typos

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello,

Here's a patch to fix some typos.  Note some of them are arguably
correct writing, either in en_UK, or as an alternative form.  I merely
tried to make them consistent, feel free to ignore parts or all of this.

Cheers,
Ralf

        * doc/texinfo.txi: Fix some typos.

Index: doc/texinfo.txi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/texinfo/texinfo/doc/texinfo.txi,v
retrieving revision 1.167
diff -u -r1.167 texinfo.txi
--- doc/texinfo.txi     5 Jul 2006 13:39:05 -0000       1.167
+++ doc/texinfo.txi     7 Jul 2006 22:01:50 -0000
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@
 info://localhost/usr/info/emacs#Dissociated%20Press
 @end example
 
-The @command{info} program itself does not follow URI's of any kind.
+The @command{info} program itself does not follow URIs of any kind.
 
 
 @node Printed Books
@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@
 A bit of history: in the 1970's at CMU, Brian Reid developed a program
 and format named Scribe to mark up documents for printing.  It used the
 @code{@@} character to introduce commands, as Texinfo does.  Much more
-consequentially, it strived to describe document contents rather than
+consequentially, it strove to describe document contents rather than
 formatting, an idea wholeheartedly adopted by Texinfo.
 
 @cindex Bolio
@@ -3415,7 +3415,7 @@
 @findex filll @address@hidden dimension}
 Use the @code{@@page} command to cause a page break.  To push the
 copyright notice and the other text on the copyright page towards the
-bottom of the page, use the following incantantion after @code{@@page}:
+bottom of the page, use the following incantation after @code{@@page}:
 
 @example
 @@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
@@ -3508,7 +3508,7 @@
 page headings and footings to print on each page.  Usually, this is
 controlled by the @code{@@setchapternewpage} command.  You need the
 @code{@@headings} command only if the @code{@@setchapternewpage} command
-does not do what you want, or if you want to turn off pre-defined page
+does not do what you want, or if you want to turn off predefined page
 headings prior to defining your own.  Write an @code{@@headings} command
 immediately after the @code{@@end titlepage} address@hidden
 
@@ -3612,7 +3612,7 @@
 output.
 
 When @code{makeinfo} writes a short table of contents while producing
-html output, the links in the short table of contents point to
+HTML output, the links in the short table of contents point to
 corresponding entries in the full table of contents rather than the text
 of the document. The links in the full table of contents point to the
 main text of the document.
@@ -4416,7 +4416,7 @@
 Use the @code{@@unnumbered} command to create a chapter that appears
 in a printed manual without chapter numbers of any kind.  Use the
 @code{@@appendix} command to create an appendix in a printed manual
-that is labelled by letter (`A', `B', @dots{}) instead of by number.
+that is labeled by letter (`A', `B', @dots{}) instead of by number.
 
 Write an @code{@@appendix} or @code{@@unnumbered} command at the
 beginning of a line and follow it on the same line by the title, as
@@ -4567,7 +4567,7 @@
 not numbered and does not appear in the table of contents.  Similarly,
 an @code{@@unnumberedsubsec} command produces an unnumbered heading like
 that of a subsection and an @code{@@appendixsubsec} command produces a
-subsection-like heading labelled with a letter and numbers; both of
+subsection-like heading labeled with a letter and numbers; both of
 these commands produce headings that appear in the table of
 contents.
 
@@ -6638,7 +6638,7 @@
 Texinfo has commands for indicating just what kind of object a piece of
 text refers to.  For example, metasyntactic variables are marked by
 @code{@@var}, and code by @code{@@code}.  Since the pieces of text are
-labelled by commands that tell what kind of object they are, it is easy
+labeled by commands that tell what kind of object they are, it is easy
 to change the way the Texinfo formatters prepare such text.  (Texinfo is
 an @emph{intentional} formatting language rather than a @emph{typesetting}
 formatting language.)@refill
@@ -7715,7 +7715,7 @@
 @cindex Roman font
 @cindex Default font
 selects a @r{roman} font, which is the usual font in which text is
-printed.  It may or may not be seriffed.
+printed.  It may or may not be serifed.
 
