Clean up port descriptions for unmaintained ports in `astro' category:

markup and spelling fixes, kill EOL whitespace and extraneous attribution.

18 files changed, 57 insertions, 81 deletions

diff --git a/astro/cfitsio/pkg-descr b/astro/cfitsio/pkg-descr
index a6a1a86448cd..f58a827ac451 100644
--- a/astro/cfitsio/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/cfitsio/pkg-descr
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ providing an easy to use set of high-level routines that insulate the
 programmer from the internal complexities of the FITS file format. At
 the same time, CFITSIO provides many advanced features that have made
 it the most widely used FITS file programming interface in the
-astronomical community. 
+astronomical community.
 
 WWW: http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/fitsio/
diff --git a/astro/gkrellmoon/pkg-descr b/astro/gkrellmoon/pkg-descr
index 75fc3affa09e..2afe938e21f1 100644
--- a/astro/gkrellmoon/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/gkrellmoon/pkg-descr
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-gkrellmoon is a moon clock plugin for Gkrellm. This plugin is based
+gkrellmoon is a moon clock plugin for Gkrellm.  This plugin is based
 upon the glunarclock and wmMoonClock applications.
 
 WWW: http://gkrellmoon.sourceforge.net/
-Author:	Dale P. Smith <dsmith@altustech.com>
-
-- Patrick Li <pat@FreeBSD.org>
diff --git a/astro/gkrellsun/pkg-descr b/astro/gkrellsun/pkg-descr
index 1c02655715e7..bf087a2b49cb 100644
--- a/astro/gkrellsun/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/gkrellsun/pkg-descr
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 A Gkrellm-Plugin that displays the local sun rise and sun set times.
-The local latitude and longtitude can be set.
+The local latitude and longitude can be set.
 
-Author:  Norman Walsh  <ndw@nwalsh.com>
 WWW: http://nwalsh.com/hacks/gkrellsun/
-
--- Steffen Vogelreuter
-steffen@vogelreuter.de
diff --git a/astro/glunarclock/pkg-descr b/astro/glunarclock/pkg-descr
index b9987fe25b07..aed705d7c948 100644
--- a/astro/glunarclock/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/glunarclock/pkg-descr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-GNOME Lunar Clock displays the current phase of the Moon as an 
-applet for the gnome panel.
+GNOME Lunar Clock displays the current phase of the Moon as an applet for
+the Gnome panel.
 
 WWW: http://glunarclock.sourceforge.net/
diff --git a/astro/gpsdrive/pkg-descr b/astro/gpsdrive/pkg-descr
index 1b747cd64d96..1a60715e862b 100644
--- a/astro/gpsdrive/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/gpsdrive/pkg-descr
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ GpsDrive is a car (bike, ship, plane) GPS navigation system.
 
 GpsDrive displays the position provided from a NMEA-capable GPS receiver on
 a zoomable map. The map file is autoselected depending on the position and
-prefered scale. Speech output is supported if the "festival" software is
-running. Waypoint database is supported via mySQL (optional).
+preferred scale. Speech output is supported if the "festival" software is
+running. Waypoint database is supported via MySQL (optional).
 
 WWW: http://www.gpsdrive.de/
 
diff --git a/astro/mymoon/pkg-descr b/astro/mymoon/pkg-descr
index 5b1b7c58b95a..5a97b1582e8f 100644
--- a/astro/mymoon/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/mymoon/pkg-descr
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 Mymoon is an ncurses-based tool that presents for the given latitude
 and longitude a continually updated display of:
 
-- Percentage of Moon's surface illumination 
-- Distance between Moon and Earth
-- Moon set and Moon rise
-- Moon age
+  - Percentage of Moon's surface illumination
+  - Distance between Moon and Earth
+  - Moon set and Moon rise
+  - Moon age
 
 WWW: http://makemebad.net/geek/codes/
diff --git a/astro/nightfall/pkg-descr b/astro/nightfall/pkg-descr
index 8e1a00f36a48..e3ea03326502 100644
--- a/astro/nightfall/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/nightfall/pkg-descr
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-Nightfall is an astronomy application for fun, education, and science.
-It can produce animated views of eclipsing binary stars, calculate
-synthetic lightcurves and radial velocity curves, and eventually
-determine the best-fit model for a given set of observational data of
-an eclipsing binary star system. 
-It is, however, not able to fry your breakfast egg on your harddisk ;-)
+Nightfall is an astronomy application for fun, education, and science. It
+can produce animated views of eclipsing binary stars, calculate synthetic
+lightcurves and radial velocity curves, and eventually determine the
+best-fit model for a given set of observational data of an eclipsing binary
+star system.  It is, however, not able to fry your breakfast egg on your
+harddisk. ;-)
 
