The attached patch cleans up some comments, LFUN documentation, an
error message, and lyx --help output.
Scott
diff --git a/lib/layouts/stdsections.inc b/lib/layouts/stdsections.inc
index d9d7476..26da87c 100644
--- a/lib/layouts/stdsections.inc
+++ b/lib/layouts/stdsections.inc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
# Transposed by Pascal André <an...@via.ecp.fr>
# Heavily modifed and enhanced by several developers.
-# This include files contains all numbered sectionning-related
+# This include file contains all numbered sectionning-related
# commands that are useful for article-like document classes, but not
# for letters.
diff --git a/src/Buffer.h b/src/Buffer.h
index f13a879..8873471 100644
--- a/src/Buffer.h
+++ b/src/Buffer.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ typedef std::set<Buffer *> CloneList;
/** The buffer object.
- * This is the buffer object. It contains all the informations about
+ * This is the buffer object. It contains all the information about
* a document loaded into LyX.
* The buffer object owns the Text (wrapped in an InsetText), which
* contains the individual paragraphs of the document.
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public:
/// isExternallyModified()
/**
* timestamp is fast but inaccurate. For example, the granularity
- * of timestamp on a FAT filesystem is 2 second. Also, various
operations
+ * of timestamp on a FAT filesystem is 2 seconds. Also, various
operations
* may touch the timestamp of a file even when its content is unchanged.
*
* checksum is accurate but slow, which can be a problem when it is
diff --git a/src/LyX.cpp b/src/LyX.cpp
index 6d8a98a..aa86977 100644
--- a/src/LyX.cpp
+++ b/src/LyX.cpp
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ void emergencyCleanup()
static bool needsUpdate(string const & file)
{
// We cannot initialize configure_script directly because the package
- // is not initialized yet when static objects are constructed.
+ // is not initialized yet when static objects are constructed.
static FileName configure_script;
static bool firstrun = true;
if (firstrun) {
@@ -1024,8 +1024,8 @@ int parse_help(string const &, string const &, string &)
"\t-x [--execute] command\n"
" where command is a lyx command.\n"
"\t-e [--export] fmt\n"
- " where fmt is the export format of
choice.\n"
- " Look on Tools->Preferences->File
formats->Format\n"
+ " where fmt is the export format of choice.
Look in\n"
+ " Tools->Preferences->File Handling->File
Formats->Short Name\n"
" to get an idea which parameters should be
passed.\n"
" Note that the order of -e and -x switches
matters.\n"
"\t-E [--export-to] fmt filename\n"
diff --git a/src/LyXAction.cpp b/src/LyXAction.cpp
index db1c82a..89310e2 100644
--- a/src/LyXAction.cpp
+++ b/src/LyXAction.cpp
@@ -1768,7 +1768,7 @@ void LyXAction::init()
* \li Notion: Selection can be used to determine the input for the external
program.
* \li Syntax: math-extern <LANG> [<COMMAND>]
* \li Params: <LANG>: octave|maxima|maple|mathematica|script \n
- where "script" stands fot the external script
(normalized
+ where "script" stands for the external script
(normalized
expression will be passed)
* \li Origin: Andre, 24 Apr 2001
* \li Sample: math-extern maple simplify
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
index c5048dd..993a1f5 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ void GuiApplication::reconfigure(string const & option)
if (ret)
Alert::information(_("System reconfiguration failed"),
_("The system reconfiguration has failed.\n"
- "Default textclass is used but LyX may "
+ "Default textclass is used but LyX may\n"
"not be able to work properly.\n"
"Please reconfigure again if needed."));
else
diff --git a/src/mathed/InsetMath.h b/src/mathed/InsetMath.h
index 24884ba..80139ba 100644
--- a/src/mathed/InsetMath.h
+++ b/src/mathed/InsetMath.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ math editor only, it isn't a general LyX inset. It's used to
represent all
the math objects.
Math insets do not know there parents, a cursor position or things
-like that. The are dumb object that are contained in other math insets
+like that. They are dumb objects that are contained in other math insets
(InsetMathNests, in fact) thus forming a tree. The root of this tree is
always a InsetMathHull, which provides an interface to the Outer World by
inclusion in the "real LyX insets" FormulaInset and FormulaMacroInset.
diff --git a/src/support/Systemcall.cpp b/src/support/Systemcall.cpp
index 419b0d3..67453e9 100644
--- a/src/support/Systemcall.cpp
+++ b/src/support/Systemcall.cpp
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ bool SystemcallPrivate::waitWhile(State waitwhile, bool
process_events, int time
return state != Error;
}
- // process events while waiting whith timeout
+ // process events while waiting with timeout
QTime timer;
timer.start();
while (state == waitwhile && state != Error && !timedout) {
