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appendixa/bison-desc.xml

@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ The Bison package contains the bison program.
 <para>
 Bison is a parser generator, a replacement for YACC. YACC stands for Yet
 Another Compiler Compiler. What is Bison then? It is a program that
-generates a program that analyses the structure of a textfile. Instead
+generates a program that analyzes the structure of a text file. Instead
 of
 writing the actual program a user specifies how things should be connected
 and with
-those rules a program is constructed that analyses the textfile.
+those rules a program is constructed that analyzes the text file.
 </para>
 
 <para>
-There are alot of examples where structure is needed and one of them is
+There are a lot of examples where structure is needed and one of them is
 the
 calculator.
 </para>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Given the string :
 <para>
 A human can easily come to the result 7. Why? Because of the structure. 
 Our brain knows
-how to interpretet the string. The computer doesn't know that and Bison
+how to interpret the string. The computer doesn't know that and Bison
 is a
 tool to help it understand by presenting the string in the following way
 to the compiler:

appendixa/diffutils-desc.xml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ programs have extra options which compare files in different situations.
 <sect3><title>diff3</title>
 
 <para>
-The difference between diff and diff3 is that diff comprares 2 files,
+The difference between diff and diff3 is that diff compares 2 files,
 diff3 compares 3 files.
 </para>
 

appendixa/flex-desc.xml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The Flex package contains the flex program
 <sect2><title>Description</title>
 
 <para>
-Flex is a tool for generating programs which regognize patterns in text. 
+Flex is a tool for generating programs which recognizes patterns in text. 
 Pattern recognition is very useful in many applications. A user sets up rules 
 what to look for and flex will make a program that looks for those
 patterns. The reason people use flex is that it is much easier to set up 

appendixa/gcc-desc.xml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ of these compiler generated object files.
 <sect3><title>Preprocessor</title>
 
 <para>
-A preprocessor preprocesses a source file, such as including
+A preprocessor pre-processes a source file, such as including
 the contents of header files into the source file. It's a good idea to 
 not 
 do this manually to save a lot of time. Someone just inserts a line

appendixa/glibc-desc.xml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ are already present and at the disposal of the programmer.
 </para>
 
 <para>
-The C library (actually almost every library) come in two flavours:
+The C library (actually almost every library) come in two flavors:
 dynamic ones and static ones. In short when a program uses a static C
 library, the code from the C library will be copied into the executable
 file. When a program uses a dynamic library, that executable will not

appendixa/groff-desc.xml

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ grodvi is a driver for groff that produces TeX dvi format.
 
 <para>
 groff is a front-end to the groff document formatting system. Normally it 
-runs the troff program and a postprocessor appropriate for the selected 
+runs the troff program and a post-processor appropriate for the selected 
 device.
 </para>
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ for an HP Laserjet 4 printer.
 <sect3><title>grops</title>
 
 <para>
-grops translates the output of GNU troff to PostScript.
+grops translates the output of GNU troff to Postscript.
 </para>
 
 </sect3>
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ The nroff script emulates the nroff command using groff.
 <sect3><title>pfbtops</title>
 
 <para>
-pfbtops translates a PostScript font in .pfb format to ASCII.
+pfbtops translates a Postscript font in .pfb format to ASCII.
 </para>
 
 </sect3>
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ files into commands that are understood by TeX or  troff.
 <sect3><title>psbb</title>
 
 <para>
-psbb reads a file which should be a PostScript document conforming to the 
+psbb reads a file which should be a Postscript document conforming to the 
 Document Structuring conventions and looks for a %%BoundingBox comment.
 </para>
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ tfmtodit creates a font file for use with <userinput>groff
 <para>
 troff is highly compatible with Unix troff. Usually it should be invoked 
 using the groff command, which will also run preprocessors and 
-postprocessors in the appropriate order and with the appropriate options.
+post-processors in the appropriate order and with the appropriate options.
 </para>
 
 </sect3>

appendixa/gzip-desc.xml

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ zgrep invokes the grep program on compressed files.
 
 <para>
 Zmore is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text 
-files one screenful at a time on a soft-copy terminal (similar to the
+files one screen at a time on a soft-copy terminal (similar to the
 more program).
 </para>
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ more program).
 <sect3><title>znew</title>
 
 <para>
-Znew recompresses files from .Z (compress) format to .gz (gzip) format. 
+Znew re-compresses files from .Z (compress) format to .gz (gzip) format. 
 </para>
 
 </sect3>

appendixa/kbd-desc.xml

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ resizecons changes the kernel idea of the console size.
 <title>screendump</title>
 
 <para>
-A screenshot utility for the console.
+A screen shot utility for the console.
 </para>
 
 </sect3>
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ setkeycodes loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries.
 <title>setleds</title>
 