 WWW: http://www.hs.uni-hamburg.de/DE/Ins/Per/Wichmann/Nightfall.html
diff --git a/astro/nova/pkg-descr b/astro/nova/pkg-descr
index bca21a631364..b7537fc17f3c 100644
--- a/astro/nova/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/nova/pkg-descr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-The Nova project is a free Integrated Observational Environment for amatuer
+The Nova project is a free Integrated Observational Environment for amateur
 astronomers. It combines Ephemeris, Sky view, Observatory control and basic
 Image manipulation functionality into a single application.
 
diff --git a/astro/openuniverse/pkg-descr b/astro/openuniverse/pkg-descr
index 78a54f6e917a..400fe73aa856 100644
--- a/astro/openuniverse/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/openuniverse/pkg-descr
@@ -1,19 +1,15 @@
-paraphrase of the Web page:
-   
-This program draws the Solar System's bodies in simulated
-3-dimensionality.  You can view all the planets, their moons and
-a few spaceships in motion, trace them, follow them, orbit them
-and even control them.
+This program draws the Solar System's bodies in simulated 3-dimensionality.
+You can view all the planets, their moons and a few spaceships in motion,
+trace them, follow them, orbit them, and even control them.
 
-OpenUniverse was formerly known as Solar System Simulator (Ssystem).
-It was initially released in 1997 with the intent of creating a
-rotating display of the Earth on a mainstream PC.  Ssystem version
-1.0 was only aware of the planets.  Version 1.2 added moons; and
-1.6, more means of movement and better textures.
+OpenUniverse was formerly known as Solar System Simulator (Ssystem).  It was
+initially released in 1997 with the intent of creating a rotating display of
+the Earth on a mainstream PC.  Ssystem version 1.0 was only aware of the
+planets.  Version 1.2 added moons; and 1.6, more means of movement and
+better textures.
 
-The program has been renamed OpenUniverse 1.0 to underline the
-concept behind its further development:  openness for the whole
-Universe, not just the solar system--open for anyone to use, extend
-and change.
+The program has been renamed OpenUniverse 1.0 to underline the concept
+behind its further development: openness for the whole Universe, not just
+the solar system -- open for anyone to use, extend, and change.
 
-WWW:  http://openuniverse.sourceforge.net/ 
+WWW: http://openuniverse.sourceforge.net/
diff --git a/astro/p5-Astro-DSS/pkg-descr b/astro/p5-Astro-DSS/pkg-descr
index 8e1c72e4218a..ccda8439ae7d 100644
--- a/astro/p5-Astro-DSS/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/p5-Astro-DSS/pkg-descr
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The module is an object orientated interface to the both the first and second
 Digital Sky Surveys at the ESO-ECF online archive. While the first sky survey
-is 100% complete, the second survey covers 98% of the sky in Red, 45% of the 
+is 100% complete, the second survey covers 98% of the sky in Red, 45% of the
 sky in Blue and 27% of the sky in the Infra-red.
 
 WWW: http://www.estar.org.uk/
diff --git a/astro/p5-Astro-FITS-Header/pkg-descr b/astro/p5-Astro-FITS-Header/pkg-descr
index b2dba4e1e5ed..ce1c9235d4f1 100644
--- a/astro/p5-Astro-FITS-Header/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/p5-Astro-FITS-Header/pkg-descr
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Stores information about a FITS header block in an object. Takes an hash with
-an array reference as an arguement. The array should contain a list of FITS
+an array reference as an argument. The array should contain a list of FITS
 header cards as input.
 
 WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Astro-FITS-Header/
diff --git a/astro/p5-Astro-SunTime/pkg-descr b/astro/p5-Astro-SunTime/pkg-descr
index e9af8566153d..377a4b3e6d91 100644
--- a/astro/p5-Astro-SunTime/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/p5-Astro-SunTime/pkg-descr
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 Astro::SunTime is a perl module that provides an interface to calculate
 sunrise/sunset times.
-
---will
diff --git a/astro/p5-Geo-METAR/pkg-descr b/astro/p5-Geo-METAR/pkg-descr
index 2faec57408db..e2b15a62a93a 100644
--- a/astro/p5-Geo-METAR/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/p5-Geo-METAR/pkg-descr
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 Geo::METAR is a perl module that processes METAR information from NOAA sources.
 
