* doc/mc.1.in: Spellcheck.

* doc/mcedit.1.in: Likewise.
* doc/mcserv.8.in: Likewise.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2001-09-03  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
+	* doc/mc.1.in: Spellcheck.
+	* doc/mcedit.1.in: Likewise.
+	* doc/mcserv.8.in: Likewise.
+
 	* doc/mc.1.in (Learn Keys): Complete rewrite.
 
 2001-09-02  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>

doc/mc.1.in

@@ -96,10 +96,11 @@ selected panel; the second path name is the directory to be shown in
 the other panel.
 .PP
 .SH "Overview"
-The screen of the Midnight Commander is divided into four parts. Almost
-all of the screen space is taken up by two directory panels.  By default,
-the second bottommost line of the screen is the shell command line, and
-the bottom line shows the function key labels. The topmost line is the
+The screen of the Midnight Commander is divided into four parts.
+Almost all of the screen space is taken up by two directory panels.
+By default, the second line from the bottom of the screen is the
+shell command line, and the bottom line shows the function key labels.
+The topmost line is the
 .\"LINK2"
 menu bar line.
 .\"Menu Bar"
@@ -163,10 +164,10 @@ program is executed.
 Also, it is possible to execute the commands assigned to the function
 key labels by clicking on them.
 .PP
-If a mouse button is clicked on the top frame line of the directory
-panel, it is scrolled one pageful backward. Correspondingly, a click on
-the bottom frame line will cause a scroll of one pageful forward. This
-frame line method works also in the
+If a mouse button is clicked on the top frame line of the directory panel,
+it is scrolled one page up.  Likewise, a click on the bottom frame line
+will cause scrolling one page down.  This frame line method works also
+in the
 .\"LINK2"
 Help Viewer
 .\"Contents"
@@ -361,7 +362,7 @@ respectively.
 .PP
 .B C-s, M-s.
 Start a filename search in the directory listing. When the search is
-active the keypresses will be added to the search string instead of
+active, the user input will be added to the search string instead of
 the command line. If the
 .I "Show mini-status"
 option is enabled the search string is shown on the mini-status
@@ -494,10 +495,10 @@ Moves one line backward.
 Moves one line forward.
 .PP
 .B Prev Page, Page Up, M-v.
-Moves one pageful backward.
+Moves one page up.
 .PP
 .B Next Page, Page Down, C-v.
-Moves one pageful forward.
+Moves one page down.
 .PP
 .B Home, A1.
 Moves to the beginning.
@@ -509,13 +510,13 @@ The help viewer and the file viewer accept the following keys in
 addition the to ones mentioned above:
 .PP
 .B b, C-b, C-h, Backspace, Delete.
-Moves one pageful backward.
+Moves one page up.
 .PP
 .B Space bar.
-Moves one pageful forward.
+Moves one page down.
 .PP
 .B u, d.
-Moves one half of a page backward or forward.
+Moves one half of a page up or down.
 .PP
 .B g, G.
 Moves to the beginning or to the end.
@@ -665,12 +666,26 @@ format. It displays the size of the files and for directories it just
 shows SUB-DIR or UP--DIR.
 .PP
 .B type,
-displays a one character field type.  This character is a superset of what
-is displayed by ls with the -F flag.  An asterisk for executable
-files, a slash for directories, an at-sign for links, an equal sign
-for sockets, a hyphen for character devices, a plus sign for block devices,
-a pipe for fifos, a tilde for symbolic links to directories and an
-exclamation mark for stalled symlinks (links that point nowhere).
+displays a one character field type.  This character is similar to
+what is displayed by ls with the -F flag -
+.B *
+for executable files,
+.B /
+for directories,
+.B @
+for links,
+.B =
+for sockets,
+.B -
+for character devices,
+.B +
+for block devices,
+.B |
+for pipes,
+.B ~
+for symbolic links to directories and
+.B !
+for stalled symlinks (links that point nowhere).
 .PP
 .B mtime,
 file's last modification time.
@@ -797,9 +812,9 @@ for more information).
 .PP
 .SH "  File Menu"
 The Midnight Commander uses the F1 - F10 keys as keyboard shortcuts
-for commands appearing in the file menu. The escape sequences for the
-Fkeys are terminfo capabilities kf1 trough kf10.  On terminals without
-function key support, you can achieve the same functionality by
+for commands appearing in the file menu.  The escape sequences for the
+function keys are terminfo capabilities kf1 trough kf10.  On terminals
+without function key support, you can achieve the same functionality by
 pressing the ESC key and then a number in the range 1 through 9 and 0
 (corresponding to F1 to F9 and F10 respectively).
 .PP
@@ -961,7 +976,7 @@ with a '/'.
 .PP
 .B Unselect group (\\\\)
 .PP
-Used for unselecting a group of files. This is the opposite of the
+Used to unselect a group of files. This is the opposite of the
 .I "Select group"
 command.
 .PP
@@ -1216,13 +1231,13 @@ which you want the command to be saved. Next time, you just choose that
 command from the list and do not have to type it again.
 .PP
 .SH "    Hotlist"
-The Directory hotlist command shows the labels of the directories in the 
-directory hotlist. The Midnight Commander will change to the directory
-corresponding to the selected label. From the hotlist dialog, you can remove
-already created label/directory pairs and add new one. For adding you may
-want to use a standalone Add to hotlist command (C-x h), which adds the 
-current directory into the directory hotlist, as well. The user is prompted 
