Bug#306705: Many 'man xbmbrowser' typos: "Alturnatively", "nessary", "normall", "poping", "stripple", "usally", "usfull", etc.
Package: xbmbrowser
Version: 5.1-8.2
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Found some typos in '/usr/share/man/man1/xbmbrowser.1x.gz', see attached '.diff'.
Hope this helps...
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Versions of packages xbmbrowser depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-21 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System Session Management
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxaw7 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Athena widget set library
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxpm4 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X pixmap library
ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
-- no debconf information
--- - 2005-04-28 01:28:21.914644000 -0400
+++ /tmp/xbmbrowser1x.gz.14412 2005-04-28 01:28:21.908540409 -0400
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
Clicking with the first (left\-most) mouse button on a directory file symbol.
.IP \(bu
Or even through one of the user configurable popup menu actions (See below).
-This is usfull to define a specific directory that you wish to change to
+This is useful to define a specific directory that you wish to change to
regularly.
.RE
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
.B xbmbrowser
will also display small symbols for all the other files and directories
present in the displayed directory. These symbols can be turned of if
-desired either through command line options, resources, or interactivly
+desired either through command line options, resources, or interactively
within the program.
You can perform a many different operations on bitmap (or pixmap) file
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@
.ne 2
.TP
\fB\-stipple\fP
-This other option is just the oppisite of the \fB\-solid\fP option above.
+This other option is just the opposite of the \fB\-solid\fP option above.
Display a stipple (checker board grey pattern) as the background and display
the icon images in boxed (un-shaped) windows. This option is the original
-default of \fBxbmbrowser\fP. It also produces a better display on monocrome
-displays and as such is automatically selected as the defult for such displays.
+default of \fBxbmbrowser\fP. It also produces a better display on monochrome
+displays and as such is automatically selected as the default for such displays.
You can override this automatic setting with the X resource below.
Resource: \fBXbmBrowser\.solid_bgnd:\fP \fIFalse\fP
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
.TP
\fB\-(no)xpmbad\fP
Display (or not) any pixmaps which failed to load properly. This Pixmaps
-usally couldn't be displayed as they were unable to allocate enough colors
+usually couldn't be displayed as they were unable to allocate enough colors
on the current display. To display these, try quiting some other
applications, removing any root background image you may have on your
display, or even delete or move other pixmaps in the current directory
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
Display (or not) the other files found in the current directory. As part
of the attempt to load these files as icons for display, \fBxbmbrowser\fP
has determined weather or not these files are either binary, plain text,
-or some other special file type. It will use an appropiate file symbol to
+or some other special file type. It will use an appropriate file symbol to
show the user its findings. \fINOTE:\fP Picture Image formats such as gif
and jpeg will appear as binary files.
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
.SH OTHER X RESOURCES
Other than those associated with command line others the following
-resources are also available and usful in your .Xdefults or other
+resources are also available and usful in your .Xdefaults or other
resource control files.
.RS
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
window or as a boxed symbol. Note that by default this is initially set
equal to the value of the \fBXbmBrowser\.solid_bgnd:\fP (see \fB\-solid\fP
commandline option above) unless overridden by your own resource setting
-(IE: True on color displays False on monocrome).
+(IE: True on color displays False on monochrome).
.ne 2
.TP
@@ -229,16 +229,16 @@
.ne 2
.TP
\fBXbmBrowser\.stipple_background:\fP \fIpale green\fP
-This is a very light color to use with the foreground color (usally black)
-when creating the background stipple pattern. This color is usally
-not used as the stipple pattern is normall used on monocrome display only.
+This is a very light color to use with the foreground color (usually black)
+when creating the background stipple pattern. This color is usually
+not used as the stipple pattern is normal used on monochrome display only.
-ASIDE: The forground color of the stipple pattern currently is set to
+ASIDE: The foreground color of the stipple pattern currently is set to
whatever the border color of the iconbox widget is set to. If you don't
want it to be black you can change it with the resource
\fBXbmBrowser\*iconbox\.borderColor\fP.
In a future release you may be able to set this color and maybe the
-stripple pattern used, just like the other resources above.
+stipple pattern used, just like the other resources above.
.RE
@@ -248,9 +248,9 @@
solid background color, thus removing the square boxes around these
items. This is more like a typical WWW client display.
-Unfortunately if you do this, you will loose the visual information on the
-true bitmap sizes being used. You can temporarally regain this information
-however by switching to stripple (non-solid_background) mode which turns
+Unfortunately if you do this, you will lose the visual information on the
+true bitmap sizes being used. You can temporarily regain this information
+however by switching to stipple (non-solid_background) mode which turns
off shaped windows.
.RS
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
\fBXbmBrowser*IconLabel\.labelTop:\fP \fITrue\fP
This resource will cause xbmbrowser to place any and all Labels above the
images displayed instead of below as is normal. This is not strictly a
-xbmbrowser resource but one for the unusal Widget it uses to handle the
+xbmbrowser resource but one for the unusual Widget it uses to handle the
display of the Bitmaps and Pixmaps.