 WWW: http://jeremy.zawodny.com/perl/Geo-METAR/
-Author: Jeremy D. Zawodny <Jeremy@Zawodny.com>
-
---will
diff --git a/astro/rmap/pkg-descr b/astro/rmap/pkg-descr
index b0874652a1d4..1b9ea11fa937 100644
--- a/astro/rmap/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/rmap/pkg-descr
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-This program generates, but does not display, image files containing 
-raster maps of the Earth.  It includes public-domain, vector
-data from which they are drawn, describing the continents, bodies
-of water, boundaries of countries and U.S. states, and a few cities.
-Command-line options allow centering the maps at a particular
-latitude and longitude and zooming in.
+This program generates, but does not display, image files containing raster
+maps of the Earth.  It includes public-domain, vector data from which they
+are drawn, describing the continents, bodies of water, boundaries of
+countries and U.S. states, and a few cities.  Command-line options allow
+centering the maps at a particular latitude and longitude and zooming in.
 
-WWW:  http://www.reza.net/rmap/
-
-Trevor Johnson
+WWW: http://www.reza.net/rmap/
diff --git a/astro/spacechart/pkg-descr b/astro/spacechart/pkg-descr
index bbf20e4b155a..8e919acf00de 100644
--- a/astro/spacechart/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/spacechart/pkg-descr
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ class and luminosity, and draw links between all stars closer than
 a certain distance.
 
 WWW: http://spacechart.sourceforge.net/
-Author: Miguel Coca <e970095@zipi.fi.upm.es>
diff --git a/astro/wmjupiter/pkg-descr b/astro/wmjupiter/pkg-descr
index e44db1e454a8..2f85f05fcc2c 100644
--- a/astro/wmjupiter/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/wmjupiter/pkg-descr
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-[from website]
-This dockapp shows you the actual distance of Jupiter in astronomical
-units (AE) and when the red spot crosses (which is a weather feature
-on jupiter).  The four Gallileo Moons are displayed too but only
-when they are near the planet (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto).
-The position of the red spot changes on the surface so you need to
-change that value within few months or so. The current position can
-be found on the internet. It was 80 deg. as of 11th Jan 2002.
+This dockapp shows you the actual distance of Jupiter in astronomical units
+(AE) and when the red spot crosses (which is a weather feature on jupiter).
+The four Galileo Moons are displayed too but only when they are near the
+planet (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto).  The position of the red spot
+changes on the surface so you need to change that value within few months
+or so.  The current position can be found on the Internet.  It was 80 deg.
+as of 11th Jan 2002.
 
 WWW: http://www.inxsoft.net/wmjupiter/
-Author: Thomas Kuiper <tkuiper@inxsoft.net>
diff --git a/astro/wmsolar/pkg-descr b/astro/wmsolar/pkg-descr
index 19c8a5178ca6..18fd429f0f89 100644
--- a/astro/wmsolar/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/wmsolar/pkg-descr
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
-[from website]
 It shows you the solar system viewed from top (90 heliocentric).
 
-The objects have the following colors: 
-Sun - yellow      Mercury - green
-Venus - white     Earth - cyan
-Mars - red        Jupiter - gray
-Saturn - green    Uranus - pink
-Neptune - cyan    Pluto is not included since it's way "off course"
+The objects have the following colors:
 
-A left click on the window changes the view between inner and outer
-planets. A left click on the date increases the day/month/year. A
-right click on the date does the opposite. Click the right mouse
-button on the solar system to reset the date to the current date
-(which is in Universal Time).
+	Sun - yellow	Mercury - green
+	Venus - white	Earth - cyan
+	Mars - red	Jupiter - gray
+	Saturn - green	Uranus - pink
+	Neptune - cyan	Pluto is not included since it's way "off course"
+
+A left click on the window changes the view between inner and outer planets.
+A left click on the date increases the day/month/year. A right click on the
+date does the opposite. Click the right mouse button on the solar system to
+reset the date to the current date (which is in Universal Time).
 
 WWW: http://www.inxsoft.net/wmsolar/
-Author: Thomas Kuiper <tkuiper@inxsoft.net>
diff --git a/astro/wmspaceweather/pkg-descr b/astro/wmspaceweather/pkg-descr
index 4fae71ef0208..86a510f7100a 100644
--- a/astro/wmspaceweather/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/wmspaceweather/pkg-descr
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-A DockApp that shows the weather at geosynchronous orbit.  It gets data
+A dockapp that shows the weather at geosynchronous orbit.  It gets data
 from the GOES satellites.