-for a label for the directory. 
+The Directory hotlist command shows the labels of the directories
+in the directory hotlist.  The Midnight Commander will change to the
+directory corresponding to the selected label.  From the hotlist dialog,
+you can remove already created label/directory pairs and add new ones.
+To add new directories quickly, you can use the Add to hotlist command
+(C-x h), which adds the current directory into the directory hotlist,
+asking just for the label for the directory.
 .PP
 This makes cd to often used directories faster. You may consider using the
 CDPATH variable as described in
@@ -1400,7 +1415,7 @@ Type is one or more of the following characters:
   l	link
   c	char special
   b	block special
-  f	fifo
+  f	fifo (pipe)
   s	socket
   x	executable
   t	tagged
@@ -1528,8 +1543,8 @@ letter and from there select your option in the menu.
 .PP
 .I Mix all files.
 When this option is enabled, all files and directories are shown mixed
-together. If the option is off, directories (and links to directories)
-are shown at the beginning of the listing, and other files afterwards.
+together.  If the option is off, directories (and links to directories)
+are shown at the beginning of the listing, and other files below.
 .PP
 .I Fast directory reload.
 This option is off by default. If you activate the fast reload, the
@@ -2129,8 +2144,8 @@ or the
 key.  To change the state of the check buttons or to select a button
 use
 .I Space.
-You can also use the hotkeys on the buttons to quickly activate that
-selection (they are the highlit letters on the buttons).  
+You can also use the hotkeys on the buttons to quickly activate them.
+Hotkeys are shown as highlighted letters on the buttons.
 .PP
 To set the attribute bits, use the Enter key.
 .PP
@@ -2435,9 +2450,8 @@ common full screen editors. It is invoked using
 provided
 the 
 .I use_internal_edit
-option is set in the initialization file. It has an
-extensible file size limit of sixteen megabytes and edits binary files
-flawlessly. 
+option is set in the initialization file. It has an extendable file size
+limit of sixteen megabytes and edits binary files flawlessly.
 .PP
 The features it presently supports are: Block
 copy, move, delete, cut, paste; 
@@ -2623,10 +2637,9 @@ element, then the Midnight Commander will try to logon on the remote
 machine as that user, otherwise it will use your login name.  The
 optional 
 .I pass
-element, if present is the password used for the connection.  This use
-is not recommended (nor keeping this in your hotlist, unless you set
-the appropriate permissions there, and then, it may not be entirely
-safe anyways).
+element, if present is the password used for the connection.  This is not
+recommended (nor keeping the password in your hotlist, unless you set the
+appropriate permissions there, and even then it may not be entirely safe).
 .PP
 Examples:
 .PP
@@ -2639,9 +2652,9 @@ Examples:
 .fi
 .PP
 To connect to sites behind a firewall, you will need to use the prefix
-ftp://! (ie, with a bang character after the double slash) to make the
-Midnight Commander use a proxy host for doing the ftp transfer.  You
-can define the proxy host in the
+ftp://! (i.e., with a bang character after the double slash) to make
+the Midnight Commander use a proxy host for doing the ftp transfer.
+You can define the proxy host in the
 .\"LINK2"
 Virtual File System
 .\"Virtual FS"
@@ -2791,7 +2804,7 @@ formed by the "/#undel" prefix and the file name where the actual
 file system resides.
 .PP
 For example, to recover deleted files on the second partition of the
-first scsi disk on Linux, you would use the following path name:
+first SCSI disk on Linux, you would use the following path name:
 .PP
 .nf
     /#undel:sda2
@@ -2913,8 +2926,7 @@ is used for stalled symbolic links;
 .I device
 - character and block devices; 
 .I special
-is used for special files, such as FIFOs and IPC
-sockets; 
+is used for special files, such as pipes and sockets; 
 .I core
 is for core files.
 .PP
@@ -2951,9 +2963,8 @@ changing the directory if you have files tagged.
 .I ftpfs_retry_seconds.
 .IP
 This value is the number of seconds the Midnight Commander will wait
-before attempting a reconnection to an ftp server that has denied the
-login.  If the value is zero, the the program will not retry the
-login.
+before attempting to reconnect to an ftp server that has denied the login.
+If the value is zero, the login will no be retried.
 .PP
 .I ftpfs_use_passive_connections.
 .IP
@@ -2964,12 +2975,12 @@ are not using an ftp proxy.
 .PP
 .I max_dirt_limit.
 .IP
-Specifies how many screen updates can be skipped at most in the
-internal file viewer.  Normally this value is not significant, because
-the code automatically adjusts the number of updates to skip according
-to the rate of incoming keypresses. However, on very slow machines or
-terminals with a fast keyboard auto repeat, a big value can make
-screen updates too jumpy.
+Specifies how many screen updates can be skipped at most in the internal
+file viewer.  Normally this value is not significant, because the code
+automatically adjusts the number of updates to skip according to the rate
+of incoming keystrokes.  However, on very slow machines or terminals
+with a fast keyboard auto repeat, a big value can make screen updates
+too jumpy.
 .IP
 It seems that setting max_dirt_limit to 10 causes the best behavior,
 and that is the default value.

