* lib/rdoc.rb: massive spelling correction patch from Evan Farrar

  <evanfarrar at gmail.com> in [ruby-doc:1382] applied.

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@16810 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

56 files changed, 90 insertions, 90 deletions

diff --git a/lib/cgi/session.rb b/lib/cgi/session.rb
index c693e06df2..a9cfedd56b 100644
--- a/lib/cgi/session.rb
+++ b/lib/cgi/session.rb
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class CGI
     # session_path:: the path for which this session applies.  Defaults
     #                to the directory of the CGI script.
     #
-    # +option+ is also passed on to the session storage class initialiser; see
+    # +option+ is also passed on to the session storage class initializer; see
     # the documentation for each session storage class for the options
     # they support.
     #                  
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ class CGI
       # characters; automatically generated session ids observe
       # this requirement.
       # 
-      # +option+ is a hash of options for the initialiser.  The
+      # +option+ is a hash of options for the initializer.  The
       # following options are recognised:
       #
       # tmpdir:: the directory to use for storing the FileStore
diff --git a/lib/cgi/session/pstore.rb b/lib/cgi/session/pstore.rb
index 9a16a66b15..6039183363 100644
--- a/lib/cgi/session/pstore.rb
+++ b/lib/cgi/session/pstore.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class CGI
       # characters; automatically generated session ids observe
       # this requirement.
       # 
-      # +option+ is a hash of options for the initialiser.  The
+      # +option+ is a hash of options for the initializer.  The
       # following options are recognised:
       #
       # tmpdir:: the directory to use for storing the PStore
diff --git a/lib/csv.rb b/lib/csv.rb
index f846205637..f60d5b1cb0 100644
--- a/lib/csv.rb
+++ b/lib/csv.rb
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ class CSV
   # <b><tt>:all</tt></b>::        All built-in converters.  A combination of 
   #                               <tt>:date_time</tt> and <tt>:numeric</tt>.
   # 
-  # This Hash is intetionally left unfrozen and users should feel free to add
+  # This Hash is intentionally left unfrozen and users should feel free to add
   # values to it that can be accessed by all CSV objects.
   # 
   # To add a combo field, the value should be an Array of names.  Combo fields
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ class CSV
   # Hash containing any +options+ CSV::new() understands.
   # 
   # This method works like Ruby's open() call, in that it will pass a CSV object
-  # to a provided block and close it when the block termminates, or it will
+  # to a provided block and close it when the block terminates, or it will
   # return the CSV object when no block is provided.  (*Note*: This is different
   # from the Ruby 1.8 CSV library which passed rows to the block.  Use
   # CSV::foreach() for that behavior.)
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ class CSV
   #                                       unconverted_fields() method will be
   #                                       added to all returned rows (Array or
   #                                       CSV::Row) that will return the fields
-  #                                       as they were before convertion.  Note
+  #                                       as they were before conversion.  Note
   #                                       that <tt>:headers</tt> supplied by
   #                                       Array or String were not fields of the
   #                                       document and thus will have an empty
@@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@ class CSV
 
     instance_variable_set("@#{field_name}", Array.new)
     
-    # find the correct method to add the coverters
+    # find the correct method to add the converters
     convert = method(field_name.to_s.sub(/ers\Z/, ""))
     
     # load converters
diff --git a/lib/delegate.rb b/lib/delegate.rb
index 337e763f62..629753fe3a 100644
--- a/lib/delegate.rb
+++ b/lib/delegate.rb
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ end
 # your class.
 #
 #   class MyClass < DelegateClass( ClassToDelegateTo )    # Step 1
-#     def initiaize
+#     def initialize
 #       super(obj_of_ClassToDelegateTo)                   # Step 2
 #     end
 #   end
diff --git a/lib/erb.rb b/lib/erb.rb
index fade2c72ba..2c7e203923 100644
--- a/lib/erb.rb
+++ b/lib/erb.rb
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ class ERB
   #    
   #    def build
   #      b = binding
-  #      # create and run templates, filling member data variebles
+  #      # create and run templates, filling member data variables
   #      ERB.new(<<-'END_PRODUCT'.gsub(/^\s+/, ""), 0, "", "@product").result b
   #        <%= PRODUCT[:name] %>
   #        <%= PRODUCT[:desc] %>
diff --git a/lib/forwardable.rb b/lib/forwardable.rb
index 554244a477..a4af0217d0 100644
--- a/lib/forwardable.rb
+++ b/lib/forwardable.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #       @q = [ ]    # prepare delegate object
 #     end
 #     
-#     # setup prefered interface, enq() and deq()...
+#     # setup preferred interface, enq() and deq()...
 #     def_delegator :@q, :push, :enq
 #     def_delegator :@q, :shift, :deq
 #     
diff --git a/lib/irb/extend-command.rb b/lib/irb/extend-command.rb
index e7097309bb..5cfae7ea3c 100644
--- a/lib/irb/extend-command.rb
+++ b/lib/irb/extend-command.rb
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ module IRB
       end
     end
 
