man1: various spelling fixes

20 files changed, 27 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/sys/man/1/acmemail b/sys/man/1/acmemail
index be9d31240..d7764414a 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/acmemail
+++ b/sys/man/1/acmemail
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ When started, a mailbox, by default
 .IR /mail/fs/mbox ,
 is presented.
 In the message list, the tag bar commands typically affect
-the selected messsage.
+the selected message.
 In the message and composition views, they typically apply
 to the current message.
 
diff --git a/sys/man/1/atari b/sys/man/1/atari
index d47927953..ba7636815 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/atari
+++ b/sys/man/1/atari
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .I 2600
 is an emulator for the Atari 2600.
-It exectues the romfile given as an argument,
+It executes the romfile given as an argument,
 and controls as if using a regular 4-direction 1-button joystick,
 using \fBspace\fR button and directional keys.
 The \fBq\fR, \fBw\fR, \fBe\fR and \fBr\fR keys correspond respectively to the reset, select, player 1 difficulty and color mode switches.
diff --git a/sys/man/1/bar b/sys/man/1/bar
index 846f9c126..eca6a5a0c 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/bar
+++ b/sys/man/1/bar
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ section.
 By default,
 .I bar
 is placed at the bottom right corner of the screen.  This can be
-changed by speicifying option
+changed by specifying option
 .I -p
 with first letters of the required placement:
 .I l
diff --git a/sys/man/1/expect b/sys/man/1/expect
index 95ea52b30..f7d050c6e 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/expect
+++ b/sys/man/1/expect
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ to copy everything through.
 .PP
 .I Expect
 reads standard input looking for one of the strings given
-as arguments.  Reading the first string causes a successul exit
+as arguments.  Reading the first string causes a successful exit
 status.  Reading any of the others causes an exit status equal to
 the string.  The command also terminates on a timeout.  The options
 are:
diff --git a/sys/man/1/forp b/sys/man/1/forp
index 972d6a71e..511000eed 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/forp
+++ b/sys/man/1/forp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ The valid operators are listed below, in decreasing precedence. Note that logica
 .TP "\w'\fL<\fR, \fL<=\fR, \fL>\fR, \fL>=\fR  'u"
 \fL[]\fR
 Array indexing. The syntax is \fIvar\fL[\fIa\fL:\fIb\fR], with \fIa\fR denoting the MSB and \fIb\fR denoting the LSB.
-Omiting \fL:\fIb\fR addresses a single bit.
+Omitting \fL:\fIb\fR addresses a single bit.
 The result is always treated as unsigned.
 .TP
 \fL!\fR, \fL~\fR, \fL+\fR, \fL-\fR
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Addition, subtraction.
 Left shift, arithmetic right shift. Because of promotion, this is effectively a logical right shift on unsigned variables.
 .TP
 \fL<\fR, \fL<=\fR, \fL>\fR, \fL>=\fR
-Less than, less than or equal to, greater than, greather than or equal to.
+Less than, less than or equal to, greater than, greater than or equal to.
 .TP
 \fL==\fR, \fL!=\fR
 Equal to, not equal to.
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ to confirm this using
 	obviously c < a <=> c != a+b;
 .EE
 .PP
-Here the statement to be proved is "\fIc\fR is less than \fIa\fR if and only if \fIc\fR does not equal the mathematical sum \fIa\fR + \fIb\fR (i.e. overflow has occured)".
+Here the statement to be proved is "\fIc\fR is less than \fIa\fR if and only if \fIc\fR does not equal the mathematical sum \fIa\fR + \fIb\fR (i.e. overflow has occurred)".
 .SH SOURCE
 .B /sys/src/cmd/forp
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
diff --git a/sys/man/1/git b/sys/man/1/git
index db695ed9f..4ccbf8c72 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/git
+++ b/sys/man/1/git
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ flag opens an editor to finalize the commit message, regardless of
 whether or not it was specified explicitly or reused.
 To amend a commit message,
 .B -r
-can be used in conjuction with
+can be used in conjunction with
 .B -m
 or
 .BR -e .
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ When passed the
 option, the branch is deleted.
 .PP
 When switching branches, git/branch will refuse to clobber
-modificiations.
+modifications.
 Passing the
 .B -m
 option will cause git9 to attempt to merge the changes between
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ date information.
 .B Git/merge
 takes two branches and merges them filewise using
 .IR ape/diff3 .
-The next commit made will be a merge commmit.
+The next commit made will be a merge commit.
 
