15 files changed, 41 insertions, 34 deletions

diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index 1db595b3175..64479f7987f 100644
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-11-20  Bill Wohler  <wohler@newt.com>
+
+        Release MH-E version 8.3.1.
+
+        * NEWS, MH-E-NEWS: Update for MH-E release 8.3.1.
+
 2011-11-14  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
 
         * MAILINGLISTS: Fix typo.
@@ -1413,7 +1419,7 @@
 
 2008-02-01  Kenichi Handa  <handa@m17n.org>
 
-        * HELLO: Remove non-unicode character from Tibetan text.
+        * HELLO: Remove non-Unicode character from Tibetan text.
 
 2008-02-01  Miles Bader  <miles@gnu.org>
 
@@ -4107,7 +4113,7 @@
 
 2002-02-01  ShengHuo ZHU  <zsh@cs.rochester.edu>
 
-        * gnus.xpm: Remove garbages.
+        * gnus.xpm: Remove garbage.
 
 2002-01-27  Pavel Janík  <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 
diff --git a/etc/ERC-NEWS b/etc/ERC-NEWS
index 04084b58488..14d2a22e9f9 100644
--- a/etc/ERC-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ERC-NEWS
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ in XEmacs.
 ** The module system has again changed a lot.  You can now customize
   the variable `erc-modules' and define once and for all which
   extension modules you want to use.  This unfortunately may require
-  you to change your current erc initialisation code a bit, if you
+  you to change your current erc initialization code a bit, if you
   have some existing customizations.  On the other hand, this change
   makes the configuration of extension modules a lot easier for new
   users.  In theory, you should be able to configure all aspects of
diff --git a/etc/MH-E-NEWS b/etc/MH-E-NEWS
index 2e93b5c3f42..4ab75dcfc45 100644
--- a/etc/MH-E-NEWS
+++ b/etc/MH-E-NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 Copyright (C) 2001-2011  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end of the file for license conditions.
 
+* Changes in MH-E 8.3.1
+
+This version of MH-E fixes typos in the documentation and is packaged
+with GNU Emacs 24.1
+
 * Changes in MH-E 8.3
 
 In 2010, the version control system (VCS) of Emacs was upgraded from
@@ -27,8 +32,6 @@ from SourceForge and explicitly load MH-E will have to be change their
 `load-path' to "/path/to/mh-e/emacs/trunk/lisp/mh-e" instead. Note the
 addition of "trunk."
 
-This version of MH-E is packaged with GNU Emacs 24.1
-
 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.3
 
 *** Make mh-showing a legitimate minor mode
@@ -2666,7 +2669,7 @@ consistent mnemonics were realized that should make it easier to
 remember key bindings.
 
 Added new sub-keymaps for folder commands, sequence commands,
-extraction commands, and digest commands which begin with with F, S,
+extraction commands, and digest commands which begin with F, S,
 X, and D, respectively. These sub-keymaps allowed some consistency
 (e.g., especially with l(ist) and k(ill)).
 
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 8b08707c274..b9192c72b5e 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ then the equivalent line in ~/.authinfo would be
 
 **** The variable `smtpmail-starttls-credentials' has been removed.
 
-If you had that set, then then you need to put
+If you had that set, then you need to put
 
   machine smtp.whatever.foo port 25 key "~/.my_smtp_tls.key" cert "~/.my_smtp_tls.cert"
 
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ of the window will resize all windows in the same combination as well.
 
 +++
 *** New commands `maximize-window' and `minimize-window'.
-These maximize and minize the size of a window within its frame.
+These maximize and minimize the size of a window within its frame.
 
 +++
 *** New commands `switch-to-prev-buffer' and `switch-to-next-buffer'.
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ consult.
 
 ** The Landmark game is now invoked with `landmark', not `lm'.
 
-** MH-E has been upgraded to MH-E version 8.3.
+** MH-E has been upgraded to MH-E version 8.3.1.
 See MH-E-NEWS for details.
 
 ** Modula-2 mode provides auto-indentation.
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ state before the last buffer display operation in that window.
 
 +++
 *** The new option `frame-auto-hide-function' lets you choose between
-iconfying or deleting a frame when burying a buffer shown in a dedicated
+iconifying or deleting a frame when burying a buffer shown in a dedicated
 frame or quitting a window showing a buffer in a frame of its own.
 
 ** Completion
diff --git a/etc/NEWS.1-17 b/etc/NEWS.1-17
index b1da9122934..dc9922ed989 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS.1-17
+++ b/etc/NEWS.1-17
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ to the value of `minibuffer-help-form'.
 