-    # aliases = [commans_alias, flag], ...
+    # aliases = [commands_alias, flag], ...
     def self.def_extend_command(cmd_name, cmd_class, load_file = nil, *aliases)
       case cmd_class
       when Symbol
diff --git a/lib/irb/help.rb b/lib/irb/help.rb
index f19b1fdd3d..01e5878d18 100644
--- a/lib/irb/help.rb
+++ b/lib/irb/help.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-#   irb/help.rb - print usase module
+#   irb/help.rb - print usage module
 #   	$Release Version: 0.9.5$
 #   	$Revision$
 #   	by Keiju ISHITSUKA(keiju@ishitsuka.com)
diff --git a/lib/irb/notifier.rb b/lib/irb/notifier.rb
index 18f0028ce8..51f10ff398 100644
--- a/lib/irb/notifier.rb
+++ b/lib/irb/notifier.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-#   notifier.rb - optput methods used by irb 
+#   notifier.rb - output methods used by irb 
 #   	$Release Version: 0.9.5$
 #   	$Revision$
 #   	by Keiju ISHITSUKA(keiju@ruby-lang.org)
diff --git a/lib/irb/ruby-lex.rb b/lib/irb/ruby-lex.rb
index b66465c4de..2569fd93d5 100644
--- a/lib/irb/ruby-lex.rb
+++ b/lib/irb/ruby-lex.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-#   irb/ruby-lex.rb - ruby lexcal analizer
+#   irb/ruby-lex.rb - ruby lexcal analyzer
 #   	$Release Version: 0.9.5$
 #   	$Revision$
 #   	by Keiju ISHITSUKA(keiju@ruby-lang.org)
diff --git a/lib/irb/slex.rb b/lib/irb/slex.rb
index 1fdcd86b43..c8b40c6878 100644
--- a/lib/irb/slex.rb
+++ b/lib/irb/slex.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-#   irb/slex.rb - symple lex analizer
+#   irb/slex.rb - simple lex analyzer
 #   	$Release Version: 0.9.5$
 #   	$Revision$
 #   	by Keiju ISHITSUKA(keiju@ruby-lang.org)
diff --git a/lib/logger.rb b/lib/logger.rb
index cff881ff48..5399e13ead 100644
--- a/lib/logger.rb
+++ b/lib/logger.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# logger.rb - saimple logging utility
+# logger.rb - simple logging utility
 # Copyright (C) 2000-2003, 2005  NAKAMURA, Hiroshi <nakahiro@sarion.co.jp>.
 
 require 'monitor'
diff --git a/lib/net/https.rb b/lib/net/https.rb
index 8a9245ea0e..7477df1780 100644
--- a/lib/net/https.rb
+++ b/lib/net/https.rb
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ It can be replaced by the following code:
 
 : key, key=((|key|))
     Sets an OpenSSL::PKey::RSA or OpenSSL::PKey::DSA object.
-    (This method is appeared in Michal Rokos's OpenSSL extention.)
+    (This method is appeared in Michal Rokos's OpenSSL extension.)
 
 : cert, cert=((|cert|))
     Sets an OpenSSL::X509::Certificate object as client certificate
-    (This method is appeared in Michal Rokos's OpenSSL extention).
+    (This method is appeared in Michal Rokos's OpenSSL extension).
 
 : ca_file, ca_file=((|path|))
     Sets path of a CA certification file in PEM format.
diff --git a/lib/net/imap.rb b/lib/net/imap.rb
index ce765b0a34..4c63ddd325 100644
--- a/lib/net/imap.rb
+++ b/lib/net/imap.rb
@@ -3243,7 +3243,7 @@ module Net
 	return @nc[nonce]
       end
 
