Documentation: Spelling fixes

ChangeLog

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ngIRCd 23
   - Use "NOTICE *" before registration instead of "NOTICE AUTH". "AUTH" is
     a valid nickname so sending notices to it is probably not a good idea.
     Use "*" as the target instead as done with numerics when the nick is not
-    available. This mimics the behaviour in Charybdis, IRCD-Hybrid, InspIRCd
+    available. This mimics the behavior in Charybdis, IRCD-Hybrid, InspIRCd
     2.2, Plexus 4, etc. Closes #217.
     The "NoticeAuth" configuration variable (ngircd.conf) has been renamed
     to "NoticeBeforeRegistration" accordingly, but the old name is still
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ ngIRCd 23
     clients, including Pidgin and stunnel 5.06, to reuse a session.
     Patch by Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>, thanks! Closes #182.
   - Keep track of who placed bans, invites, and excepts.
-    Idee and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #203.
+    Idea and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #203.
   - Make setgroups(3) function optional: For example, Interix is missing
     this function, which prevented ngIRCd to build on this platform. When
     setgroups(3) isn't available, a warning message is issued on startup.
   - Implement numeric RPL_LISTSTART(321). lightIRC and other clients
     expecting RPL_LISTSTART should now behave correctly.
-    Idee and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #207.
+    Idea and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #207.
-  - Update ngircd.conf.5: "CloadUserToNick" hides user _and_ real name.
+  - Update ngircd.conf.5: "CloakUserToNick" hides user _and_ real name.
     This closes #208.
   - Fix case insensitive pattern matching: Up to now, only the the input
     string became lowercased and was then compared to the pattern -- which
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ ngIRCd 23
     hide IP addresses/hostnames on WHOIS when "MorePrivacy" is in effect.
     This closes #198.
   - IRC operators now can kick anyone when "OperCanMode" is set.
-    Idee and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #202.
+    Idea and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #202.
   - Implement user mode "I": Hide channels on WHOIS: this mode prevents
     ngIRCd from showing channels on WHOIS (IRC Operators can always see
     the channel list).
-    Idee and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #197.
+    Idea and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #197.
   - INVITE command: Implement ERR_USERNOTONSERV(504) numeric and make sure
     that the target user is on the same server when inviting other users
     to local ("&") channels.
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ ngIRCd 19.2 (2012-06-19)
     "CC=xxx MAKE=yyy ./platformtest.sh" calling convention.
   - Add instructions for setting up Atheme IRC services.
   - Implement support for IRC capability handling, the new "CAP" command,
-    and capablity "multi-prefix" which allows both the NAME and	WHO command
+    and capability "multi-prefix" which allows both the NAME and WHO command
     handlers to return more than one "class prefix" to the client.
   - Update Xcode project files: reference missing documentation files.
   - Fix: Don't ignore "permission denied" errors when enabling chroot.
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ ngIRCd 17 (2010-11-07)
   - contrib/platformtest.sh: make command name quoting consistent
 
   ngIRCd 17~rc3 (2010-10-27)
-  - Xcode builds: detect version number correctly, updateed project file
+  - Xcode builds: detect version number correctly, updated project file
     to use the Mac OS X 10.5.x SDK, disable pam_fail_delay() because it
     is only available starting with Mac OS X 10.6, and generate a default
     PAM configuration for the Mac OS X Installer.app package of ngIRCd.
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ ngIRCd 17 (2010-11-07)
   ngIRCd 17~rc2 (2010-10-25)
   - ZeroConf: include header files missing since commit a988bbc86a.
   - Generate ngIRCd version number from GIT tag.
-  - Make sourcecode compatible with ansi2knr again. This allows to compile
+  - Make source code compatible with ansi2knr again. This allows to compile
     ngIRCd using a pre-ANSI K&R C compiler again.
   - ./configure: check if C compiler can compile ISO Standard C.
   - ./configure: check support for C prototypes again.
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ ngIRCd 17 (2010-11-07)
     Howl, Avahi or on Mac OS X).
   - New configuration option "SyslogFacility" to define the syslog "facility"
     (the "target"), to which ngIRCd should send its log messages.
-    Possible values are system dependant, but most probably "auth", "daemon",
+    Possible values are system dependent, but most probably "auth", "daemon",
     "user" and "local1" through "local7" are possible values; see syslog(3).
     Default is "local5" for historical reasons.
   - Dump the "internal server state" (configured servers, established
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ ngIRCd 17 (2010-11-07)
   - Make configure switch "--docdir" work (closes: #108).
   - Reformat and update FAQ.txt a little bit.
   - INSTALL: mention SSL, IPv6, and changed handling of MotdFile.
-  - Change MOTD file handling: ngIRCd now caches the contens of the MOTD
+  - Change MOTD file handling: ngIRCd now caches the contents of the MOTD
     file, so the daemon now requires a HUP signal or REHASH command to
     re-read the MOTD file when its content changed.
   - Startup: open /dev/null before chroot'ing the daemon.
@@ -1015,14 +1015,14 @@ ngIRCd 16 (2010-05-02)
   - Include netinet/{in.h, in_systm.h} when checking for netinet/ip.h
   - Only include <netinet/in_systm.h> if it exists
   - Updated doc/Platforms.txt
-  - Enhace connection statistics counters: display total number of served
+  - Enhance connection statistics counters: display total number of served
     connections on daemon shutdown and when a new client connects using
     the new numeric RPL_STATSCONN (250).
 
