Minor spelling and grammar fixes.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2002-04-21  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+	* TODO, bin/autoupdate.in, doc/autoconf.texi,
+	lib/autoconf/general.m4, lib/autoconf/libs.m4,
+	lib/autoconf/status.m4, lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4, tests/m4sh.at,
+	tests/tools.at: Minor spelling and grammar fixes.
+
 2002-04-20  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>
 
 	* doc/autoconf.texi (Shell Substitutions): Fix typos in yesterday's

TODO

@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ name was used, whether X or Xt are in use, etc. The specific
 decisions, and progress messages, should be recorded on the terminal
 only if --verbose is used.
 
-    --silent just supresses the "checking for...result"
+    --silent just suppresses the "checking for...result"
     messages, not the "creating FOO" messages.
 
 I think the default should be to suppress both.
@@ -665,8 +665,8 @@ From: Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Another thing I wish for is a macro which figures out which libraries are
-needed for BSD-sytle sockets.  AC_PATH_X already detects this
-correctly...so it's just a matter of seperating out the socket-related code.
+needed for BSD-style sockets.  AC_PATH_X already detects this
+correctly...so it's just a matter of separating out the socket-related code.
 From: "Joel N. Weber II" <nemo@koa.iolani.honolulu.hi.us>
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

bin/autoupdate.in

@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ exit 0;
 # 	  0)
 #
 # In French, we say `Youpi !', which you might roughly translate as
-# `yipeee!'.
+# `Yippee!'.
 #
 #
 # # First step: computation
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ exit 0;
 # Worse yet, if `idem(0)' was used later, then autoupdate sees that
 # `OLD' is used, computes the result for `OLD(0, 0)' and sets up a
 # dispatcher for `OLD'.  Since there was no computed value for `OLD(0,
-# [$1])', the dispatcher would have replaced with... nothinhg, leading
+# [$1])', the dispatcher would have replaced with... nothing, leading
 # to
 #
 # 	  define([idem], [])
@@ -1016,11 +1016,11 @@ exit 0;
 #
 # Well... almost.
 #
-# There is a slight problem that remains: if an AU macro OUTTER includes
-# an AU macro INNER, then _au_enable will be run when entering OUTTER
+# There is a slight problem that remains: if an AU macro OUTER includes
+# an AU macro INNER, then _au_enable will be run when entering OUTER
 # and when entering INNER (not good, but not too bad yet).  But when
 # getting out of INNER, _au_disable will disable everything while we
-# were still in OUTTER.  Badaboom.
+# were still in OUTER.  Badaboom.
 #
 # Therefore _au_enable and _au_disable have to be written to work by
 # pairs: each _au_enable pushdef's _au_enabled, and each _au_disable

doc/autoconf.texi

@@ -6488,11 +6488,11 @@ define(car, $1)
 @end example
 
 @noindent
-But, while it is acceptable for a @file{configure.ac} to avoid unneeded
+But, while it is acceptable for a @file{configure.ac} to avoid unnecessary
 quotes, it is bad practice for Autoconf macros which must both be more
 robust and also advocate perfect style.
 
-At the top level, there are only two possible quotings: either you
+At the top level, there are only two possibilities: either you
 quote or you don't:
 
 @example
@@ -7651,7 +7651,7 @@ body of @code{FOO}.  For instance, this definition of macros:
 @example
 @group
 AC_DEFUN([TRAVOLTA],
-[test "$body_temparature_in_celsius" -gt "38" &&
+[test "$body_temperature_in_celsius" -gt "38" &&
   dance_floor=occupied])
 AC_DEFUN([NEWTON_JOHN],
 [test "$hair_style" = "curly" &&
@@ -7894,7 +7894,7 @@ test $[@@%:@@] != 0
 Otherwise, the closing bracket would be hidden inside a @samp{#}-comment,
 breaking the bracket-matching highlighting from Emacsen.  Note the
 preferred style to escape from M4: @samp{$[1]}, @samp{$[@@]}, etc.  Do
-not escape when it is unneeded.  Common examples of useless quotation
+not escape when it is unnecessary.  Common examples of useless quotation
 are @samp{[$]$1} (write @samp{$$1}), @samp{[$]var} (use @samp{$var}),
 etc.  If you add portability issues to the picture, you'll prefer
 @samp{$@{1+"$[@@]"@}} to @samp{"[$]@@"}, and you'll prefer do something
@@ -8265,7 +8265,7 @@ It is worth noting that Zsh (but not Ash nor Bash) makes it possible
 in assignments though: @samp{foo=`cd /zorglub` 2>/dev/null}.
 
 Most shells, if not all (including Bash, Zsh, Ash), output traces on
-stderr, even for sub-shells.  This might result in undesired content
+stderr, even for sub-shells.  This might result in undesirable content
 if you meant to capture the standard-error output of the inner command:
 
 @example

lib/autoconf/general.m4

@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ _ACEOF
 m4_divert_pop([HELP_BEGIN])dnl
 dnl The order of the diversions here is
 dnl - HELP_BEGIN
-dnl   which may be prolongated by extra generic options such as with X or
+dnl   which may be extended by extra generic options such as with X or
 dnl   AC_ARG_PROGRAM.  Displayed only in long --help.
 dnl
 dnl - HELP_CANON
@@ -1723,7 +1723,7 @@ m4_define([AC_CACHE_SAVE],
 # config.status only pays attention to the cache file if you give it
 # the --recheck option to rerun configure.
 #
-# `ac_cv_env_foo' variables (set or unset) will be overriden when
+# `ac_cv_env_foo' variables (set or unset) will be overridden when
 # loading this file, other *unset* `ac_cv_foo' will be assigned the
 # following values.
 