-      # some reponses needs quoting
+      # some responses need quoting
       def qdval(k, v)
 	return if k.nil? or v.nil?
 	if %w"username authzid realm nonce cnonce digest-uri qop".include? k
diff --git a/lib/open-uri.rb b/lib/open-uri.rb
index be88b81079..238d759d5f 100644
--- a/lib/open-uri.rb
+++ b/lib/open-uri.rb
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ module OpenURI
     # :redirect=>false is used to disable HTTP redirects at all.
     # OpenURI::HTTPRedirect exception raised on redirection.
     # It is true by default.
-    # The true means redirectoins between http and ftp is permitted.
+    # The true means redirections between http and ftp is permitted.
     #
     def open(*rest, &block)
       OpenURI.open_uri(self, *rest, &block)
diff --git a/lib/optparse.rb b/lib/optparse.rb
index d33ad536e2..c6a54ef30a 100644
--- a/lib/optparse.rb
+++ b/lib/optparse.rb
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ class OptionParser
   #
   # Directs to reject specified class argument.
   #
-  # +t+:: Argument class speficier, any object including Class.
+  # +t+:: Argument class specifier, any object including Class.
   #
   #   reject(t)
   #
@@ -1037,13 +1037,13 @@ class OptionParser
   #     "-x[OPTIONAL]"
   #     "-x"
   #   There is also a special form which matches character range (not full
-  #   set of regural expression):
+  #   set of regular expression):
   #     "-[a-z]MANDATORY"
   #     "-[a-z][OPTIONAL]" 
   #     "-[a-z]"
   #
   # [Argument style and description:]
-  #   Instead of specifying mandatory or optional orguments directly in the
+  #   Instead of specifying mandatory or optional arguments directly in the
   #   switch parameter, this separate parameter can be used.
   #     "=MANDATORY"
   #     "=[OPTIONAL]"
diff --git a/lib/pathname.rb b/lib/pathname.rb
index b2e119db11..7bee22b58f 100644
--- a/lib/pathname.rb
+++ b/lib/pathname.rb
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ class Pathname
     SEPARATOR_PAT = /#{Regexp.quote File::SEPARATOR}/
   end
 
-  # Return a pathname which the extention of the basename is substituted by
+  # Return a pathname which the extension of the basename is substituted by
   # <i>repl</i>.
   #
   # If self has no extension part, <i>repl</i> is appended.
diff --git a/lib/pstore.rb b/lib/pstore.rb
index a1ad768fbf..8032c8d525 100644
--- a/lib/pstore.rb
+++ b/lib/pstore.rb
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ require "digest/md5"
 require "thread"
 
 #
-# PStore implements a file based persistance mechanism based on a Hash.  User
+# PStore implements a file based persistence mechanism based on a Hash.  User
 # code can store hierarchies of Ruby objects (values) into the data store file
 # by name (keys).  An object hierarchy may be just a single object.  User code 
 # may later read values back from the data store or even update data, as needed.
 # 
 # The transactional behavior ensures that any changes succeed or fail together.
 # This can be used to ensure that the data store is not left in a transitory
-# state, where some values were upated but others were not.
+# state, where some values were updated but others were not.
 # 
 # Behind the scenes, Ruby objects are stored to the data store file with 
 # Marshal.  That carries the usual limitations.  Proc objects cannot be 
diff --git a/lib/rake.rb b/lib/rake.rb
index b5924a1211..147d05c531 100755
--- a/lib/rake.rb
+++ b/lib/rake.rb
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ end # module Module
 #
 class String
   rake_extension("ext") do
-    # Replace the file extension with +newext+.  If there is no extenson on
+    # Replace the file extension with +newext+.  If there is no extension on
     # the string, append the new extension to the end.  If the new extension
     # is not given, or is the empty string, remove any existing extension.
     #
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class String
     # * <b>%x</b> -- The file extension of the path.  An empty string if there
     #   is no extension.
     # * <b>%X</b> -- Everything *but* the file extension.
-    # * <b>%s</b> -- The alternate file separater if defined, otherwise use
+    # * <b>%s</b> -- The alternate file separator if defined, otherwise use
     #   the standard file separator.
     # * <b>%%</b> -- A percent sign.
     #
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ class String
     #   'a/b/c/d/file.txt'.pathmap("%-2d")  => 'c/d'
     #
     # Also the %d, %p, $f, $n, %x, and %X operators can take a
-    # pattern/replacement argument to perform simple string substititions on a
-    # particular part of the path.  The pattern and replacement are speparated
+    # pattern/replacement argument to perform simple string substitutions on a
+    # particular part of the path.  The pattern and replacement are separated
     # by a comma and are enclosed by curly braces.  The replacement spec comes
     # after the % character but before the operator letter.  (e.g.
     # "%{old,new}d").  Muliple replacement specs should be separated by
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ module RakeFileUtils
     oldvalue
   end
 
-  # Use this function to prevent protentially destructive ruby code from
+  # Use this function to prevent potentially destructive ruby code from
   # running when the :nowrite flag is set.
   #
   # Example:
@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ module Rake
     private :resolve_exclude
 
     # Return a new FileList with the results of running +sub+ against each
-    # element of the oringal list.
+    # element of the original list.
     #
     # Example:
     #   FileList['a.c', 'b.c'].sub(/\.c$/, '.o')  => ['a.o', 'b.o']
@@ -1942,7 +1942,7 @@ module Rake
       [name, args]
     end
 