   ngIRCd 16~rc1 (2010-03-25)
   - Various fixes to the build system and code cleanups.
   - contrib/platformtest.sh: Only show latest commit.
-  - Updatet doc/Platforms.txt, added new README-Interix.txt documenting
+  - Updated doc/Platforms.txt, added new README-Interix.txt documenting
     how to tun ngIRCd on Microsoft Services for UNIX (MS SFU, MS SUA).
   - Updated links to the ngIRCd homepage (bug tracker, mailing list).
   - Added missing modes to USERMODES #define
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ ngIRCd 15 (2009-11-07)
   ngIRCd 15~rc1 (2009-10-15)
   - Do not add default listening port (6667) if SSL ports were specified, so
     ngIRCd can be configured to only accept SSL-encrypted connections now.
-  - Enable IRC operators to use the IRC command SQUIT (insted of the already
+  - Enable IRC operators to use the IRC command SQUIT (instead of the already
     implemented but non-standard DISCONNECT command).
   - New configuration option "AllowRemoteOper" (disabled by default) that
     enables remote IRC operators to use the IRC commands SQUIT and CONNECT
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ ngIRCd 14 (2009-04-20)
   - Fix memory leak when a encrypted and compressed server link goes down.
     (closes bug #95, reported by Christoph, fiesh@fiesh.homeip.net)
   - Fix handling of channels containing dots.
-    (closes ug #93, reported by Gonosz Csiga)
+    (closes bug #93, reported by Gonosz Csiga)
 
 ngIRCd 13 (2008-12-25)
 
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ ngIRCd 0.9.0 (2005-07-24)
   - Fixed ./configure test for TCP Wrappers: now it runs on Mac OS X as well.
   - Enhanced configure script: now you can pass an (optional) search path
     to all --with-XXX parameters, e. g. "--with-ident=/opt/ident".
-  - Removed typedefs for the native C datatypes.
+  - Removed typedefs for the native C data types.
     Use stdbool.h / inttypes.h if available.
   - New configuration option "OperServerMode" to enable a workaround needed
     when running an network with ircd2 servers and "OperCanUseMode" enabled
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ ngIRCd 0.7.0 (2003-05-01)
     to add a new server (ngIRCd tries to connect new servers only once!).
   - Added DISCONNECT command ("DISCONNECT <name>") to disable servers.
   - Restructured the documentation: Now the main language is English. The
-    german documentation has been removed (until there is a maintainer).
+    German documentation has been removed (until there is a maintainer).
   - Enhanced killing of users caused by a nickname collision.
   - Better error detection for status code ("numerics") forwarding.
   - Moved tool functions to own library: "libngtool".
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ ngIRCd 0.6.1 (2003-01-21)
     member when changing his channel user modes which could crash ngIRCd.
 
 
-Older changes (sorry, only available in german language):
+Older changes (sorry, only available in German language):
 
 ngIRCd 0.6.0, 24.12.2002
 

INSTALL

@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ Differences to version 20.x
   the new mask will be KILL'ed. This was not the case with earlier versions
   that only added the mask but didn't kill already connected users.
 