 `help-form' is expected at all times to contain either `nil'
 or an expression to be executed when C-h is typed (overriding
-teh definition of C-h as a command).  `minibuffer-help-form'
+the definition of C-h as a command).  `minibuffer-help-form'
 can be used to provide a different default way of handling
 C-h while in the minibuffer.
 
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ Changes in Emacs 15
  specify the tag table file name initially, or to switch
  to a new tag table.
 
-* If truncate-partial-width-windows is non-nil (as it intially is),
+* If truncate-partial-width-windows is non-nil (as it initially is),
  all windows less than the full screen width (that is,
  made by side-by-side splitting) truncate lines rather than continuing
  them.
@@ -1870,7 +1870,7 @@ Changes in Emacs 1.9
 
 * The variable global-minor-modes is used to display
  strings in the mode line of all buffers.  It should be
- a list of elements thaht are conses whose cdrs are strings
+ a list of elements that are conses whose cdrs are strings
  to be displayed.  This complements the variable
  minor-modes, which has the same effect but has a separate
  value in each buffer.
@@ -2019,7 +2019,7 @@ Changes in Emacs 1.6
 * save-buffers-kill-emacs is now on C-x C-c
  while C-x C-z does suspend-emacs.  This is to make
  C-x C-c like the normal Unix meaning of C-c
- and C-x C-z linke the normal Unix meaning of C-z.
+ and C-x C-z like the normal Unix meaning of C-z.
 
 * M-ESC (eval-expression) is now a disabled command by default.
  This prevents users who type ESC ESC accidentally from
@@ -2423,7 +2423,7 @@ Changes in Emacs 1.1
  or show the text or subheadings under each heading line
  independently.  Hidden text or subheadings are invisibly
  attached to the end of the preceding heading line, so that
- if you kill the hading line and yank it back elsewhere
+ if you kill the heading line and yank it back elsewhere
  all the invisible lines accompany it.
 
   All editing commands treat hidden outline-mode lines
diff --git a/etc/NEWS.18 b/etc/NEWS.18
index 6bf854d8b33..820103e3110 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS.18
+++ b/etc/NEWS.18
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ exist to customize these feature for different Lisp implementations.
 
 ** C-x p now disabled.
 
-The command C-x p, a nonrecomended command which narrows to the current
+The command C-x p, a nonrecommended command which narrows to the current
 page, is now initially disabled like C-x n.
 
 * Dealing with files.
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ changing the file's uid or gid.
 
 The default value of this variable is `nil', because usually it is
 useful to have the uid of a file change according to who edited it
-last.  I recommend thet this variable be left normally `nil' and
+last.  I recommend that this variable be left normally `nil' and
 changed with a local variables list in those particular files where
 the uid needs to be preserved.
 
@@ -1620,4 +1620,3 @@ along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 Local variables:
 mode: text
 end:
-
diff --git a/etc/NEWS.19 b/etc/NEWS.19
index 6c1c5483809..16a9d9dc4cb 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS.19
+++ b/etc/NEWS.19
@@ -1828,7 +1828,7 @@ c-fill-paragraph's behavior.
 containing an open brace just after a case/default label.
 
 *** New variable, c-progress-interval, which controls minibuffer update
-message displays during long re-indention.  This is a new feature
+message displays during long re-indentation.  This is a new feature
 which prints percentage complete messages at specified intervals.
 
 ** Makefile mode changes.
@@ -4288,7 +4288,7 @@ filename completion in comint mode apply, together with a variable
 controlling whether to restrict possible completions to only files
 that are executable (`shell-command-execonly').
 
-The input history is initialised from the file name given in the
+The input history is initialized from the file name given in the
 variable `shell-input-ring-file-name'--normally `.history' in your
 home directory.
 
@@ -5484,7 +5484,7 @@ non-nil.
 ** M-x revert-buffer no longer offers to revert from a recent auto-save
 file unless you give it a prefix argument.  Otherwise it always
 reverts from the real file regardless of whether there has been an
-auto-save since thenm.  (Reverting from the auto-save file is no longer
+auto-save since then.  (Reverting from the auto-save file is no longer
 very useful now that the undo capacity is larger.)
 
 ** M-x recover-file no longer turns off Auto Save mode when it reads
diff --git a/etc/NEWS.21 b/etc/NEWS.21
index c3c54d8bb01..c018567c40d 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS.21
+++ b/etc/NEWS.21
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ current file, or you can use C-x v r RET to get an update for an
 entire directory tree.
 