doc/mcedit.1.in

@@ -65,11 +65,10 @@ Forces xterm mode.  Used when running on xterm-capable terminals (two
 screen modes, and able to send mouse escape sequences).
 .PP
 .SH Features
-The internal file editor provides most of the features of
-common full screen editors. It has an extensible file size
-limit of sixteen megabytes and edits binary files
-flawlessly. The features it presently supports are: Block
-copy, move, delete, cut, paste; 
+The internal file editor provides most of the features of common full
+screen editors.  It has an extendable file size limit of sixteen megabytes
+and edits binary files flawlessly.  The features it presently supports
+are: Block copy, move, delete, cut, paste;
 .I "key for key undo"; 
 pull-down
 menus; file insertion; macro definition; regular expression
@@ -164,15 +163,15 @@ Keys may be redefined from the Midnight Commander options
 menu.
 .PP
 .SH SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING
-As of version 3.6.0, \fBcooledit\fP has syntax highlighting. This means
-that keywords and contexts (like C comments, string constants, etc) are
-highlighted in different colours. The following section explains the
-format of the file \fB~/.cedit/syntax\fP.
+As of version 3.6.0, \fBcooledit\fP has syntax highlighting.  This means
+that keywords and contexts (like C comments, string constants, etc)
+are highlighted in different colors.  The following section explains
+the format of the file \fB~/.cedit/syntax\fP.
 