-- The "PredefChannelsOnly" configuration variable has been superseeded by the
+- The "PredefChannelsOnly" configuration variable has been superseded by the
   new "AllowedChannelTypes" variable. It is still supported and translated to
-  the apropriate "AllowedChannelTypes" setting but is deprecated now.
+  the appropriate "AllowedChannelTypes" setting but is deprecated now.
 
 Differences to version 19.x
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ If you are using one of the "big" operating systems or Linux distributions,
 you can use the following commands to install all the required packages to
 build the sources including all optional features and to run the test suite:
 
-* RedHat / Fedora based distributions:
+* Red Hat / Fedora based distributions:
 
   yum install \
     autoconf automake expect gcc glibc-devel gnutls-devel \
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ This step is therefore only interesting for developers.
 autogen.sh produces the Makefile.in's, which are necessary for the configure
 script itself, and some more files for make. To run autogen.sh you'll need
 GNU autoconf and GNU automake: at least autoconf 2.61 and automake 1.10 are
-requird, newer is better. But don't use automake 1.12 or newer for creating
+required, newer is better. But don't use automake 1.12 or newer for creating
 distribution archives: it will work but lack "de-ANSI-fication" support in the
 generated Makefile's! Stick with automake 1.11.x for this purpose ...
 So automake 1.11.x and autoconf 2.67+ is recommended.

NEWS

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ngIRCd 23
   - Use "NOTICE *" before registration instead of "NOTICE AUTH". "AUTH" is
     a valid nickname so sending notices to it is probably not a good idea.
     Use "*" as the target instead as done with numerics when the nick is not
-    available. This mimics the behaviour in Charybdis, IRCD-Hybrid, InspIRCd
+    available. This mimics the behavior in Charybdis, IRCD-Hybrid, InspIRCd
     2.2, Plexus 4, etc. Closes #217.
     The "NoticeAuth" configuration variable (ngircd.conf) has been renamed
     to "NoticeBeforeRegistration" accordingly, but the old name is still
@@ -23,20 +23,20 @@ ngIRCd 23
   - Implement new channel mode "N" (regular users can't change their nick
     name while on this channel). Closes #214.
   - Keep track of who placed bans, invites, and excepts.
-    Idee and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #203.
+    Idea and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #203.
   - Implement numeric RPL_LISTSTART(321). lightIRC and other clients
     expecting RPL_LISTSTART should now behave correctly.
-    Idee and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #207.
+    Idea and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #207.
   - Streamline the effect of "MorePrivacy" option: Update documentation
     in ngircd.conf(5); don't hide channels for IRC Ops on LIST and don't
     hide IP addresses/hostnames on WHOIS when "MorePrivacy" is in effect.
     This closes #198.
   - IRC operators now can kick anyone when "OperCanMode" is set.
-    Idee and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #202.
+    Idea and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #202.
   - Implement user mode "I": Hide channels on WHOIS: this mode prevents
     ngIRCd from showing channels on WHOIS (IRC Operators can always see
     the channel list).
-    Idee and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #197.
+    Idea and implementation by LucentW, Thanks! Closes #197.
   - INVITE command: Implement ERR_USERNOTONSERV(504) numeric and make sure
     that the target user is on the same server when inviting other users
     to local ("&") channels.
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ ngIRCd 19.2 (2012-06-19)
     which still is the default when "CloakHostModeX" isn't set.
   - Add instructions for setting up Atheme IRC services.
   - Implement support for IRC capability handling, the new "CAP" command,
-    and capablity "multi-prefix" which allows both the NAME and	WHO command
+    and capability "multi-prefix" which allows both the NAME and WHO command
     handlers to return more than one "class prefix" to the client.
 
 ngIRCd 19.1 (2012-03-19)
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ ngIRCd 17 (2010-11-07)
 
   ngIRCd 17~rc2 (2010-10-25)
   - Generate ngIRCd version number from GIT tag.
-  - Make sourcecode compatible with ansi2knr again. This allows to compile
+  - Make source code compatible with ansi2knr again. This allows to compile
     ngIRCd using a pre-ANSI K&R C compiler again.
 
