fix a bunch of spelling errors

(closes SF patch #1104868)

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libdatetime.tex b/Doc/lib/libdatetime.tex
index c3fb890279b01c2ac461b3366d889f2ca21e94b6..cbda4c45c94f996a846ff8e1b7fe2adf83271c00 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/lib/libdatetime.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libdatetime.tex
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ zone, daylight saving time, or other kind of algorithmic or political
 time adjustment.  Whether a naive \class{datetime} object represents
 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), local time, or time in some other
 timezone is purely up to the program, just like it's up to the program
-whether a particular number represents meters, miles, or mass.  Naive
+whether a particular number represents metres, miles, or mass.  Naive
 \class{datetime} objects are easy to understand and to work with, at
 the cost of ignoring some aspects of reality.
 

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmmap.tex b/Doc/lib/libmmap.tex
index 0334147575c54f70267a3866149439db66587dfe..d0fbf884b9a69723e4915f45c9d78606de51e1e4 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/lib/libmmap.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libmmap.tex
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ mapping.  The initial memory values for all three access types are
 taken from the specified file.  Assignment to an
 \constant{ACCESS_READ} memory map raises a \exception{TypeError}
 exception.  Assignment to an \constant{ACCESS_WRITE} memory map
-affects both memory and the underlying file.  Assigment to an
+affects both memory and the underlying file.  Assignment to an
 \constant{ACCESS_COPY} memory map affects memory but does not update
 the underlying file.
 

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
index 630434645a9cc986050e064fc9fa43668b2473d3..60657255afb4d85d46e075d6940aa4c7f6117034 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ Availability: Windows.
 \begin{datadesc}{SEEK_SET}
 \dataline{SEEK_CUR}
 \dataline{SEEK_END}
-Parameteters to the \function{lseek()} function.
+Parameters to the \function{lseek()} function.
 Their values are 0, 1, and 2, respectively.
 Availability: Windows, Macintosh, \UNIX.
 \versionadded{2.5}

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdwin.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdwin.tex
index 5170222fdc17acec6557ce050889edacb243a5e9..84aad2f48e1fd835570a3ca3a289fd132e7fda22 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/lib/libstdwin.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstdwin.tex
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Return the screen size in pixels.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{getscrmm}{}
-Return the screen size in millimeters.
+Return the screen size in millimetres.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{fetchcolor}{colorname}

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libxmlrpclib.tex b/Doc/lib/libxmlrpclib.tex
index bc5ae10e8e9cc54692c21fa393bd6201b897e583..6430a2bdadcbeb73fb1f811076723ad926da610a 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/lib/libxmlrpclib.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libxmlrpclib.tex
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 \moduleauthor{Fredrik Lundh}{fredrik@pythonware.com}
 \sectionauthor{Eric S. Raymond}{esr@snark.thyrsus.com}
 
-% Not everyting is documented yet.  It might be good to describe 
+% Not everything is documented yet.  It might be good to describe 
 % Marshaller, Unmarshaller, getparser, dumps, loads, and Transport.
 
 \versionadded{2.2}

diff --git a/Doc/lib/tkinter.tex b/Doc/lib/tkinter.tex
index 6a609827c7eaf192b299042a81158243e985beaa..f944eab5011c8f1ee2a60d03dd3af546accfb33e 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/lib/tkinter.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/tkinter.tex
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ Ousterhout's book.
 Screen distances can be specified in either pixels or absolute
 distances.  Pixels are given as numbers and absolute distances as
 strings, with the trailing character denoting units: \code{c}
-for centimeters, \code{i} for inches, \code{m} for millimeters,
+for centimetres, \code{i} for inches, \code{m} for millimetres,
 \code{p} for printer's points.  For example, 3.5 inches is expressed
 as \code{"3.5i"}.
 

diff --git a/Doc/mac/scripting.tex b/Doc/mac/scripting.tex
index f0fb092ef6034eff08899ef98e943d1b166b7d3f..5ef7612f77e0cf1fe7feab106ea8c8ec2519482c 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/mac/scripting.tex
+++ b/Doc/mac/scripting.tex
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 \chapter{MacPython OSA Modules \label{scripting}}
 
 Python has a fairly complete implementation of the Open Scripting
-Architecure (OSA, also commonly referred to as AppleScript), allowing
+Architecture (OSA, also commonly referred to as AppleScript), allowing
 you to control scriptable applications from your Python program,
 and with a fairly pythonic interface. 
 

diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
index 746615ec759de857c55ae19ff04e66699a174896..24ed4ac14b8ae0351a45b021a332140ab51aefdc 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ The set membership test has traditionally been bound to sequences; an
 object is a member of a set if the set is a sequence and contains an
 element equal to that object.  However, it is possible for an object
 to support membership tests without being a sequence.  In particular,
-dictionaries support memership testing as a nicer way of spelling
+dictionaries support membership testing as a nicer way of spelling
 \code{\var{key} in \var{dict}}; other mapping types may follow suit.
 
 For the list and tuple types, \code{\var{x} in \var{y}} is true if and