Fixes some typos by Sebastian Harl.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/trunk@1717 a5681a0c-68f1-0310-ab6d-d61299d08faa

diff --git a/program/doc/bin_dec_hex.pod b/program/doc/bin_dec_hex.pod
index 7a2adf5d2cfe7bc444e9b5ce257334df1eb3524a..743c63d876ea103da69749cd93b713bed96b2eb7 100644 (file)
--- a/program/doc/bin_dec_hex.pod
+++ b/program/doc/bin_dec_hex.pod
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ you're writing in. Some of the prefixes are "0x" for C, "$" for
 Pascal, "#" for HTML.  It is common to assume that if a number starts
 with a zero, it is octal. It does not matter what is used as long as
 you know what it is. I will use "0x" for hexadecimal, "%" for binary
-and "0" for octal.  The following numbers are all the same, just their represenatation (base) is different: 021 0x11 17 %00010001
+and "0" for octal.  The following numbers are all the same, just their
+representation (base) is different: 021 0x11 17 %00010001
 
 To do arithmetics and conversions you need to understand one more thing.
 It is something you already know but perhaps you do not "see" it yet:
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ is therefore "0" and we now have 0xA0??.
 (which is just plain 16) four times and write down "4" to get 0xA04?.
 Subtract 64 from 69 (69 - 4*16) and the last digit is 5 --> 0xA045.
 
-The other method builds ub the number from the right. Let's try 41'029
+The other method builds up the number from the right. Let's try 41'029
 again.  Divide by 16 and do not use fractions (only whole numbers).
 
  41'029 / 16 is 2'564 with a remainder of 5. Write down 5.

diff --git a/program/doc/rpntutorial.pod b/program/doc/rpntutorial.pod
index b3beac1ded0735012874a4340affb79b1a833e38..b830f2700cc3a55bf2c77241cdb801a7c60c95aa 100644 (file)
--- a/program/doc/rpntutorial.pod
+++ b/program/doc/rpntutorial.pod
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ GT, GE and EQ operators.
 
 While compound expressions can look overly complex, they can be
 considered elegantly simple.  To quickly comprehend RPN expressions,
-you must know the the algorithm for evaluating RPN expressions:
+you must know the algorithm for evaluating RPN expressions:
 iterate searches from the left to the right looking for an operator.
 When it's found, apply that operator by popping the operator and some
 number of values (and by definition, not operators) off the stack.
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ with "A":
  2) A,10,input,IF            eval is A,10,input,IF
 
 read "if A then 10 else input".  Now replace A with it's verbose
-description againg and--voila!--you have a easily readable description
+description again and--voila!--you have a easily readable description
 of the expression:
 
  if input > 10 then 10 else input

diff --git a/program/doc/rrdbuild.pod b/program/doc/rrdbuild.pod
index badab5a11fa3cb79fab8615f9e4bc1c7d3ca1734..f292ab8ce960c2171eaf473c6d6858bc9cc02c76 100644 (file)
--- a/program/doc/rrdbuild.pod
+++ b/program/doc/rrdbuild.pod
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ Just add a compiler and the gnome development package:
  pkg install sunstudioexpress
  pkg install SUNWgnome-common-devel
 
-There is a problem with F<cairo.pc> on opensolaris. It suggests that
+There is a problem with F<cairo.pc> on OpenSolaris. It suggests that
 xrender is required for compilation with cairo. This is not true and also
-bad since opensolaris does not include an F<xrender.pc> file. Use perl to
+bad since OpenSolaris does not include an F<xrender.pc> file. Use Perl to
 fix this:
 
  perl -i~ -p -e 's/(Requires.*?)\s*xrender.*/$1/' /usr/lib/pkgconfig/cairo.pc 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Make sure rrdtool finds your new compiler
 
  export PATH=/opt/SunStudioExpress/bin
 
-Since there does not seem to ba a viable msgfmt tool on opensolaris (short
+Since there does not seem to be a viable msgfmt tool on OpenSolaris (short
 of installing it yourself). You have to call configure with the
 
  --disable-libintl
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ expectations, so you may want to compile their latest versions.
 