   ngIRCd 17~rc1 (2010-10-11)
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ ngIRCd 17 (2010-11-07)
     Howl, Avahi or on Mac OS X).
   - New configuration option "SyslogFacility" to define the syslog "facility"
     (the "target"), to which ngIRCd should send its log messages.
-    Possible values are system dependant, but most probably "auth", "daemon",
+    Possible values are system dependent, but most probably "auth", "daemon",
     "user" and "local1" through "local7" are possible values; see syslog(3).
     Default is "local5" for historical reasons.
   - Dump the "internal server state" (configured servers, established
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ ngIRCd 17 (2010-11-07)
     signal SIGUSR1, when debug code is compiled in, not only on startup
     using the command line parameters.
   - Implement user mode "x": host name cloaking (closes: #102).
-  - Change MOTD file handling: ngIRCd now caches the contens of the MOTD
+  - Change MOTD file handling: ngIRCd now caches the contents of the MOTD
     file, so the daemon now requires a HUP signal or REHASH command to
     re-read the MOTD file when its content changed.
   - Allow IRC ops to change channel modes even without OperServerMode set.
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ ngIRCd 17 (2010-11-07)
 ngIRCd 16 (2010-05-02)
 
   ngIRCd 16~rc2 (2010-04-25)
-  - Enhace connection statistics counters: display total number of served
+  - Enhance connection statistics counters: display total number of served
     connections on daemon shutdown and when a new client connects using
     the new numeric RPL_STATSCONN (250).
 
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ ngIRCd 15 (2009-11-07)
   ngIRCd 15~rc1 (2009-10-15)
   - Do not add default listening port (6667) if SSL ports were specified, so
     ngIRCd can be configured to only accept SSL-encrypted connections now.
-  - Enable IRC operators to use the IRC command SQUIT (insted of the already
+  - Enable IRC operators to use the IRC command SQUIT (instead of the already
     implemented but non-standard DISCONNECT command).
   - New configuration option "AllowRemoteOper" (disabled by default) that
     enables remote IRC operators to use the IRC commands SQUIT and CONNECT
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ ngIRCd 0.7.0 (2003-05-01)
   - Documentation is now installed in $(datadir)/doc/ngircd.
 
 
-Older news (sorry, only available in german language):
+Older news (sorry, only available in German language):
 
 ngIRCd 0.6.0, 24.12.2002
 

README

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Please see the INSTALL document for installation and upgrade information!
 II. Status
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-It is not the goal of ngIRCd to implement all the nasty behaviours of the
+It is not the goal of ngIRCd to implement all the nasty behaviors of the
 original ircd, but to implement most of the useful commands and semantics
 specified by the RFCs.
 

contrib/README

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 Debian/
  - Various files for building Debian GNU/Linux packages (".deb's").
 	- ngircd.init; ngircd.default: init script for Debian-based systems.
-	- ngircd.pam: example PAM configuraton.
+	- ngircd.pam: example PAM configuration.
 
 MacOSX/
  - Project files for XCode, the "project builder" of Apple Mac OS X.

doc/Commands.txt

@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ Status and Informational Commands
 
 	Please note that "all" IRC daemons even parse separate nicknames in
 	a single parameter (like ":nick1 nick2"), and therefore ngIRCd
-	implements this behaviour, too.
+	implements this behavior, too.
 
 	References:
 	 - RFC 2812, 4.9 "Ison message"

doc/Contributing.txt

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ get an idea of how to do it the best :-)
  - Use GIT
 
    The source code of ngIRCd is maintained using GIT, see doc/GIT.txt. So if
-   remotely possible, use GIT for your work, too. It makes your and our lifes
+   remotely possible, use GIT for your work, too. It makes your and our lives
    much easier ;-)
 
  - Don't forget to include documentation

doc/FAQ.txt

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ IV. Bugs!?
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Q: Is there a list of known bugs and desired feature enhancements?
-A: Yes. Have a look at the bug tracking system (Github issues) for ngIRCd located
+A: Yes. Have a look at the bug tracking system (GitHub issues) for ngIRCd located
    at <https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/issues>. There you can file bug
    reports and feature requests as well as search the bug database.
 

doc/Modes.txt

@@ -88,4 +88,4 @@ Notes
 ~~~~~
 
 (1) This mode is not set by ngIRCd itself but by services. ngIRCd handles
-    the mode transparently and possibly adjusts its behaviour.
+    the mode transparently and possibly adjusts its behavior.