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-rw-r--r--deskutils/docear/pkg-descr2
-rw-r--r--devel/csoap/pkg-descr4
-rw-r--r--games/xbattle/pkg-descr6
-rw-r--r--graphics/whirlgif/pkg-descr6
-rw-r--r--misc/metromap/pkg-descr2
-rw-r--r--misc/whichman/pkg-descr2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/smpeg2/pkg-descr2
-rw-r--r--net/exabgp/pkg-descr2
-rw-r--r--net/tableutil/pkg-descr2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/bontmia/pkg-descr6
-rw-r--r--sysutils/clonehdd/pkg-descr4
-rw-r--r--x11-fonts/croscorefonts-fonts-ttf/pkg-descr2
-rw-r--r--x11/stjerm/pkg-descr2
-rw-r--r--x11/xload/pkg-descr2
14 files changed, 21 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/deskutils/docear/pkg-descr b/deskutils/docear/pkg-descr
index 46c6b2eb3baa..f4e077bd9f99 100644
--- a/deskutils/docear/pkg-descr
+++ b/deskutils/docear/pkg-descr
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Docear - The Academic Literature Suite
Docear (pronounced dog-ear) integrates everything you need to search,
organize and create academic literature in a single application: a
digital library, reference manager, PDF and file manager, note taking
-and mind mapping. And the best: Docear works seemlessly with many
+and mind mapping. And the best: Docear works seamlessly with many
existing tools like Mendeley, Microsoft Word, and Foxit Reader.
WWW: http://www.docear.org/
diff --git a/devel/csoap/pkg-descr b/devel/csoap/pkg-descr
index aab0d715cf2f..781f8679da10 100644
--- a/devel/csoap/pkg-descr
+++ b/devel/csoap/pkg-descr
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
csoap is a client/server SOAP library implemented in pure C.
It comes with an embedded HTTP server called nanohttp.
-The transfered XML structures are handled by libxml2.
-csoap comes with the followin features:
+The transferred XML structures are handled by libxml2.
+csoap comes with the following features:
- client/server HTTP engine
- Attachments via MIME
- https (SSL) with OpenSSL
diff --git a/games/xbattle/pkg-descr b/games/xbattle/pkg-descr
index 9aad7eee53f5..ec123cf83a68 100644
--- a/games/xbattle/pkg-descr
+++ b/games/xbattle/pkg-descr
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-This is XBattle by Greg Lesher, based on the original by teve Lehar released
+This is XBattle by Greg Lesher, based on the original by Steve Lehar released
in 1991, and including certain enhancements, modifications, and bug fixes
-suggested by a number of contributers from all over the world.
+suggested by a number of contributors from all over the world.
XBattle is a concurrent multi-player game which combines elements of strategy
with arcade-like action to capture a wide range of military scenarios.
@@ -20,6 +20,4 @@ site. To get the feel of the game, you can run the "tutorial1" and "tutorial2"
scripts supplied with the game. These start a series of small example games that
you can play around with to learn the various options available with the game.
-Wikipedia Xbattle
-
WWW: https://web.archive.org/web/20011128105604/http://cns-web.bu.edu/pub/xpip/html/xbattle.html
diff --git a/graphics/whirlgif/pkg-descr b/graphics/whirlgif/pkg-descr
index 10071dd450b0..60386d3d6f5c 100644
--- a/graphics/whirlgif/pkg-descr
+++ b/graphics/whirlgif/pkg-descr
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-WhirlGIF , a tool for making GIF animations.
+WhirlGIF, a tool for making GIF animations.
whirlgif is a quick program that reads a series of GIF files, and produces
-a single gif file composed of those images.
+a single GIF file composed of those images.
-For example, if you have images img0001.gif, img0002.gif, img0003.gif ......
+For example, if you have images img0001.gif, img0002.gif, img0003.gif, ...
and want to loop 100 times, then you can do something like:
whirlgif -loop 100 img*.gif
diff --git a/misc/metromap/pkg-descr b/misc/metromap/pkg-descr
index c240a28cf43b..7fd22e637e0e 100644
--- a/misc/metromap/pkg-descr
+++ b/misc/metromap/pkg-descr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Metromap is a simple pygtk+2 programm for finding pathes in metro(subway) maps.
+Metromap is a simple pygtk+2 program for finding paths in metro(subway) maps.
Maps for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, London and Berlin are included.
WWW: http://metromap.antex.ru/
diff --git a/misc/whichman/pkg-descr b/misc/whichman/pkg-descr
index 122593ac5908..f12c462ad943 100644
--- a/misc/whichman/pkg-descr
+++ b/misc/whichman/pkg-descr
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ This package holds THREE little search utilities:
* ftwhich -- a fault tolerant "which" command
ftwhich finds files (programs) which are in one of the directories in
- your PATH and uses a fault tolerant search algorithem.
+ your PATH and uses a fault tolerant search algorithm.