 .PP
 .B Git/rebase
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ and
 .IR hjgit:// .
 Both are the
 .I git://
-protocol, tunnelled over tls.
+protocol, tunneled over tls.
 .I Hjgit://
 authenticates with the server using Plan 9 authentication,
 using
diff --git a/sys/man/1/gzip b/sys/man/1/gzip
index 12288e8bb..43cfa9b5a 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/gzip
+++ b/sys/man/1/gzip
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ If the process fails, the faulty output files are removed.
 The options are:
 .TP 0.6i
 .B -a
-Automaticialy creates directories as needed, needed for zip files
+Automatically creates directories as needed, needed for zip files
 created by broken implementations which omit directories.
 .TP
 .B -c
diff --git a/sys/man/1/history b/sys/man/1/history
index 876a74aba..8e8ace836 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/history
+++ b/sys/man/1/history
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ option selects some other dump file system such as
 The
 .B -f
 option is accepted
-but ignored by compatibilty with other history implementations.
+but ignored by compatibility with other history implementations.
 .PP
 Finally, the
 .B -s
diff --git a/sys/man/1/ktrans b/sys/man/1/ktrans
index 65c7cfdf6..7733ac16c 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/ktrans
+++ b/sys/man/1/ktrans
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ as part of the lookup sequence itself. So to write
 .ft
 the user types "watashiNO[^\e]neko[^\e]". Note that in both cases
 we have successfully communicated to krans when to reset the explicit
-match buffer without needing to explicitily give a ctl-l character.
+match buffer without needing to explicitly give a ctl-l character.
 .SH CHINESE
 The Wubizixing input method is used. No implicit conversion is done,
 explicit conversion interprets Latin characters as their Wubi counterparts
diff --git a/sys/man/1/leak b/sys/man/1/leak
index 45d91a0a1..23fa2f842 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/leak
+++ b/sys/man/1/leak
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ If the
 .B -d
 option is given,
 .I leak 
-will print information as decribed above,
+will print information as described above,
 but for all free blocks,
 i.e. those freed,
 or those that are not yet
diff --git a/sys/man/1/marshal b/sys/man/1/marshal
index 755f0fac6..b25845593 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/marshal
+++ b/sys/man/1/marshal
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ for system aliases, see
 .PP
 .I Marshal
 uses the login name as the reply address.  This
-can be overriden using the environment variable
+can be overridden using the environment variable
 .BR upasname .
 Its value will become both the envelope
 and
diff --git a/sys/man/1/nedmail b/sys/man/1/nedmail
index 06f54987e..b252bacf9 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/nedmail
+++ b/sys/man/1/nedmail
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ If
 doesn't start with a `/', it is interpreted relative to the directory in which the mailbox resides.
 If
 .I mfile
-is a directory then the destination is a file in that directry.
+is a directory then the destination is a file in that directory.
 If the MIME header specifies a file name, that one is used.
 Otherwise, one is generated using
 .IR mktemp (2)
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ Exit, without changing the mailbox file.
 .B y
 Synchronize with the mail box.  Any deleted
 messages are purged and any new messages read.
-This is equivalent to quiting nedmail and restarting.
+This is equivalent to quitting nedmail and restarting.
 .TP
 .BI | command
 Run the
diff --git a/sys/man/1/paint b/sys/man/1/paint
index b3f1c5410..a6a264193 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/paint
+++ b/sys/man/1/paint
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Executes
 and writes the canvas to its standard input.
 .TP
 .BI | command
-Transforms the canvas by piping it thru
+Transforms the canvas by piping it through
 .I command.
 .TP
 .B q
diff --git a/sys/man/1/pc b/sys/man/1/pc
index e85e87370..efa4c451c 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/pc
+++ b/sys/man/1/pc
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ digits.
 .TP
 \fL<\fR \fIn\fR
 Set the default input base to \fIn\fR (default 10).
-The input base can always be overriden by the base prefixes defined above.
+The input base can always be overridden by the base prefixes defined above.
 .TP
 \fL>\fR \fIn\fR
 Set the output base to \fIn\fR.
diff --git a/sys/man/1/qr b/sys/man/1/qr
index 0cb0534d0..85c2333bf 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/qr
+++ b/sys/man/1/qr
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ is the highest level.
 The default is
 .BR -M .
 .PP
-The QR standard defines different sizes labelled version 1 to version 40.
+The QR standard defines different sizes labeled version 1 to version 40.
 By default the smallest possible is chosen automatically.
 The
 .B -v
diff --git a/sys/man/1/secstore b/sys/man/1/secstore
index e8f7bfdab..58385a4cf 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/secstore
+++ b/sys/man/1/secstore
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ and invokes
 .IR acme (1)
 on them.  When the editor exits,
 .I ipso
-prompts the user to confirm copying modifed or newly created files back to
+prompts the user to confirm copying modified or newly created files back to
 .I secstore.
 If no
 .I file
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ option of
 .I ipso
 invokes
 .IR sam (1)
-as the editor insted of
+as the editor instead of
 .BR acme ;
 the
 .B -a
diff --git a/sys/man/1/spred b/sys/man/1/spred
index cfdfc6534..a3df486f6 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/spred
+++ b/sys/man/1/spred
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ There is also an arbitrary number of palette and sprite windows.
 Each open sprite file has an associated palette file.
 .PP
 A left click on a color in a palette window selects that color.
-Colors in different palettes can be selected indepedently.
+Colors in different palettes can be selected independently.
 A left click on a pixel in a sprite window sets that pixel to the selected color.
 .PP
 A right click brings up the global menu to create windows etc.
diff --git a/sys/man/1/ssh b/sys/man/1/ssh
index a7e0222c0..1804ac1a5 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/ssh
+++ b/sys/man/1/ssh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .TH SSH 1
 .SH NAME
-ssh - secure shell remote login client
+ssh \- secure shell remote login client
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B ssh 
 [
diff --git a/sys/man/1/syscall b/sys/man/1/syscall
index 8f6d3051a..ff4bf2635 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/syscall
+++ b/sys/man/1/syscall
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ invokes the system call
 .I entry
 with the given arguments.
 The return value is printed.
-If an error occured, the error string is also printed.
+If an error occurred, the error string is also printed.
 .PP
 For convenience,
 .IR write (2)
diff --git a/sys/man/1/vt b/sys/man/1/vt
index 8d7f2bb5a..c884db39b 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/vt
+++ b/sys/man/1/vt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ window with a fresh instance of the program
 .I cmd
 (or the
 .IR rc (1)
-shell when omited)
+shell when omitted)
 running within an emulation of a DEC VT-100 terminal.
 .SS Options
 .TF m