Collection of language fixes to comments and docs.

Thanks to Jonathan Nieder.

7 files changed, 20 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/src/xz/coder.c b/src/xz/coder.c
index cd5da299..2ee0c704 100644
--- a/src/xz/coder.c
+++ b/src/xz/coder.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ coder_set_compression_settings(void)
 
 	if (memory_usage > memory_limit) {
 		// If --no-auto-adjust was used or we didn't find LZMA1 or
-		// LZMA2 as the last filter, give an error immediatelly.
+		// LZMA2 as the last filter, give an error immediately.
 		// --format=raw implies --no-auto-adjust.
 		if (!auto_adjust || opt_format == FORMAT_RAW)
 			memlimit_too_small(memory_usage);
diff --git a/src/xz/file_io.c b/src/xz/file_io.c
index 020f33dd..a78002eb 100644
--- a/src/xz/file_io.c
+++ b/src/xz/file_io.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ extern void
 io_init(void)
 {
 	// Make sure that stdin, stdout, and and stderr are connected to
-	// a valid file descriptor. Exit immediatelly with exit code ERROR
+	// a valid file descriptor. Exit immediately with exit code ERROR
 	// if we cannot make the file descriptors valid. Maybe we should
 	// print an error message, but our stderr could be screwed anyway.
 	tuklib_open_stdxxx(E_ERROR);
diff --git a/src/xz/main.c b/src/xz/main.c
index c5330039..e0905893 100644
--- a/src/xz/main.c
+++ b/src/xz/main.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static const char *
 read_name(const args_info *args)
 {
 	// FIXME: Maybe we should have some kind of memory usage limit here
-	// like the tool has for the actual compression and uncompression.
+	// like the tool has for the actual compression and decompression.
 	// Giving some huge text file with --files0 makes us to read the
 	// whole file in RAM.
 	static char *name = NULL;
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (opt_mode != MODE_LIST)
 		signals_init();
 
-	// coder_run() handles compression, decopmression, and testing.
+	// coder_run() handles compression, decompression, and testing.
 	// list_file() is for --list.
 	void (*run)(const char *filename) = opt_mode == MODE_LIST
 			 ? &list_file : &coder_run;
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			args.arg_names[i] = (char *)stdin_filename;
 		}
 
-		// Do the actual compression or uncompression.
+		// Do the actual compression or decompression.
 		run(args.arg_names[i]);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/xz/main.h b/src/xz/main.h
index 5622cebb..323f2f7d 100644
--- a/src/xz/main.h
+++ b/src/xz/main.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 /// \file       main.h
-/// \brief      Miscellanous declarations
+/// \brief      Miscellaneous declarations
 //
 //  Author:     Lasse Collin
 //
diff --git a/src/xz/message.c b/src/xz/message.c
index b5244d44..88efb0c0 100644
--- a/src/xz/message.c
+++ b/src/xz/message.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ message_progress_start(lzma_stream *strm, uint64_t in_size)
 	if (verbosity >= V_VERBOSE && progress_automatic) {
 		// Start the timer to display the first progress message
 		// after one second. An alternative would be to show the
-		// first message almost immediatelly, but delaying by one
+		// first message almost immediately, but delaying by one
 		// second looks better to me, since extremely early
 		// progress info is pretty much useless.
 #ifdef SIGALRM
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ progress_sizes(uint64_t compressed_pos, uint64_t uncompressed_pos, bool final)
 static const char *
 progress_speed(uint64_t uncompressed_pos, uint64_t elapsed)
 {
-	// Don't print the speed immediatelly, since the early values look
-	// like somewhat random.
+	// Don't print the speed immediately, since the early values look
+	// somewhat random.
 	if (elapsed < 3000000)
 		return "";
 
@@ -870,8 +870,8 @@ message_mem_needed(enum message_verbosity v, uint64_t memusage)
 				uint64_to_str(memlimit, 1));
 	} else {
 		// Round up just like with memusage. If this function is
-		// called for informational purporse (to just show the
-		// current usage and limit), we will never show that
+		// called for informational purposes (to just show the
+		// current usage and limit), we should never show that
 		// the usage is higher than the limit, which would give
 		// a false impression that the memory usage limit isn't
 		// properly enforced.
diff --git a/src/xz/message.h b/src/xz/message.h
index b894bcf3..7d637dfe 100644
--- a/src/xz/message.h
+++ b/src/xz/message.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ extern void message_set_files(unsigned int files);
 
 /// \brief      Set the name of the current file and possibly print it too
 ///
-/// The name is printed immediatelly if --list was used or if --verbose
+/// The name is printed immediately if --list was used or if --verbose
 /// was used and stderr is a terminal. Even when the filename isn't printed,
 /// it is stored so that it can be printed later if needed for progress
 /// messages.
diff --git a/src/xz/xz.1 b/src/xz/xz.1
index 709fa556..9dc354a0 100644
--- a/src/xz/xz.1
+++ b/src/xz/xz.1
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ is not a regular file. Symbolic links are not followed, thus they
 are not considered to be regular files.
 .IP \(bu 3
 .I File
-has more than one hardlink.
+has more than one hard link.
 .IP \(bu 3
 .I File
 has setuid, setgid, or sticky bit set.
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ The absolute value of the active memory usage limit can be seen with
 .B \-\-info-memory
 or near the bottom of the output of
 .BR \-\-long\-help .
-The default limit can be overriden with
+The default limit can be overridden with
 \fB\-\-memory=\fIlimit\fR.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .SS "Integer suffixes and special values"
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ If the target file already exists, delete it before compressing or
 decompressing.
 .IP \(bu 3
 Compress or decompress even if the input is a symbolic link to a regular file,
-has more than one hardlink, or has setuid, setgid, or sticky bit set.
+has more than one hard link, or has setuid, setgid, or sticky bit set.
 The setuid, setgid, and sticky bits are not copied to the target file.
 .IP \(bu 3
 If combined with
@@ -399,10 +399,10 @@ This is the default. When compressing,
 .B auto
 is equivalent to
 .BR xz .
-When decompressing, the format of the input file is autodetected. Note that
-raw streams (created with
+When decompressing, the format of the input file is automatically detected.
+Note that raw streams (created with
 .BR \-\-format=raw )
-cannot be autodetected.
+cannot be auto-detected.
 .IP \(bu 3
 .BR xz :
 Compress to the
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ increase a little with presets \fB\-0\fR ... \fB\-2\fR). The downside is that
 the compression time will increase dramatically (it can easily double).
 .TP
 \fB\-M\fR \fIlimit\fR, \fB\-\-memory=\fIlimit
-Set the memory usage limit. If this option is specied multiple times,
+Set the memory usage limit. If this option is specified multiple times,
 the last one takes effect. The
 .I limit
 can be specified in multiple ways:
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ files which have dictionary size of
 .RI "2^" n
 or
 .RI "2^" n " + 2^(" n "\-1)."
-This is to decrease false positives when autodetecting
+This is to decrease false positives when detecting
 .B .lzma
 files.
 .PP