{string}
@itemx --sender=@var{string}
@@ -3591,7 +3591,7 @@ set metamail="metamail -m mail -p"
@*Default: Empty
@vrindex mimenoask, mail variable
-By default @command{mail} asks for comnfirmation before running
+By default @command{mail} asks for confirmation before running
interpreter to view a part of the multi-part message. If this variable
is set, its value is treated as a comma-separated list of MIME types
for which no confirmation is needed. Elements of this list may include
@@ -4736,12 +4736,12 @@ Sometimes it is necessary to limit the maximum size of a user's
mailbox. Such maximum size is called @dfn{mailbox quota} for this
user.
-When delivering a message, @command{mail.local} first cheks if
+When delivering a message, @command{mail.local} first checks if
the mailbox quota is specified for the recipient. If so,
@command{mail.local} computes the difference between the quota
value and the actual size of the recipient's mailbox. This difference
represents the maximum size of the message the receipient's mailbox is
-able to accomodate. Let's call it @var{msize}. Depending on its value,
+able to accommodate. Let's call it @var{msize}. Depending on its value,
@command{mail.local} takes decision on whether to deliver the message.
There are three possible cases:
@@ -4788,7 +4788,7 @@ The quota database should have the following structure:
@table @asis
@item Key
Key represents the user name. Special key @samp{DEFAULT} means default
-quota value, i.e. the one to be used if the user is not explicitely
+quota value, i.e. the one to be used if the user is not explicitly
listed in the database.
@item Value
@@ -5035,8 +5035,8 @@ a @asis{tty} device.
@item -n
@itemx --dry-run
-Do not do anything, just print what whould be done. Implies
-@option{--debug=1}, unless the debugging level is set up explicitely.
+Do not do anything, just print what would be done. Implies
+@option{--debug=1}, unless the debugging level is set up explicitly.
@item -t @var{file}
@itemx --mimetypes @var{file}
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/sieve.texi b/doc/texinfo/sieve.texi
index 450d65dfb..3ebdb70c4 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/sieve.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/sieve.texi
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ markers are taken verbatim. For example:
@smallexample
text:
-** This is an authomatic response from my message **
-** filtering program. **
+** This is an automatic response from my message **
+** filtering program. **
I can not attend your message right now. However it
will be saved, and I will read it as soon as I am back.
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@ may disappear from the subsequent releases.
@item @code{fileinto} action
-The @code{fileinto} action allows to specify permissons on the mailbox,
+The @code{fileinto} action allows to specify permissions on the mailbox,
in case it is created (@pxref{fileinto}).
@item Match type optional argument.

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