 The file \fB~/.cedit/syntax\fP is rescanned on opening of a any new
 editor file. The file contains rules for highlighting, each of which is
 given on a separate line, and define which keywords will be highlighted
-to what colour. The file is also divided into sections, each beginning
+to what color. The file is also divided into sections, each beginning
 with a line with the \fBfile\fP command, followed by a regular
 expression. The regular expression dictates the file name that that set
 of rules applies to. Following this is a description to be printed on the
@@ -185,7 +184,7 @@ A section ends with the start of a new section. Each section is divided
 into contexts, and each context contains rules. A context is a scope
 within the text that a particular set of rules belongs to. For instance,
 the region within a C style comment (i.e. between \fB/*\fP and \fB*/\fP)
-has its own colour. This is a context, although it will have no further
+has its own color. This is a context, although it will have no further
 rules inside it because there is probably nothing that we want
 highlighted within a C comment.
 
@@ -261,21 +260,21 @@ Each rule is a line of the form:
 \fIstring\fP \fIforeground\fP [\fIbackground\fP]
 .br
 
-Context or keyword strings are interpreted so that you can include tabs
-and spaces with the sequences \\t and \\s. Newlines and the \\ are
-specified with \\n and \\\\ respectively. Since whitespace is used as a
-separator, it may not be used explicitedly. Also, \\* must be used to
-specify a *. The * itself is a wildcard that matches any length of
-characters. For example,
+Context or keyword strings are interpreted, so that you can include
+tabs and spaces with the sequences \\t and \\s.  Newlines and the \\ are
+specified with \\n and \\\\ respectively.  Since whitespace is used as a
+separator, it may not be used as is.  Also, \\* must be used to specify
+a *.  The * itself is a wildcard that matches any length of characters.
+For example,
 .nf
   keyword         '*'      6 
 .fi
-colours all C single character constants green. You could also have
+colors all C single character constants green. You could also have
 used
 .nf
   keyword         "*"      6 
 .fi
-to colour string constants, except that the matched string may not cross
+to color string constants, except that the matched string may not cross
 newlines. \fIThe wildcard may be used within context delimiters as
 well\fP, but you \fBcannot have a wildcard as the last or first character\fP.
 
@@ -289,7 +288,7 @@ keyword prevents the context from ending at the end of a line if the
 line ends in a \\ thus allowing C preprocessor directive to continue
 across multiple lines.
 
-The colours themselves are numbered 0 to 26 and are explained below in
+The colors themselves are numbered 0 to 26 and are explained below in
 \fBFURTHER BEHAVIORAL OPTIONS\fP. You can also use \fBany\fP of the named
 colors specified in \fB/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt\fP, though only one word
 versions of them. It is better to stick to the numerical colors

doc/mcserv.8.in

@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ To make the server listen on the specified
 port.
 .TP
 .I "-f"
-Force ftp authorization if classic fails. This is only useful on systems
-whose password checking method is not supported by this version of mcserv.
-Authorization is then done by trying to connect to the local ftp server
-and supplying user name and password. Ftp server then says whether are you
-successfuly logged in or whether you typed a wrong password. Use this with
-care and only when necessary.
+Allow ftp authentication as a fallback if the other methods fail.
+This is only useful on systems where the password checking method is not
+supported by this version of mcserv.  The local ftp server is contacted
+with the username and password.  The user is authenticated if the ftp
+server accepts the credentials.  Use this option with care and only
+when necessary.
 .TP
 .I "-v"
 Toggle on the verbose mode.