@@ -2362,7 +2362,7 @@ m4_define([AC_LIBSOURCES],
 # _AC_LIBOBJ(FILENAME-NOEXT, ACTION-IF-INDIR)
 # -------------------------------------------
 # We need `FILENAME-NOEXT.o', save this into `LIBOBJS'.
-# We don't use AC_SUBST/2 because it forces an unneeded eol.
+# We don't use AC_SUBST/2 because it forces an unnecessary eol.
 m4_define([_AC_LIBOBJ],
 [AS_LITERAL_IF([$1],
                [AC_LIBSOURCE([$1.c])],
@@ -2374,7 +2374,7 @@ LIB@&t@OBJS="$LIB@&t@OBJS $1.$ac_objext"])
 # AC_LIBOBJ(FILENAME-NOEXT)
 # -------------------------
 # We need `FILENAME-NOEXT.o', save this into `LIBOBJS'.
-# We don't use AC_SUBST/2 because it forces an unneeded eol.
+# We don't use AC_SUBST/2 because it forces an unnecessary eol.
 m4_define([AC_LIBOBJ],
 [_AC_LIBOBJ([$1],
             [AC_DIAGNOSE(syntax,

lib/autoconf/libs.m4

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ AS_IF([test "$ac_cv_search_$1" != no],
 # ac_cv_lib_$lib_fun, which is definitely not what was meant.  Hence
 # the AS_LITERAL_IF indirection.
 #
-# FIXME: This macro is extremely suspicious.  It DEFINEs unconditionnally,
+# FIXME: This macro is extremely suspicious.  It DEFINEs unconditionally,
 # whatever the FUNCTION, in addition to not being a *S macro.  Note
 # that the cache does depend upon the function we are looking for.
 #
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ dnl FIXME: banish uname from this macro!
     # socket/setsockopt and other routines are undefined under SCO ODT
     # 2.0.  But -lsocket is broken on IRIX 5.2 (and is not necessary
     # on later versions), says Simon Leinen: it contains gethostby*
-    # variants that don't use the nameserver (or something).  -lsocket
+    # variants that don't use the name server (or something).  -lsocket
     # must be given before -lnsl if both are needed.  We assume that
     # if connect needs -lnsl, so does gethostbyname.
     AC_CHECK_FUNC(connect)

lib/autoconf/status.m4

@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ ac_abs_top_srcdir=`cd $1 && cd $ac_top_srcdir && pwd`
 
 
 
-## ---------------------------------- ##
-## Ensuring the unicity of the tags.  ##
-## ---------------------------------- ##
+## ------------------------------------- ##
+## Ensuring the uniqueness of the tags.  ##
+## ------------------------------------- ##
 
 # AC_CONFIG_IF_MEMBER(DEST, LIST-NAME, ACTION-IF-TRUE, ACTION-IF-FALSE)
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1149,9 +1149,9 @@ fi
 
 
 
-## ------------------------- ##
-## Outputing config.status.  ##
-## ------------------------- ##
+## -------------------------- ##
+## Outputting config.status.  ##
+## -------------------------- ##
 
 
 # autoupdate::AC_OUTPUT([CONFIG_FILES...], [EXTRA-CMDS], [INIT-CMDS])

lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4

@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ m4_define([m4_bpatsubsts],
 # ------------------
 # This macro invokes all its arguments (in sequence, of course).  It is
 # useful for making your macros more structured and readable by dropping
-# unecessary dnl's and have the macros indented properly.
+# unnecessary dnl's and have the macros indented properly.
 m4_define([m4_do],
 [m4_if($#, 0, [],
        $#, 1, [$1],
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ m4_if($1, [$2], [],
 # Implementing `foreach' loops in m4 is much more tricky than it may
 # seem.  Actually, the example of a `foreach' loop in the m4
 # documentation is wrong: it does not quote the arguments properly,
-# which leads to undesired expansions.
+# which leads to undesirable expansions.
 #
 # The example in the documentation is:
 #
@@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ m4_define([m4_flatten],
 # of brackets around $1 (don't forget that the result must be quoted
 # too, hence one more quoting than applications).
 #
-# Then notice the 2 last pattens: they are in charge of removing the
+# Then notice the 2 last patterns: they are in charge of removing the
 # leading/trailing spaces.  Why not just `[^ ]'?  Because they are
 # applied to doubly quoted strings, i.e. more or less [[STRING]].  So
 # if there is a leading space in STRING, then it is the *third*

tests/m4sh.at

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ exit 0
 ])# AT_DATA_LINENO
 
 # `_oline_', once processed and ran, produces our reference.
-# We check that we find ourself by looking at a string which is
+# We check that we find ourselves by looking at a string which is
 # available only in the original script: `_oline_'.
 AT_DATA_LINENO([reference.as], [false], [__@&t@oline__], [_oline__])
 AT_CHECK([autom4te -l m4sh reference.as -o reference])

tests/tools.at

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ AT_SETUP([Syntax of the shell scripts])
 
 # A script that never returns.  We don't care that it never returns,
 # broken /bin/sh loop equally with `false', but it makes it easier to
-# test the robusteness in a good environment: just remove the `-n'.
+# test the robustness in a good environment: just remove the `-n'.
 AT_DATA([endless.sh],
 [[while :
 do