-    # Provide standard execption handling for the given block.
+    # Provide standard exception handling for the given block.
     def standard_exception_handling
       begin
         yield
diff --git a/lib/rdoc.rb b/lib/rdoc.rb
index d89ac1fde9..7aae05731f 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ $DEBUG_RDOC = nil
 # * If you want to include extensions written in C, see RDoc::C_Parser
 # * For information on the various markups available in comment blocks, see
 #   RDoc::Markup.
-# * If you want to drive RDoc programatically, see RDoc::RDoc.
+# * If you want to drive RDoc programmatically, see RDoc::RDoc.
 # * If you want to use the library to format text blocks into HTML, have a look
 #   at RDoc::Markup.
 # * If you want to try writing your own HTML output template, see
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ $DEBUG_RDOC = nil
 #   Stop and start adding new documentation elements to the current container.
 #   For example, if a class has a number of constants that you don't want to
 #   document, put a +:stopdoc:+ before the first, and a +:startdoc:+ after the
-#   last.  If you don't specifiy a +:startdoc:+ by the end of the container,
+#   last.  If you don't specify a +:startdoc:+ by the end of the container,
 #   disables documentation for the entire class or module.
 # 
 # = Other stuff
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/README b/lib/rdoc/README
index cb00a5e355..f183c61f8d 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/README
+++ b/lib/rdoc/README
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ document methods, classes, and so on.
 * If you want to include extensions written in C, see RDoc::C_Parser
 * For information on the various markups available in comment blocks, see
   RDoc::Markup.
-* If you want to drive RDoc programatically, see RDoc::RDoc.
+* If you want to drive RDoc programmatically, see RDoc::RDoc.
 * If you want to use the library to format text blocks into HTML, have a look
   at RDoc::Markup.
 * If you want to try writing your own HTML output template, see
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ Comment blocks can contain other directives:
   Stop and start adding new documentation elements to the current container.
   For example, if a class has a number of constants that you don't want to
   document, put a +:stopdoc:+ before the first, and a +:startdoc:+ after the
-  last.  If you don't specifiy a +:startdoc:+ by the end of the container,
+  last.  If you don't specify a +:startdoc:+ by the end of the container,
   disables documentation for the entire class or module.
 
 = Other stuff
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/generator.rb b/lib/rdoc/generator.rb
index 322b25bf71..7c4ccf924a 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/generator.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/generator.rb
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ require 'rdoc/template'
 module RDoc::Generator
 
   ##
-  # Name of sub-direcory that holds file descriptions
+  # Name of sub-directory that holds file descriptions
 
   FILE_DIR  = "files"
 
   ##
-  # Name of sub-direcory that holds class descriptions
+  # Name of sub-directory that holds class descriptions
 
   CLASS_DIR = "classes"
 
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/generator/html/html.rb b/lib/rdoc/generator/html/html.rb
index 8343454d30..63c83ee5fd 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/generator/html/html.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/generator/html/html.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require 'rdoc/generator/html/one_page_html'
 # This is a template for RDoc that uses XHTML 1.0 Transitional and dictates a
 # bit more of the appearance of the output to cascading stylesheets than the
 # default. It was designed for clean inline code display, and uses DHTMl to
-# toggle the visbility of each method's source with each click on the '[source]'
+# toggle the visibility of each method's source with each click on the '[source]'
 # link.
 #
 # == Authors
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/generator/ri.rb b/lib/rdoc/generator/ri.rb
index 2452d79132..ea0bbeffcc 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/generator/ri.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/generator/ri.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class RDoc::Generator::RI
   def process_class(from_class)
     generate_class_info(from_class)
 
-    # now recure into this classes constituent classess
+    # now recurse into this classes constituent classes
     from_class.each_classmodule do |mod|
       process_class(mod)
     end
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/markup.rb b/lib/rdoc/markup.rb
index fdd1a11736..0e1b596255 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/markup.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/markup.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require 'rdoc'
 # RDoc::Markup is intended to be the basis for a family of tools which share
 # the common requirement that simple, plain-text should be rendered in a
 # variety of different output formats and media.  It is envisaged that
-# RDoc::Markup could be the basis for formating RDoc style comment blocks,
+# RDoc::Markup could be the basis for formatting RDoc style comment blocks,
 # Wiki entries, and online FAQs.
 #
 # = Basic Formatting
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ require 'rdoc'
 #
 # You can extend the RDoc::Markup parser to recognise new markup
 # sequences, and to add special processing for text that matches a
-# regular epxression.  Here we make WikiWords significant to the parser,
+# regular expression.  Here we make WikiWords significant to the parser,
 # and also make the sequences {word} and \<no>text...</no> signify
 # strike-through text.  When then subclass the HTML output class to deal
 # with these:
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class RDoc::Markup
 
