Spelling fixes.

diff --git a/etc/themes/deeper-blue-theme.el b/etc/themes/deeper-blue-theme.el
index 0fbd9496969db6be342d5c3ec56a3421f5df7425..1a4ca82f438c3e4afe9ee7fb1e04371ad074e8f0 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/themes/deeper-blue-theme.el
+++ b/etc/themes/deeper-blue-theme.el
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 ;;; Code:
 
 (deftheme deeper-blue
-  "Face colors using a deep blue backgound.")
+  "Face colors using a deep blue background.")
 
 (let ((class '((class color) (min-colors 89))))
   (custom-theme-set-faces

diff --git a/etc/themes/light-blue-theme.el b/etc/themes/light-blue-theme.el
index 98c74b268af18380aac8657fbc6806bf8bb7a701..cf6ae543575dcf7a75673468aa8d38b59fad32d9 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/themes/light-blue-theme.el
+++ b/etc/themes/light-blue-theme.el
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 ;;; Code:
 
 (deftheme light-blue
-  "Face colors utilizing a light blue backgound.")
+  "Face colors utilizing a light blue background.")
 
 (let ((class '((class color) (min-colors 89))))
   (custom-theme-set-faces

diff --git a/lib-src/ChangeLog b/lib-src/ChangeLog
index 5ff9b5bb6bc51c259ce3a5906a648c337b6d5fc7..0832f8932ee3831f68f42e9f98bae3a3c229a714 100644 (file)
--- a/lib-src/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib-src/ChangeLog
@@ -4271,7 +4271,7 @@
 
 1998-12-08  Geoff Voelker  <voelker@cs.washington.edu>
 
-       * makefile.nt: Do string comparision of _NMAKE_VER.
+       * makefile.nt: Do string comparison of _NMAKE_VER.
 
 1998-11-03  Theodore Jump  <tjump@cais.com>
 

diff --git a/lisp/emulation/viper-macs.el b/lisp/emulation/viper-macs.el
index 00153c1ff0ea644ba125c35b09767986e3bbc380..e978823a49c2dd1c550165944b2b316ae74ccfcb 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/emulation/viper-macs.el
+++ b/lisp/emulation/viper-macs.el
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ a key is a symbol, e.g., `a', `\\1', `f2', etc., or a list, e.g.,
 
 ;; Accepts as macro names: strings and vectors.
 ;; strings must be strings of characters; vectors must be vectors of keys
-;; in canonic form.  The canonic form is essentially the form used in XEmacs
+;; in canonical form, which is essentially the form used in XEmacs.
 ;; More general definitions are inherited by more specific scopes:
 ;; global->major mode->buffer. More specific definitions override more general
 (defun viper-record-kbd-macro (macro-name state macro-body &optional scope)

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
index b18b78df0637d3713eaf98b8d0ceb18375e7cc37..3a9294d58d60288c6852e86fffc2ca8d931c239c 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
@@ -2533,7 +2533,7 @@ If FORCE is non-nil, the .newsrc file is read."
        ((or (eq symbol options-symbol)
            (eq symbol Options-symbol))
        (setq gnus-newsrc-options
-             ;; This concating is quite inefficient, but since our
+             ;; This concatting is quite inefficient, but since our
              ;; thorough studies show that approx 99.37% of all
              ;; .newsrc files only contain a single options line, we
              ;; don't give a damn, frankly, my dear.

diff --git a/lisp/ldefs-boot.el b/lisp/ldefs-boot.el
index b0d08217fc148f5c2bbf0c3050e68ed81f733cce..f6c706fdce959312a21d3cea0a2d1deb53aa1561 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/ldefs-boot.el
+++ b/lisp/ldefs-boot.el
@@ -5677,7 +5677,7 @@ Variables controlling indentation style and extra features:
  dcl-block-begin-regexp
  dcl-block-end-regexp
     Regexps that match command lines that begin and end, respectively,
-    a block of commmand lines that will be given extra indentation.
+    a block of command lines that will be given extra indentation.
     Command lines between THEN-ELSE-ENDIF are always indented; these variables
     make it possible to define other places to indent.
     Set to nil to disable this feature.

diff --git a/lisp/net/dbus.el b/lisp/net/dbus.el
index 03b84a45ea33eaa817a27f01398e62ed2e8974cf..8a8d9e6332f0b462442084aba9bd4d02f5a034bd 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/net/dbus.el
+++ b/lisp/net/dbus.el
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ association to the service from D-Bus."
     ;; entry has the structure ((UNAME SERVICE PATH MEMBER [RULE]) ...).
     ;; MEMBER is either a string (the handler), or a cons cell (a
     ;; property value).  UNAME and property values are not taken into
-    ;; account for comparision.
+    ;; account for comparison.
 