 <para>
-setleds sets the keyboard leds. Many people find it useful to have numlock
+setleds sets the keyboard LEDs. Many people find it useful to have numlock
 enabled by default, and it is by using this program that you can achieve this.
 </para>
 

appendixa/m4-desc.xml

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ The M4 package contains the M4 processor
 
 <para>
 M4 is a macro processor. It copies input to output expanding macros as it 
-goes. Macros are either builtin or user-defined and can take any number
-of arguments. Besides just doing macro expansion m4 has builtin functions 
+goes. Macros are either built-in or user-defined and can take any number
+of arguments. Besides just doing macro expansion m4 has built-in functions 
 for including named files, running UNIX commands, doing integer arithmetic, 
 manipulating text in various ways, recursion, etc. M4 can be used either 
 as a front-end to a compiler or as a macro processor in its own right.

appendixa/man-desc.xml

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ output. Only complete word matches are displayed.
 
 <para>
 makewhatis reads all the manual pages contained in given sections of 
-manpath or the preformatted pages contained in the given sections of 
+manpath or the pre-formatted pages contained in the given sections of 
 catpath. For  each  page, it writes a line in the whatis database; each 
 line consists of the name of the page  and  a  short  description, 
 separated  by a dash. The description is extracted using the content of 

appendixa/nettools-desc.xml

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ route is the general utility which is used to manipulate the IP routing table.
 <title>slattach</title>
 
 <para>
-slattach attaches a network interface to a serial line, ie. puts a normal
+slattach attaches a network interface to a serial line, i.e.. puts a normal
 terminal line into one of several "network" modes.
 </para>
 

appendixa/procps-desc.xml

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ their processes.
 <sect3><title>watch</title>
 
 <para>
-watch runs command repeatedly, displaying its output (the first screenfull).
+watch runs command repeatedly, displaying its output (the first screen full).
 </para>
 
 </sect3>

appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ the last password change.
 <sect3><title>chfn</title>
 
 <para>
-chfn changes user fullname, office number, office extension, and home 
+chfn changes user full name, office number, office extension, and home 
 phone number information for a user's account.
 </para>
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ input and uses this information to update a group of existing users.
 <sect3><title>dpasswd</title>
 
 <para>
-dpasswd adds, deletes, and updates dialup passwords for user login shells.
+dpasswd adds, deletes, and updates dial-up passwords for user login shells.
 </para>
 
 </sect3>
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ to the corresponding database file format.
 <sect3><title>newusers</title>
 
 <para>
-newusers reads a file of user name and cleartext password pairs and uses 
+newusers reads a file of user name and clear text password pairs and uses 
 this information to update a group of existing users or to create new users.
 </para>
 

appendixa/sysvinit-desc.xml

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ notified that the system is going down, and login is blocked.
 <para>
 sulogin is invoked by init when the system goes into single user mode 
 (this is done through an entry in /etc/inittab). Init also tries to 
-execute sulogin when it is passed the -b flag from the bootmonitor (eg, LILO).
+execute sulogin when it is passed the -b flag from the boot loader (eg, LILO).
 </para>
 
 </sect3>

appendixa/tar-desc.xml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The tar package contains the tar and rmt programs.
 
 <para>
 tar is an archiving program designed to store and extract files from
-an archive file known as a tarfile.
+an archive file known as a tar file.
 </para>
 
 </sect3>

appendixa/utillinux-desc.xml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ kill sends a specified signal to the specified process.
 <title>more</title>
 
 <para>
-more is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a time.
+more is a filter for paging through text one screen full at a time.
 </para>
 
 </sect3>
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ or soft reset).
 <title>elvtune</title>
 
 <para>
-elvtune allows to tune the I/O elevator per blockdevice queue basis.
+elvtune allows to tune the I/O elevator per block device queue basis.
 </para>
 
 </sect3>
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ ipcrm removes a specified resource.
 <title>ipcs</title>
 
 <para>
-ipcs provides information on ipc facilities.
+ipcs provides information on IPC facilities.
 </para>
 
 </sect3>
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ setterm sets terminal attributes.
 <title>ul</title>
 
 <para>
-ul reads a file and translates occurences of underscores to the sequence
+ul reads a file and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence
 which indicates underlining for the terminal in use.
 </para>
 
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ swapdev queries and sets swap device.
 <title>tunelp</title>
 
 <para>
-tunelp sets various parameters for the lp device.
+tunelp sets various parameters for the LP device.
 </para>
 
 </sect3>

appendixa/vim-desc.xml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ctags generate tag files for source code.
 <para>
 etags does the same as ctags but it can generate cross reference files
 which list information about the various source objects found in a set
-of lanugage files.
+of language files.
 </para>
 
 </sect3>