   ##
   # Add to the sequences used to add formatting to an individual word (such
-  # as *bold*).  Matching entries will generate attibutes that the output
+  # as *bold*).  Matching entries will generate attributes that the output
   # formatters can recognize by their +name+.
 
   def add_word_pair(start, stop, name)
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/markup/fragments.rb b/lib/rdoc/markup/fragments.rb
index 1765861ad0..99780de169 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/markup/fragments.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/markup/fragments.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class RDoc::Markup
     attr_accessor :type
 
     ######
-    # This is a simple factory system that lets us associate fragement
+    # This is a simple factory system that lets us associate fragment
     # types (a string) with a subclass of fragment
 
     TYPE_MAP = {}
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/options.rb b/lib/rdoc/options.rb
index 8dc55a3f18..bc17fba8ad 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/options.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/options.rb
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ Usage: #{opt.program_name} [options] [names...]
     end
   end
 
-  # Check that the right version of 'dot' is available.  Unfortuately this
+  # Check that the right version of 'dot' is available.  Unfortunately this
   # doesn't work correctly under Windows NT, so we'll bypass the test under
   # Windows.
 
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_c.rb b/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_c.rb
index 5771250cb9..745ee7aedd 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_c.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_c.rb
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ module RDoc
   # method in the HTML output. This method must be in the same source file
   # as the rb_define_method.
   #
-  # C classes can be diagramed (see /tc/dl/ruby/ruby/error.c), and RDoc
+  # C classes can be diagrammed (see /tc/dl/ruby/ruby/error.c), and RDoc
   # integrates C and Ruby source into one tree
   #
-  # The comment blocks may include special direcives:
+  # The comment blocks may include special directives:
   #
   # [Document-class: <i>name</i>]
   #   This comment block is documentation for the given class. Use this
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ module RDoc
   #   automatically find the method from it's declaration
   #
   # [call-seq:  <i>text up to an empty line</i>]
-  #   Because C source doesn't give descripive names to Ruby-level parameters,
+  #   Because C source doesn't give descriptive names to Ruby-level parameters,
   #   you need to document the calling sequence explicitly
   #
-  # In additon, RDoc assumes by default that the C method implementing a 
+  # In addition, RDoc assumes by default that the C method implementing a 
   # Ruby function is in the same source file as the rb_define_method call.
   # If this isn't the case, add the comment 
   #
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_f95.rb b/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_f95.rb
index f3f6d76103..f1a1ae4d4b 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_f95.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_f95.rb
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ module RDoc
       @progress = $stderr unless options.quiet
     end
 
-    # devine code constructs
+    # define code constructs
     def scan
 
       # remove private comment
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ module RDoc
     #
     # If "all" argument is true, information of all arguments are returned.
     # If "modified_params" is true, list of arguments are decorated,
-    # for exameple, optional arguments are parenthetic as "[arg]".
+    # for example, optional arguments are parenthetic as "[arg]".
     #
     def find_arguments(args, text, all=nil, indent=nil, modified_params=nil)
       return unless args || all
@@ -1143,8 +1143,8 @@ EOF
 
     #
     # Comments just after module or subprogram, or arguments are
-    # returnd. If "COMMENTS_ARE_UPPER" is true, comments just before
-    # modules or subprograms are returnd
+    # returned. If "COMMENTS_ARE_UPPER" is true, comments just before
+    # modules or subprograms are returned
     #
     def find_comments text
       return "" unless text
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_rb.rb b/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_rb.rb
index 64f49c97c2..5e223bf779 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_rb.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_rb.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # This file contains stuff stolen outright from:
 #
 #   rtags.rb -
-#   ruby-lex.rb - ruby lexcal analizer
+#   ruby-lex.rb - ruby lexcal analyzer
 #   ruby-token.rb - ruby tokens
 #   	by Keiju ISHITSUKA (Nippon Rational Inc.)
 #
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/rdoc.rb b/lib/rdoc/rdoc.rb
index 38f6374764..81cae16bfd 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/rdoc.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/rdoc.rb
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ module RDoc
     # subdirectories.
     #
     # The effect of this is that if you want a file with a non-standard
-    # extension parsed, you must name it explicity.
+    # extension parsed, you must name it explicitly.
 
     def normalized_file_list(options, relative_files, force_doc = false,
                              exclude_pattern = nil)
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/ri/descriptions.rb b/lib/rdoc/ri/descriptions.rb
index adc3e7774b..0aef189025 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/ri/descriptions.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/ri/descriptions.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class RDoc::RI::ModuleDescription < RDoc::RI::Description
   attr_accessor :constants
   attr_accessor :includes
 