 =head2 General build tips for AIX
 
-If you are working with AIX, you may find the the B<--disable-shared> option
+If you are working with AIX, you may find the B<--disable-shared> option
 will cause things to break for you. In that case you may have to install the
 shared libraries into the rrdtool PREFIX and work with B<--disable-static>
 instead.
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ if you are using the Sun Studio/Forte compiler, you may also want to set
 
 =back 
 
-If you have GNUmake installed and it is not called 'make',
+If you have GNU make installed and it is not called 'make',
 then do
 
  export MAKE=gmake
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ their current state.
  $MAKE
  $MAKE install
 
-SOLARIS HINT: if you want to build  the perl module for the native perl (the
+SOLARIS HINT: if you want to build  the Perl module for the native Perl (the
 one shipping with Solaris) you will need the Sun Forte compiler installed on
 your box or you have to hand-tune bindings/perl-shared/Makefile while
 building!

diff --git a/program/doc/rrdcgi.pod b/program/doc/rrdcgi.pod
index 4c81e018d41a244f2c54e26e39b32adc48e1967e..e34d4c00e29d5b43c646cf6072dd00205db71a57 100644 (file)
--- a/program/doc/rrdcgi.pod
+++ b/program/doc/rrdcgi.pod
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ you want to use as source for your graph.
 =head1 EXAMPLE 3
 
 This example shows how to handle the case where the RRD, graphs and
-cgi-bins are seperate directories
+cgi-bins are separate directories
 
  #!/.../bin/rrdcgi
  <HTML>

diff --git a/program/doc/rrdgraph-old.pod b/program/doc/rrdgraph-old.pod
index f35e0cd4f6d6bd0876d2eb5161b0ae1efb4700d8..5bbf2a6e8d139eccbf665b7b54743ce9c36301c9 100644 (file)
--- a/program/doc/rrdgraph-old.pod
+++ b/program/doc/rrdgraph-old.pod
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ of 0 to prevent any scaling of the y-axis values.
 
 =item B<-v>|B<--vertical-label> I<text>
 
-vertical label on the left side of the graph. This is normally used to
+Vertical label on the left side of the graph. This is normally used to
 specify the units used.
 
 =item B<-w>|B<--width> I<pixels> (default 400 pixel)
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ Define a title to be written into the graph
 
 By default rrdgraph calculates the width of one pixel in the time domain and
 tries to get data at that resolution from the RRD. With this switch you can
-override this behaviour. If you want rrdgraph to get data at 1 hour
+override this behavior. If you want rrdgraph to get data at 1 hour
 resolution from the RRD, then you can set the step to 3600 seconds. Note,
 that a step smaller than 1 pixel will be silently ignored.
 
@@ -300,24 +300,24 @@ values:
 
 =item +, -, *, /, %
 
-pops two values from the stack applies the selected operator and pushes
+Pops two values from the stack applies the selected operator and pushes
 the result back onto the stack. The % operator stands for the modulo
 operation.
 
 =item SIN, COS, LOG, EXP, FLOOR, CEIL
 
-pops one value from the stack, applies the selected function and pushes
+Pops one value from the stack, applies the selected function and pushes
 the result back onto the stack.
 
 =item LT, LE, GT, GE, EQ
 
-pops two values from the stack, compares them according to the selected
+Pops two values from the stack, compares them according to the selected
 condition and pushes either 1 back onto the stack if the condition is true
 and 0 if the condition was not true.
 
 =item IF
 
-pops three values from the stack. If the last value is not 0, the
+Pops three values from the stack. If the last value is not 0, the
 second value will be pushed back onto the stack, otherwise the
 first value is pushed back.
 
@@ -328,11 +328,11 @@ E will be sent back to the stack.
 
 =item MIN, MAX
 
-selects the lesser or larger of the two top stack values respectively
+Selects the lesser or larger of the two top stack values respectively
 
 =item LIMIT
 
-replaces the value with I<*UNKNOWN*> if it is outside the limits specified
+Replaces the value with I<*UNKNOWN*> if it is outside the limits specified
 by the two values above it on the stack.
 
  CDEF:a=alpha,0,100,LIMIT

diff --git a/program/doc/rrdgraph.pod b/program/doc/rrdgraph.pod
index b4a46ac5918da3bc123651e4073e6c83bca34652..89cacd6bcbb9700639b1de705d7a706f6b76a7b3 100644 (file)
--- a/program/doc/rrdgraph.pod
+++ b/program/doc/rrdgraph.pod
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ and thus the throughput may be higher than the WAN line speed.
 
 In order to avoid anti-aliasing blurring effects rrdtool snaps
 points to device resolution pixels, this results in a crisper
-aperance. If this is not to your liking, you can use this switch
+appearance. If this is not to your liking, you can use this switch
 to turn this behaviour off.
 
 Gridfitting is turned off for PDF, EPS, SVG output by default.
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ placed every I<label factor> lines.  You can specify C<-y none> to
 suppress the grid and labels altogether.  The default for this option is
 to automatically select sensible values.
 
-If you have set --y-grid to 'none' not only the labels get supressed, also
+If you have set --y-grid to 'none' not only the labels get suppressed, also
 the space reserved for the labels is removed. You can still add space
 manually if you use the --units-length command to explicitly reserve space.
 
@@ -332,11 +332,11 @@ edge of the graph.
 