WWW: http://main.linuxfocus.org/~guido/#whichman
diff --git a/multimedia/smpeg2/pkg-descr b/multimedia/smpeg2/pkg-descr
index 8a1a63c6d3ab..d75197c1c52b 100644
--- a/multimedia/smpeg2/pkg-descr
+++ b/multimedia/smpeg2/pkg-descr
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ interface is 'documented' in smpeg.h, and the C++ library interface is spread
out over the MPEG*.h files.
This is a work in progress. Only 16 or 32 bit color depth is supported.
-The player will dynamically conver to other color depths, but playback
+The player will dynamically convert to other color depths, but playback
will be much faster if your display is already set to 16 bit color depth.
WWW: http://icculus.org/smpeg/
diff --git a/net/exabgp/pkg-descr b/net/exabgp/pkg-descr
index 8c0f5202a82b..e4c3dac75d94 100644
--- a/net/exabgp/pkg-descr
+++ b/net/exabgp/pkg-descr
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
A BGP route injector which can inject routes with arbitrary next-hops into
your network (source some ipv4/ipv6 routes using both IPv4 and IPv6 TCP
-connections), mitigate DDOS using flowspec, or pass the route it receive
+connections), mitigate DDOS using flowspec, or pass the route it receives
in textual form to third party application.
WWW: https://github.com/Exa-Networks/exabgp
diff --git a/net/tableutil/pkg-descr b/net/tableutil/pkg-descr
index 4869bf991b12..a4ba31ffde05 100644
--- a/net/tableutil/pkg-descr
+++ b/net/tableutil/pkg-descr
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
Tableutil is a utility for converting, aggregating and performing operations
-on lists of IP-addresses. It's primary use is to convert files into a format
+on lists of IP-addresses. Its primary use is to convert files into a format
pfctl(8) can read.
It can read plain-text-files with ranges (123.123.123.123-234.234.234.234),
diff --git a/sysutils/bontmia/pkg-descr b/sysutils/bontmia/pkg-descr
index 45782032acba..d17fc1f50d34 100644
--- a/sysutils/bontmia/pkg-descr
+++ b/sysutils/bontmia/pkg-descr
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
This is a port of bontmia, which is a tool to make incremental backups
over network using rsync and ssh. It supports storing of a given number
-of archives in wich files that has not been changed since last backup
+of archives in which files that has not been changed since last backup
will be hard linked to previous archive to save space and bandwidth.
-Bontmia is an acromyn of Backup Over Network To Multiple Incremental
-Archives wich pretty good sums up its intended use.
+Bontmia is an acronym of Backup Over Network To Multiple Incremental
+Archives which pretty good sums up its intended use.
WWW: http://kosmos.ttyv0.se/projects/show/bontmia
diff --git a/sysutils/clonehdd/pkg-descr b/sysutils/clonehdd/pkg-descr
index b88c6cf73578..ba4d3c07af35 100644
--- a/sysutils/clonehdd/pkg-descr
+++ b/sysutils/clonehdd/pkg-descr
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Tool for copy partitions to another HDD. FreeBSD stores its data on
-partitions, which incapsulated in slices. Soft, such as Partition
+partitions, which encapsulated in slices. Soft, such as Partition
Magic, Acronis, etc. detect only slice, not real partitions on that
-slice. CloneHDD correctly understand size diference between two HDD
+slice. CloneHDD correctly understand size difference between two HDD
and change size of each partition proportionally for filling entire
HDD.
diff --git a/x11-fonts/croscorefonts-fonts-ttf/pkg-descr b/x11-fonts/croscorefonts-fonts-ttf/pkg-descr
index b23809e6e906..323938f7d535 100644
--- a/x11-fonts/croscorefonts-fonts-ttf/pkg-descr
+++ b/x11-fonts/croscorefonts-fonts-ttf/pkg-descr
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Google has created a set of fonts for its ChromeOS Operating system.
The three standard ones closely mimic the most popular ones for the Windows
-platform and the linuxso-called Liberation fonts but are available under an
+platform and the linux so-called Liberation fonts but are available under an
OpenFont license.
Tinos, Arimo and Cousine, appear to be variations of the old standard Times,
diff --git a/x11/stjerm/pkg-descr b/x11/stjerm/pkg-descr
index 013e5ee9fbb6..28384ccc4731 100644
--- a/x11/stjerm/pkg-descr
+++ b/x11/stjerm/pkg-descr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Stjerm is a quake-like terminal emulator. It's window is shown with a key
+Stjerm is a quake-like terminal emulator. Its window is shown with a key
shortcut. Stjerm is very minimalistic and works well with Compiz window
manager.
diff --git a/x11/xload/pkg-descr b/x11/xload/pkg-descr
index 61da84f2a4f9..6a0b46f1719e 100644
--- a/x11/xload/pkg-descr
+++ b/x11/xload/pkg-descr
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-This pckage contains xload, the X Window System system load average
+This package contains xload, the X Window System system load average
display application.