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
This version of \fBxbmbrowser\fP has a user definable menu of commands
that can be executed for displayed bitmaps pixmaps and other files. There
-is a default library configuration file, usally located in
+is a default library configuration file, usually located in
"\fI/usr/lib/X11/xbmbrowser/xbmbrowser.menu\fP" (check with your system
programmers) or you can have your own config file called
"\fI\.xbmbrowserrc\fP" in your home directory. I suggest that you copy the
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
The menu which pops up when the "Main Menu" button when pressed. Generally
this is used a menu of directories the user likes to visit. Warning no
file is selected by the user when using this menu so some substitutions
-may be empty strings. (See Substitions below)
+may be empty strings. (See Substitutions below)
Note: this menu must be defined. If it isn't a warning message is printed
and a default menu containing only a QUIT button is created.
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@
defined. (See function `selected()' below)
\fINOTE\fP: If button 1 (leftmost or select mouse button) is pressed
-on a directory symbol, the browser will automaticaly decend into that
-directory, instead of poping up the global menu.
+on a directory symbol, the browser will automatically descend into that
+directory, instead of popping up the global menu.
.TP
"\fIbitmap\fP"
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
.TP
exec("rm '%f'") rescan()
Insert a item into the current menu which will execute the sequence
-builtin functions (see below). As it is posible for a very long
+builtin functions (see below). As it is possible for a very long
sequences to be required for some menu items, the menu lines can be
continued onto the next line by `backslashing' (\e) the return character
at the end of the line.
@@ -375,14 +375,14 @@
\fBrescan\fP()
Do a fast rescan of the current directory. Note that X pixmaps which
failed to load will NOT be loaded by this command, to avoid slowing the
-\fBrescan\fP() in a directory of unloadable X pixmaps. This occurance
+\fBrescan\fP() in a directory of unloadable X pixmaps. This occurrence
is actually common on a directory of pixmaps which do not follow a
standard color table.
.IP
To attempt to load these Pixmaps use either a full \fBscan\fP(), touch the
failed pixmap when more colors are available, or convert that pixmap to a
-common color table. Alturnatively, display the pixmap in a secondary
-image viewer (converting it if nessary).
+common color table. Alternatively, display the pixmap in a secondary
+image viewer (converting it if necessary).
.TP
\fBchdir\fP("\fIdir\fP")
Change directory to the given directory. If the directory change succeeds
@@ -391,18 +391,18 @@
.TP
\fBexec\fP("\fIcommand\fP")
Execute the given bourne shell \fIcommand\fP. Any output by the command
-executed will be to the standard output (or error) of xbmbrowser, usally
+executed will be to the standard output (or error) of xbmbrowser, usually
the users terminal.
.TP
\fBconfirm\fP("\fIprompt\fP")
Ask the user to confirm action before continuing the next function.
-If the user presses ``cancal'' the current function sequence will be
+If the user presses ``cancel'' the current function sequence will be
aborted.
.TP
\fBinput\fP("\fIprompt\fP","\fIinitial\fP")
Ask the user for some input, giving the user the "\fIinitial\fP"
string to start with. The result entered by the user will be returned
-in the substitution marco \fB%i\fP (see below). The ``cancal'' button
+in the substitution marco \fB%i\fP (see below). The ``cancel'' button
will abort the current function sequence.
.TP
\fBselected\fP()
@@ -414,14 +414,14 @@
.RE
.ne 5
-The following are substition macros can be used within function
+The following are substitution macros can be used within function
arguments :-
.RS
.TP
.B %d
The current directory of the browser.
-Note that a the directory seperator '/' have been pre-added to this
-substition macro.
+Note that the directory separator '/' has been pre-added to this
+substitution macro.
.TP
.B %f
The filename of the icon (or file) selected by the user.
@@ -437,8 +437,8 @@
.TP
.B %h
The Users Home directory (do NOT use ~ in an argument for this).
-Note that a the directory seperator '/' have been pre-added to this
-substition macro.
+Note that the directory separator '/' has been pre-added to this
+substitution macro.
.TP
.B %D
The Initial Startup Directory. This is either the directory
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
.RE
NOTE: The full path of a selected file is %d%f. Also %b%s exactly the same
-as the %f substition.
+as the %f substitution.
WARNING: the substitution macros %f, %b and %s will be an empty string if
the users pointer was not over a display icon or file symbol. See the
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@
The coordinator is \fBAnthony Thyssen\fP, and the last release is
downloadable from \fIftp://ftp.cit.gu.edu.au/pub/AIcons/\fP or
-directly accessable (between releases) via the World Wide Web on
+directly accessible (between releases) via the World Wide Web on
\fIhttp://www\.cit\.gu\.edu\.au/~anthony/icons\fP.
Also in this library (under support) is a collection of scripts
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