 Use Times for the title: C<--font TITLE:13:Times>
 
-If you do not give a font string you can modify just the sice of the default font:
+If you do not give a font string you can modify just the size of the default font:
 C<--font TITLE:13:>.
 
 If you specify the size 0 then you can modify just the font without touching
-the size. This is especially usefull for altering the default font without
+the size. This is especially useful for altering the default font without
 resetting the default fontsizes: C<--font DEFAULT:0:Courier>.
 
 RRDtool comes with a preset default font. You can set the environment
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ See L<rrdgraph_graph> for the exact format.
 
 Calling rrdtool with the graphv option will return information in the
 rrdtool info format. On the command line this means that all output will be
-in key=value format. When used from the perl and ruby bindings a hash
+in key=value format. When used from the Perl and Ruby bindings a hash
 pointer will be returned from the call.
 
 When the filename '-' is given, the contents of the graph itself will also

diff --git a/program/doc/rrdgraph_data.pod b/program/doc/rrdgraph_data.pod
index c26868f0e509ffe00559f52922ae16a770d9daf2..fc0c2fc360669ed788e20042f7ad92ae9ace4c45 100644 (file)
--- a/program/doc/rrdgraph_data.pod
+++ b/program/doc/rrdgraph_data.pod
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ elements.
 
 Example: C<VDEF:avg=mydata,AVERAGE>
 
-Note that currently only agregation functions work in VDEF rpn expressions.
+Note that currently only aggregation functions work in VDEF rpn expressions.
 Patches to change this are welcome.
 
 =head1 CDEF

diff --git a/program/doc/rrdgraph_examples.pod b/program/doc/rrdgraph_examples.pod
index e0920ed7e70884ce4ba92e0164cd24081afde9d7..5821438cd417d5e804ef0e9a1bc90ce85f795ba8 100644 (file)
--- a/program/doc/rrdgraph_examples.pod
+++ b/program/doc/rrdgraph_examples.pod
@@ -202,8 +202,6 @@ L<rrdgraph_data> describes B<DEF>,B<CDEF> and B<VDEF> in detail.
 L<rrdgraph_rpn> describes the B<RPN> language used in the B<xDEF> statements.
 L<rrdgraph_graph> page describes all the graph and print functions.
 
-Make sure to read L<rrdgraph_examples> for tipsE<amp>tricks.
-
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
 Program by Tobias Oetiker E<lt>tobi@oetiker.chE<gt>

diff --git a/program/doc/rrdgraph_graph.pod b/program/doc/rrdgraph_graph.pod
index a932fa0637165f4c98e99ba577decc412483f423..e4c284ab35400e73cf119b12ca871d1c7c205f5e 100644 (file)
--- a/program/doc/rrdgraph_graph.pod
+++ b/program/doc/rrdgraph_graph.pod
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ will all use the same magnitude unit except for zero values.
 =back
 
 If you PRINT a VDEF value, you can also print the time associated with it by appending the string
-B<:strftime> to the format. Note that rrdtool uses the strftime function of your OSs clibrary. This means that
+B<:strftime> to the format. Note that rrdtool uses the strftime function of your OSs C library. This means that
 the conversion specifier may vary. Check the manual page if you are uncertain. The following is a list of
 conversion specifiers usually supported across the board. 
 
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ be filled.
 Plot a tick mark (a vertical line) for each value of I<vname> that is
 non-zero and not *UNKNOWN*. The I<fraction> argument specifies the length of
 the tick mark as a fraction of the y-axis; the default value is 0.1 (10% of
-the axis). Note that the color specification is not optional. The TICK marks normaly
+the axis). Note that the color specification is not optional. The TICK marks normally
 start at the lower edge of the graphing area. If the fraction is negative they start
 at the upper border of the graphing area.
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ argument list.
 
 =cut
 
-# This section describes the curruently defunct
+# This section describes the currently defunct
 # PieChart code.
 #
 # =item B<PART>B<:>I<vname>B<#>I<rrggbb>[I<aa>][B<:>I<legend>]
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ right aligned, and B<\c> for centered. In the next section there is an
 example showing how to use centered formatting.
 
 B<\n> is a valid alias for B<\l> since incomplete parsing in earlier
-versions of rrdtool lead to this behaviour and a number of people has been using it.
+versions of rrdtool lead to this behavior and a number of people has been using it.
 