 @item @@sansserif
 @findex sansserif @r{(sans serif font)}
@@ -9115,7 +9115,7 @@
 @cindex Floats, in general
 
 A @dfn{float} is a display which is set off from the main text.  It is
-typically labelled as being a ``Figure'', ``Table'', ``Example'', or
+typically labeled as being a ``Figure'', ``Table'', ``Example'', or
 some similar type.
 
 @cindex Floating, not yet implemented
@@ -9172,7 +9172,7 @@
 @item label
 Specifies a cross-reference label for this float.  If given, this
 float is automatically given a number, and will appear in any
address@hidden@@listofloats} output (@pxref{listoffloats}).  Cross-references
address@hidden@@listoffloats} output (@pxref{listoffloats}).  Cross-references
 to @var{label} are allowed.
 
 @cindex Floats, making unnumbered
@@ -9362,7 +9362,7 @@
 
 @cindex Alt attribute for images
 @cindex Images, alternate text for
-When producing html, @code{makeinfo} sets the @dfn{alt attribute} for
+When producing HTML, @code{makeinfo} sets the @dfn{alt attribute} for
 inline images to the optional @var{alttext} (fourth) argument to
 @code{@@image}, if supplied.  If not supplied, @code{makeinfo} uses
 the full file name of the image being displayed.  If you want an empty
@@ -10896,7 +10896,7 @@
 
 @iftex
 The @code{@@address@hidden@}} command is displayed as @address@hidden
-in the printed output.  and as @samp{==>} in other formats.
+in the printed output and as @samp{==>} in other formats.
 @end iftex
 @ifnottex
 The @code{@@address@hidden@}} command is displayed as @address@hidden
@@ -12960,7 +12960,7 @@
 
 @table @code
 @item @@set @var{flag} address@hidden
-Set the variable @var{flag}, to the optional @var{value} if specifed.
+Set the variable @var{flag}, to the optional @var{value} if specified.
 
 @item @@clear @var{flag}
 Undefine the variable @var{flag}, whether or not it was previously defined.
@@ -13322,7 +13322,7 @@
 
 @cindex ISO 639 codes
 @cindex Language codes
-Hereare the valid language codes, from ISO-639.
+Here are the valid language codes, from ISO-639.
 
 @multitable @columnfractions .07 .26 .07 .26 .07 .26
 @item
@@ -14072,7 +14072,7 @@
 formatting commands will naturally misinterpret the end delimiter string
 you intended as the start delimiter string.
 
-If you do a @code{@@definfoenclose} on the name of a pre-defined macro
+If you do a @code{@@definfoenclose} on the name of a predefined macro
 (such as @code{@@emph}, @code{@@strong}, @code{@@t}, or @code{@@i}), the
 enclosure definition will override the built-in definition.
 
@@ -16565,7 +16565,7 @@
 for each node.  (@xref{HTML Splitting}.)
 
 @cindex Dumas, Patrice
-Acknowledgement: this algorithm was primarily devised by Patrice Dumas
+Acknowledgment: this algorithm was primarily devised by Patrice Dumas
 in 2003--04.
 
 @menu
@@ -17595,7 +17595,7 @@
 @itemx @@ifnotxml
 Begin a stretch of text that will be ignored in one output format but
 not the others.  The text appears in the formats not specified:
address@hidden@@ifnothtml} text is omitted from html output, etc.  The exception
address@hidden@@ifnothtml} text is omitted from HTML output, etc.  The exception
 is @code{@@ifnotinfo} text, which is omitted from plain text output as
 well as Info output.  Pair with the corresponding @code{@@end
 address@hidden  @xref{Conditionals}.
@@ -18549,7 +18549,7 @@
 
 @c !!! maybe include this in the tips on pxref
 @ignore
-By the way, it is okay to use pxref with something else in front of
+By the way, it is ok to use pxref with something else in front of
 it within the parens, as long as the pxref is followed by the close
 paren, and the material inside the parens is not part of a larger
 sentence.  Also, you can use xref inside parens as part of a complete