-  # merge in another class desscription into this one
+  # merge in another class description into this one
   def merge_in(old)
     merge(@class_methods, old.class_methods)
     merge(@instance_methods, old.instance_methods)
diff --git a/lib/resolv.rb b/lib/resolv.rb
index 33afad3365..cf3328ff19 100644
--- a/lib/resolv.rb
+++ b/lib/resolv.rb
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class Resolv
     end
 
     ##
-    # Iterates over all hostnames for +address+ retrived from the hosts file.
+    # Iterates over all hostnames for +address+ retrieved from the hosts file.
 
     def each_name(address, &proc)
       lazy_initialize
@@ -2026,7 +2026,7 @@ class Resolv
     end
 
     ##
-    # A String reperesentation of this IPv4 address.
+    # A String representation of this IPv4 address.
 
     ##
     # The raw IPv4 address as a String.
diff --git a/lib/rexml/attlistdecl.rb b/lib/rexml/attlistdecl.rb
index d4b5c38af6..ef4721b5ce 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/attlistdecl.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/attlistdecl.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ module REXML
 			@pairs.keys.include? key
 		end
 
-		# Itterate over the key/value pairs:
+		# Iterate over the key/value pairs:
 		#  attlist_decl.each { |attribute_name, attribute_value| ... }
 		def each(&block)
 			@pairs.each(&block)
diff --git a/lib/rexml/document.rb b/lib/rexml/document.rb
index f09aa2bc1c..029c042295 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/document.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/document.rb
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ module REXML
     # A controversial point is whether Document should always write the XML
     # declaration (<?xml version='1.0'?>) whether or not one is given by the
     # user (or source document).  REXML does not write one if one was not
-    # specified, because it adds unneccessary bandwidth to applications such
+    # specified, because it adds unnecessary bandwidth to applications such
     # as XML-RPC.
     #
     # See also the classes in the rexml/formatters package for the proper way
diff --git a/lib/rexml/element.rb b/lib/rexml/element.rb
index ecd10de965..a1c01e7de7 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/element.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/element.rb
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ module REXML
     # Iterates through the children, yielding for each Element that
     # has a particular text set.
     # text:: 
-    #   the text to search for.  If nil, or not supplied, will itterate
+    #   the text to search for.  If nil, or not supplied, will iterate
     #   over all +Element+ children that contain at least one +Text+ node.
     # max:: 
     #   (optional) causes this method to return after yielding
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ module REXML
     end
     alias :size :length
 
-    # Itterates over the attributes of an Element.  Yields actual Attribute
+    # Iterates over the attributes of an Element.  Yields actual Attribute
     # nodes, not String values.
     # 
     #  doc = Document.new '<a x="1" y="2"/>'
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ module REXML
       end
     end
 
-    # Itterates over each attribute of an Element, yielding the expanded name
+    # Iterates over each attribute of an Element, yielding the expanded name
     # and value as a pair of Strings.
     #
     #  doc = Document.new '<a x="1" y="2"/>'
diff --git a/lib/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb b/lib/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb
index 3666eddc96..296e607687 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ module REXML
       end
 
       def wrap(string, width)
-        # Recursivly wrap string at width.
+        # Recursively wrap string at width.
         return string if string.length <= width
         place = string.rindex(' ', width) # Position in string with last ' ' before cutoff
         return string[0,place] + "\n" + wrap(string[place+1..-1], width)
diff --git a/lib/rexml/functions.rb b/lib/rexml/functions.rb
index b3c89877e5..fc9c4701c4 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/functions.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/functions.rb
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ module REXML
       # from string then we ignore the second &
       # subsequent mappings
       #
-      # if a charactcer maps to nil then we delete it
+      # if a character maps to nil then we delete it
       # in the output.  This happens if the from
       # string is longer than the to string
       #
diff --git a/lib/rexml/text.rb b/lib/rexml/text.rb
index 8bc87dbf32..281b87890b 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/text.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/text.rb
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ module REXML
     end
  
      def wrap(string, width, addnewline=false)
-       # Recursivly wrap string at width.
+       # Recursively wrap string at width.
        return string if string.length <= width
        place = string.rindex(' ', width) # Position in string with last ' ' before cutoff
        if addnewline then
diff --git a/lib/rexml/xpath.rb b/lib/rexml/xpath.rb
index 939399e283..e8813efd3e 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/xpath.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/xpath.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module REXML
 			parser.parse(path, element).flatten[0]
 		end
 