     ;; Loop over the registered functions.
     (dolist (elt entry)

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/ada-xref.el b/lisp/progmodes/ada-xref.el
index 0cfdab237020edab20ec1c3eb878efcb3adcc8a6..2f6a7be393a4b40be66cf140a3e8457726acb066 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/progmodes/ada-xref.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/ada-xref.el
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@ project file."
                          (or executable-name
                              (file-name-sans-extension (buffer-file-name))))))
 
-    ;;  For gvd, add an extra switch so that the Emacs window is completly
+    ;;  For gvd, add an extra switch so that the Emacs window is completely
     ;;  swallowed inside the Gvd one
     (if (and ada-tight-gvd-integration
             (string-match "^[^ \t]*gvd" cmd))
@@ -1783,7 +1783,7 @@ Information is extracted from the ali file."
            )
          )
 
-      ;; Last check to be completly sure we have found the correct line (the
+      ;; Last check to be completely sure we have found the correct line (the
       ;; ali might not be up to date for instance)
       (if declaration-found
          (progn

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/make-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/make-mode.el
index c49519ed17961589ca7d739f82841a2282406dc5..c1a87a9d033d7f541b1ad167d543a7615d784b0a 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/progmodes/make-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/make-mode.el
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ definition and conveniently use this command."
      ((or (eq (char-before (line-end-position 1)) ?\\)
          (eq (char-before (line-end-position 0)) ?\\))
       ;; A backslash region.  Find beginning and end, remove
-      ;; backslashes, fill, and then reapply backslahes.
+      ;; backslashes, fill, and then reapply backslashes.
       (end-of-line)
       (let ((beginning
             (save-excursion

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/prolog.el b/lisp/progmodes/prolog.el
index 121ce8e0430374171880487449f88579d7ba0a39..24ca78ad4ef003113882299364e3ac3bc6b0fec2 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/progmodes/prolog.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/prolog.el
@@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ For use with the `compilation-parse-errors-function' variable."
          limit t)
         (setq filepath (match-string 2)))
 
-      ;; ###### Does this work with SICStus under Windows (i.e. backslahes and stuff?)
+      ;; ###### Does this work with SICStus under Windows (i.e. backslashes and stuff?)
       (if (string-match "\\(.*/\\)\\([^/]*\\)$" filepath)
           (progn
             (setq dir (match-string 1 filepath))

diff --git a/lisp/tutorial.el b/lisp/tutorial.el
index be1a12b499b661a4e9661ea8abc044ea68326b67..2e65148400850371ea06af032b62141e08db5437 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/tutorial.el
+++ b/lisp/tutorial.el
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ LEFT and RIGHT are the elements to compare."
                 (equal (car x) (car y)))
       (setq x (cdr x))
       (setq y (cdr y)))
-    ;; Try to make a comparision that is useful for presentation (this
+    ;; Try to make a comparison that is useful for presentation (this
     ;; could be made nicer perhaps):
     (let ((cx (car x))
           (cy (car y)))

diff --git a/nt/ChangeLog b/nt/ChangeLog
index 3de7192ae996504bf8f42f37217b8ea12c5bdd71..2ae4415068570458427faa54e313b0c837cbde6a 100644 (file)
--- a/nt/ChangeLog
+++ b/nt/ChangeLog
@@ -1792,7 +1792,7 @@
 
 1998-12-08  Geoff Voelker  <voelker@cs.washington.edu>
 
-       * makefile.nt: Do string comparision of _NMAKE_VER.
+       * makefile.nt: Do string comparison of _NMAKE_VER.
 
 1998-12-02  Geoff Voelker  <voelker@cs.washington.edu>
 

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog.8 b/src/ChangeLog.8
index 6bc83055c7ba3908010facc93d37d6cb0312ab5f..4c9ecfb4d4d8de3d6e8bfaa861658c319a88313a 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ChangeLog.8
+++ b/src/ChangeLog.8
@@ -12766,7 +12766,7 @@
 
 1998-12-08  Geoff Voelker  <voelker@cs.washington.edu>
 
-       * makefile.nt: Do string comparision of _NMAKE_VER.
+       * makefile.nt: Do string comparison of _NMAKE_VER.
 
 1998-12-06  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@mescaline.gnu.org>