Re: [PATCH] maint: fix common spelling errors in comments

[Jim Meyering]

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> From: Kevin Lyda <address@hidden>
>
> These were identified using: https://github.com/lyda/misspell-check
>
> * src/cat.c: Correct a single spelling error.
> * src/comm.c: Likewise.
> * src/expr.c Likewise.
> * src/pr.c Likewise.
> * src/tac.c Likewise.
> * src/test.c Likewise.
> ---
>  src/cat.c  |    4 ++--
>  src/comm.c |    2 +-
>  src/expr.c |    2 +-
>  src/pr.c   |    2 +-
>  src/tac.c  |    2 +-
>  src/test.c |    2 +-
>  6 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Nice.  But don't stop with just the .c files.
Run it on all version-controlled files:

    git ls-files|misspellings -f -

Offenders below,
all of which are legit except the "dum" in doc/coreutils,
which is a host name in "uname" output -- even that is worth
changing, to avoid future reports.

ChangeLog-2005[1209]: todays -> "today's"
ChangeLog-2007[3265]: postive -> "positive"
NEWS[883]: preceeding -> "preceding"
NEWS[1104]: noticable -> "noticeable"
NEWS[3350]: thru -> "through"
doc/coreutils.texi[14894]: dum -> "dumb"
lib/ChangeLog-2007[2732]: whther -> "whether"
man/help2man[257]: seperated -> "separated"
old/fileutils/ChangeLog-1997[2545]: accomodate -> "accommodate"
old/fileutils/NEWS[11]: thru -> "through"
old/sh-utils/ChangeLog.0[272]: enviroment -> "environment"
old/sh-utils/ChangeLog.0[1365]: accomodate -> "accommodate"
old/textutils/ChangeLog[4872]: accomodate -> "accommodate"
old/textutils/ChangeLog[5206]: accomodate -> "accommodate"
old/textutils/ChangeLog[5248]: accomodate -> "accommodate"
old/textutils/ChangeLog[8700]: unneccessary -> "unnecessary"
src/cat.c[754]: efficency -> "efficiency"
src/comm.c[196]: funtion -> "function"
src/expr.c[21]: seperate -> "separate"
src/pr.c[1416]: accomodate -> "accommodate"
src/tac.c[342]: unneccessary -> "unnecessary"
src/test.c[97]: supressed -> "suppressed"
tests/misc/comm[37]: supress -> "suppress"
tests/misc/comm[40]: supress -> "suppress"
tests/misc/comm[43]: supress -> "suppress"
tests/misc/comm[46]: supress -> "suppress"
tests/misc/comm[49]: supress -> "suppress"
tests/misc/comm[52]: supress -> "suppress"
tests/misc/comm[55]: supress -> "suppress"
tests/misc/uniq[165]: seperated -> "separated"
tests/mv/dir2dir[28]: interrim -> "interim"