-		# Itterates over nodes that match the given path, calling the supplied
+		# Iterates over nodes that match the given path, calling the supplied
 		# block with the match.
 		# element::
 		#   The context element
diff --git a/lib/rinda/ring.rb b/lib/rinda/ring.rb
index 5b2d412451..f9ef3d1a52 100644
--- a/lib/rinda/ring.rb
+++ b/lib/rinda/ring.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ module Rinda
   # 1. A RingServer begins listening on the broadcast UDP address.
   # 2. A RingFinger sends a UDP packet containing the DRb URI where it will
   #    listen for a reply.
-  # 3. The RingServer recieves the UDP packet and connects back to the
+  # 3. The RingServer receives the UDP packet and connects back to the
   #    provided DRb URI with the DRb service.
 
   class RingServer
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ module Rinda
     end
 
     ##
-    # Contains all discoverd TupleSpaces except for the primary.
+    # Contains all discovered TupleSpaces except for the primary.
 
     def self.to_a
       finger.to_a
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/command.rb b/lib/rubygems/command.rb
index 61ed617cc6..860764e6d5 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/command.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/command.rb
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ module Gem
 
     add_common_option('-V', '--[no-]verbose',
                       'Set the verbose level of output') do |value, options|
-      # Set us to "really verbose" so the progess meter works
+      # Set us to "really verbose" so the progress meter works
       if Gem.configuration.verbose and value then
         Gem.configuration.verbose = 1
       else
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/command_manager.rb b/lib/rubygems/command_manager.rb
index 299b5213cc..ee55d5a200 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/command_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/command_manager.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module Gem
   class CommandManager
     include UserInteraction
     
-    # Return the authoratative instance of the command manager.
+    # Return the authoritative instance of the command manager.
     def self.instance
       @command_manager ||= CommandManager.new
     end
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ module Gem
       @commands.keys.collect {|key| key.to_s}.sort
     end
     
-    # Run the config specificed by +args+.
+    # Run the config specified by +args+.
     def run(args)
       process_args(args)
     rescue StandardError, Timeout::Error => ex
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/commands/cert_command.rb b/lib/rubygems/commands/cert_command.rb
index 2c32099254..f5b698855b 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/commands/cert_command.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/commands/cert_command.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Gem::Commands::CertCommand < Gem::Command
       Dir::glob(glob_str) do |path|
         begin
           cert = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(File.read(path))
-          # this could proably be formatted more gracefully
+          # this could probably be formatted more gracefully
           say cert.subject.to_s
         rescue OpenSSL::X509::CertificateError
           next
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb b/lib/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb
index 57ac631031..7ea2c0c317 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ class Gem::DependencyInstaller
   ##
   # Returns a list of pairs of gemspecs and source_uris that match
   # Gem::Dependency +dep+ from both local (Dir.pwd) and remote (Gem.sources)
-  # sources.  Gems are sorted with newer gems prefered over older gems, and
-  # local gems prefered over remote gems.
+  # sources.  Gems are sorted with newer gems preferred over older gems, and
+  # local gems preferred over remote gems.
   def find_gems_with_sources(dep)
     gems_and_sources = []
 
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/gem_openssl.rb b/lib/rubygems/gem_openssl.rb
index 17e7d0f2bf..1456f2d7ce 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/gem_openssl.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/gem_openssl.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module Gem
       @ssl_available
     end
 
-    # Set the value of the ssl_avilable flag.
+    # Set the value of the ssl_available flag.
     attr_writer :ssl_available
 
     # Ensure that SSL is available.  Throw an exception if it is not.
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/requirement.rb b/lib/rubygems/requirement.rb
index 209bd432f0..f1213152f2 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/requirement.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/requirement.rb
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class Gem::Requirement
   end
 