 Normally there are two space characters inserted between every two items
 printed into the graph. The space following a string can be suppressed by

diff --git a/program/doc/rrdgraph_libdbi.pod b/program/doc/rrdgraph_libdbi.pod
index 1d6393d5bd0ac16f2e4de24c961cf8642817efc1..a6b48cc60916252b6d28b954b6982c920ea5328d 100644 (file)
--- a/program/doc/rrdgraph_libdbi.pod
+++ b/program/doc/rrdgraph_libdbi.pod
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ the returned value column-names, which can be used as ds-names, are:
 
 =head1 EXAMPLES
 
-Here an example of a table in a mysql database:
+Here an example of a table in a MySQL database:
 
   DB connect information
     dbhost=127.0.0.1
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ To illustrate this here a command to create a graph that contains the actual val
 
 =head1 NOTES
 
-* Naturally you can also use any other kind of driver that libdbi supports - e.g postgress,...
+* Naturally you can also use any other kind of driver that libdbi supports - e.g postgres, ...
 
 * From the way the datasource is joined, it should also be possible to do joins over different tables 
   (separate tables with "," in table and add in the WHERE Clauses the table equal joins. 

diff --git a/program/doc/rrdtool.pod b/program/doc/rrdtool.pod
index 84749af542042fb0a507492f8f9e90e50e8b390f..73fc34a7ed91b7adee20c2b74c724e30b3c55043 100644 (file)
--- a/program/doc/rrdtool.pod
+++ b/program/doc/rrdtool.pod
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ B<RRDtool> can be remotely controlled through a set of pipes. This
 saves a considerable amount of startup time when you plan to make
 B<RRDtool> do a lot of things quickly. Check the section on L<Remote_Control>
 further down. There is also a number of language bindings
-for RRDtool which allow you to use it directly from perl, python, tcl,
-php, etc.
+for RRDtool which allow you to use it directly from Perl, python, Tcl,
+PHP, etc.
 
 =over 8
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Export data retrieved from one or several RRDs. Check L<rrdxport>.
 
 =item B<flush>
 
-Flush the values for a spcific RRD file from memory. Check L<rrdflush>.
+Flush the values for a specific RRD file from memory. Check L<rrdflush>.
 
 =item B<rrdcgi>
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ data available at a constant time interval. Unfortunately, you may not
 always be able to fetch data at exactly the time you want
 to. Therefore B<RRDtool> lets you update the logfile at any time you
 want. It will automatically interpolate the value of the data-source
-(B<DS>) at the latest official time-slot (intervall) and write this
+(B<DS>) at the latest official time-slot (interval) and write this
 interpolated value to the log. The original value you have supplied is
 stored as well and is also taken into account when interpolating the
 next log entry.
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ followed by timing information of the form B<u:>I<usertime>
 B<s:>I<systemtime>. Both values are the running totals of seconds since
 RRDtool was started. If an error occurs, a line of the form 'C<ERROR:>
 I<Description of error>' will be printed instead. B<RRDtool> will not abort,
-unless something realy serious happens. If
+unless something really serious happens. If
 a B<workdir> is specified and the UID is 0, RRDtool will do a chroot to that
 workdir. If the UID is not 0, RRDtool only changes the current directory to
 B<workdir>.
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ I</etc/inetd.conf>. For example:
 Don't forget to create the database directory /var/rrd and
 reinitialize your inetd.
 
-If all was setup correctly, you can access the server with perl
+If all was setup correctly, you can access the server with Perl
 sockets, tools like netcat, or in a quick interactive test by using
 'telnet localhost rrdsrv'.
 

diff --git a/program/doc/rrdtutorial.pod b/program/doc/rrdtutorial.pod
index 30a4868d30c7b175cff702e884f076106ed2ce1e..10e414f084b690ff98f44172bc775b09305e20fb 100644 (file)
--- a/program/doc/rrdtutorial.pod
+++ b/program/doc/rrdtutorial.pod
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ day. From this one value, we cannot see much detail, of course.
 
 Make sure you understand the last few paragraphs. There is no value
 in only a line and a few axis, you need to know what they mean and
-interpret the data in ana appropriate way. This is true for all data.
+interpret the data in an appropriate way. This is true for all data.
 
 The biggest mistake you can make is to use the collected data for
 something that it is not suitable for. You would be better off if
@@ -796,8 +796,8 @@ you didn't have the graph at all.
 
 You know how to create a database and can put data in it. You can get
 the numbers out again by creating an image, do math on the data from
-the database and view the resulte instead of the raw data.  You know
-about the difference between averages and maxima, and when to use
+the database and view the result instead of the raw data.  You know
+about the difference between averages and maximum, and when to use
 which (or at least you should have an idea).
 
 RRDtool can do more than what we have learned up to now. Before you
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ It's time now to wrap up this tutorial. We covered all the basics for
 you to be able to work with RRDtool and to read the additional
 documentation available. There is plenty more to discover about
 RRDtool and you will find more and more uses for this package. You can
-easly create graphs using just the examples provided and using only
+easily create graphs using just the examples provided and using only
 RRDtool. You can also use one of the front ends to RRDtool that are
 available.