From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 03:45:39 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: fix a bunch of spelling errors
X-Git-Tag: v2.3.5c1~24
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3fccd9512b8a0c143babbc48da8245d69379a549;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

fix a bunch of spelling errors
(closes SF patch #1104868)
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libdatetime.tex b/Doc/lib/libdatetime.tex
index cdc8740fda32..66338e9cc013 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libdatetime.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libdatetime.tex
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ zone, daylight saving time, or other kind of algorithmic or political
 time adjustment.  Whether a naive \class{datetime} object represents
 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), local time, or time in some other
 timezone is purely up to the program, just like it's up to the program
-whether a particular number represents meters, miles, or mass.  Naive
+whether a particular number represents metres, miles, or mass.  Naive
 \class{datetime} objects are easy to understand and to work with, at
 the cost of ignoring some aspects of reality.
 
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmmap.tex b/Doc/lib/libmmap.tex
index 0334147575c5..d0fbf884b9a6 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libmmap.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libmmap.tex
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ mapping.  The initial memory values for all three access types are
 taken from the specified file.  Assignment to an
 \constant{ACCESS_READ} memory map raises a \exception{TypeError}
 exception.  Assignment to an \constant{ACCESS_WRITE} memory map
-affects both memory and the underlying file.  Assigment to an
+affects both memory and the underlying file.  Assignment to an
 \constant{ACCESS_COPY} memory map affects memory but does not update
 the underlying file.
 
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdwin.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdwin.tex
index 5170222fdc17..84aad2f48e1f 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libstdwin.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstdwin.tex
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Return the screen size in pixels.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{getscrmm}{}
-Return the screen size in millimeters.
+Return the screen size in millimetres.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{fetchcolor}{colorname}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libxmlrpclib.tex b/Doc/lib/libxmlrpclib.tex
index 4716e178a41f..f056e014b765 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libxmlrpclib.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libxmlrpclib.tex
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 \moduleauthor{Fredrik Lundh}{fredrik@pythonware.com}
 \sectionauthor{Eric S. Raymond}{esr@snark.thyrsus.com}
 
-% Not everyting is documented yet.  It might be good to describe 
+% Not everything is documented yet.  It might be good to describe 
 % Marshaller, Unmarshaller, getparser, dumps, loads, and Transport.
 
 \versionadded{2.2}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/tkinter.tex b/Doc/lib/tkinter.tex
index 4e7a42f5838d..4be2e665ceef 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/tkinter.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/tkinter.tex
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ Ousterhout's book.
 Screen distances can be specified in either pixels or absolute
 distances.  Pixels are given as numbers and absolute distances as
 strings, with the trailing character denoting units: \code{c}
-for centimeters, \code{i} for inches, \code{m} for millimeters,
+for centimetres, \code{i} for inches, \code{m} for millimetres,
 \code{p} for printer's points.  For example, 3.5 inches is expressed
 as \code{"3.5i"}.
 
diff --git a/Doc/mac/scripting.tex b/Doc/mac/scripting.tex
index f0fb092ef603..5ef7612f77e0 100644
--- a/Doc/mac/scripting.tex
+++ b/Doc/mac/scripting.tex
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 \chapter{MacPython OSA Modules \label{scripting}}
 
 Python has a fairly complete implementation of the Open Scripting
-Architecure (OSA, also commonly referred to as AppleScript), allowing
+Architecture (OSA, also commonly referred to as AppleScript), allowing
 you to control scriptable applications from your Python program,
 and with a fairly pythonic interface. 
 
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
index f4ef3fe04fdc..ff12cef98b5d 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ The set membership test has traditionally been bound to sequences; an
 object is a member of a set if the set is a sequence and contains an
 element equal to that object.  However, it is possible for an object
 to support membership tests without being a sequence.  In particular,
-dictionaries support memership testing as a nicer way of spelling
+dictionaries support membership testing as a nicer way of spelling
 \code{\var{key} in \var{dict}}; other mapping types may follow suit.
 
 For the list and tuple types, \code{\var{x} in \var{y}} is true if and