   ##
-  # Is the requirement satifised by +version+.
+  # Is the requirement satisfied by +version+.
   #
   # version:: [Gem::Version] the version to compare against
   # return:: [Boolean] true if this requirement is satisfied by
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/security.rb b/lib/rubygems/security.rb
index 345d36bbd3..abf3cf4a6a 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/security.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/security.rb
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ module Gem::Security
   #
   # Medium security policy: verify the signing certificate, verify the signing
   # certificate chain all the way to the root certificate, and only trust root
-  # certificates that we have explicity allowed trust for.
+  # certificates that we have explicitly allowed trust for.
   #
   # This security policy is reasonable, but it allows unsigned packages, so a
   # malicious person could simply delete the package signature and pass the
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ module Gem::Security
   # High security policy: only allow signed gems to be installed, verify the
   # signing certificate, verify the signing certificate chain all the way to
   # the root certificate, and only trust root certificates that we have
-  # explicity allowed trust for.
+  # explicitly allowed trust for.
   #
   # This security policy is significantly more difficult to bypass, and offers
   # a reasonable guarantee that the contents of the gem have not been altered.
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/server.rb b/lib/rubygems/server.rb
index e2e10a0ad9..b4f58f9706 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/server.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/server.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require 'rubygems'
 # Gem::Server and allows users to serve gems for consumption by
 # `gem --remote-install`.
 #
-# gem_server starts an HTTP server on the given port and serves the folowing:
+# gem_server starts an HTTP server on the given port and serves the following:
 # * "/" - Browsing of gem spec files for installed gems
 # * "/Marshal" - Full SourceIndex dump of metadata for installed gems
 # * "/yaml" - YAML dump of metadata for installed gems - deprecated
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/source_info_cache.rb b/lib/rubygems/source_info_cache.rb
index 4d69d88c89..ec6928c00d 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/source_info_cache.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/source_info_cache.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require 'rubygems/user_interaction'
 # SourceInfoCache stores a copy of the gem index for each gem source.
 #
 # There are two possible cache locations, the system cache and the user cache:
-# * The system cache is prefered if it is writable or can be created.
+# * The system cache is preferred if it is writable or can be created.
 # * The user cache is used otherwise
 #
 # Once a cache is selected, it will be used for all operations.
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/specification.rb b/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
index de37a08b60..c50910aeb4 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ module Gem
     # Allows deinstallation of gems with legacy platforms.
     attr_accessor :original_platform # :nodoc:
 
-    # ------------------------- Specification version contstants.
+    # ------------------------- Specification version constants.
 
     # The the version number of a specification that does not specify one
     # (i.e. RubyGems 0.7 or earlier).
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/user_interaction.rb b/lib/rubygems/user_interaction.rb
index ffccb60314..8d27df8768 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/user_interaction.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/user_interaction.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module Gem
       DefaultUserInteraction.ui
     end
 
-    # Set the default UI.  If the default UI is never explicity set, a
+    # Set the default UI.  If the default UI is never explicitly set, a
     # simple console based UserInteraction will be used automatically.
     def ui=(new_ui)
       DefaultUserInteraction.ui = new_ui
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ module Gem
       ask(question) if question
     end
 
-    # Terminate the appliation normally, running any exit handlers
+    # Terminate the application normally, running any exit handlers
     # that might have been defined.
     def terminate_interaction(status = 0)
       raise Gem::SystemExitException, status
diff --git a/lib/shell.rb b/lib/shell.rb
index 6a239679a8..6a64cb263f 100644
--- a/lib/shell.rb
+++ b/lib/shell.rb
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Shell
       @default_record_separator = rs
     end
 
-    # os resource mutecs
+    # os resource mutex
     mutex_methods = ["unlock", "lock", "locked?", "synchronize", "try_lock", "exclusive_unlock"]
     for m in mutex_methods
       def_delegator("@debug_output_mutex", m, "debug_output_"+m.to_s)
diff --git a/lib/shell/process-controller.rb b/lib/shell/process-controller.rb
index 083a5dca9d..4f28e018ad 100644
--- a/lib/shell/process-controller.rb
+++ b/lib/shell/process-controller.rb
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class Shell
       end
     end
 
-    # for shell-command complete finish at this prosess exit.
+    # for shell-command complete finish at this process exit.
     USING_AT_EXIT_WHEN_PROCESS_EXIT = true
     at_exit do
       wait_to_finish_all_process_controllers unless $@
diff --git a/lib/webrick/httpproxy.rb b/lib/webrick/httpproxy.rb
index 49e618d4e6..29ee1057e9 100644
--- a/lib/webrick/httpproxy.rb
+++ b/lib/webrick/httpproxy.rb
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ module WEBrick
 
     private
 
-    # Some header fields shuold not be transfered.
+    # Some header fields should not be transferred.
     HopByHop = %w( connection keep-alive proxy-authenticate upgrade
                    proxy-authorization te trailers transfer-encoding )
     ShouldNotTransfer = %w( set-cookie proxy-connection )
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ module WEBrick
         response = yield(http, path, header)
       end
 
-      # Persistent connction requirements are mysterious for me.
+      # Persistent connection requirements are mysterious for me.
       # So I will close the connection in every response.
       res['proxy-connection'] = "close"
       res['connection'] = "close"
diff --git a/lib/webrick/httpresponse.rb b/lib/webrick/httpresponse.rb
index 5c580ffb68..301ecb8372 100644
--- a/lib/webrick/httpresponse.rb
+++ b/lib/webrick/httpresponse.rb
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ module WEBrick
         end
       end
 
-      # Determin the message length (RFC2616 -- 4.4 Message Length)
+      # Determine the message length (RFC2616 -- 4.4 Message Length)
       if @status == 304 || @status == 204 || HTTPStatus::info?(@status)
         @header.delete('content-length')
         @body = ""