 The new user option `vc-cvs-use-edit' indicates whether VC should call
-"cvs edit" to make files writeable; it defaults to `t'.  (This option
+"cvs edit" to make files writable; it defaults to `t'.  (This option
 is only meaningful if the CVSREAD variable is set, or if files are
 "watched" by other developers.)
 
diff --git a/etc/NEWS.22 b/etc/NEWS.22
index 3920f59fefa..5e95e40b04c 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS.22
+++ b/etc/NEWS.22
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ coding system.
 of a file.
 
 *** New command `ucs-insert' inserts a character specified by its
-unicode.
+Unicode code point or character name.
 
 *** New command quail-show-key shows what key (or key sequence) to type
 in the current input method to input a character at point.
@@ -3356,7 +3356,7 @@ contracts or expands the line under the cursor.
 *** The new commands `speedbar-expand-line-descendants' and
 `speedbar-contract-line-descendants', bound to `[' and `]'
 respectively, expand and contract the line under cursor with all of
-its descendents.
+its descendants.
 
 *** The new user option `speedbar-use-tool-tips-flag', if non-nil,
 means to display tool-tips for speedbar items.
diff --git a/etc/NEWS.23 b/etc/NEWS.23
index 3a222d50d4c..9b8909d794a 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS.23
+++ b/etc/NEWS.23
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ shared with older Emacsen.
 
 *** There is a new charset implementation with many new charsets.
 See M-x list-character-sets.  New charsets can be defined conveniently
-as tables of unicodes.
+as tables of Unicode code points.
 
 *** There are new language environments for Chinese-GBK,
 Chinese-GB18030, Khmer, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Oriya, Telugu,
@@ -1837,7 +1837,7 @@ for the list of extra keys that are available.
 
 ** BDF fonts no longer supported on MS-Windows.
 The font backend was completely rewritten for this release.  The focus
-on Windows has been getting acceptable performance and full unicode
+on Windows has been getting acceptable performance and full Unicode
 support, including complex script shaping for native Windows fonts.  A
 rewrite of the BDF font support has not happened due to lack of time
 and developers.  If demand still exists for such a backend even with
diff --git a/etc/THE-GNU-PROJECT b/etc/THE-GNU-PROJECT
index 80dde864901..f3d554e45bf 100644
--- a/etc/THE-GNU-PROJECT
+++ b/etc/THE-GNU-PROJECT
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@
    Those of us who value free software for freedom's sake will stay with
    free software anyway. We will manage to get work done without the
    patented features. But those who value free software because they
-   expect it to be techically superior are likely to call it a failure
+   expect it to be technically superior are likely to call it a failure
    when a patent holds it back. Thus, while it is useful to talk about the
    practical effectiveness of the "cathedral" model of development (1),
    and the reliability and power of some free software, we must not stop
diff --git a/etc/TODO b/etc/TODO
index aa06f73ee94..f9d37c4b965 100644
--- a/etc/TODO
+++ b/etc/TODO
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ of the scroll bar itself.  That depends on to what extent toolkit
 scroll bars are extensible.
 
 ** Provide user-friendly ways to list all available font families,
-   list fonts, display a font as a sample, etc.  [fx is looking at
+  list fonts, display a font as a sample, etc.  [fx is looking at
   multilingual font selection for the Unicode branch of Emacs.]
 
 ** Provide a convenient way to select a color with the mouse.
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ up on top of all others
 
 *** Other / Low Priority:
 
-**** Better recognition of unicode scripts / Greek / composition.
+**** Better recognition of Unicode scripts / Greek / composition.
 
 **** Undo for color-drag face customization.
 
diff --git a/etc/gnus/news-server.ast b/etc/gnus/news-server.ast
index 432f71a50f0..df0bab4519b 100644
--- a/etc/gnus/news-server.ast
+++ b/etc/gnus/news-server.ast
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 @validate (or (assistant-validate-connect-to-server server port) (y-or-n-p "Do you want to use the server anyway, although you can't confirm it's valid?"))
 @result gnus-select-method (list 'nntp server (list 'nntp-server port))
 @text
-Usenet news is usually read from your Internet service prodider's news
+Usenet news is usually read from your Internet service provider's news
 server.  If you don't know the name of this server, contact your ISP.
 
 As a guess, the name of the server might be news.yourisp.com.
@@ -61,4 +61,3 @@ Password: @variable{user-name}
 @c End:
 
 @c arch tag is missing
-
diff --git a/etc/srecode/test.srt b/etc/srecode/test.srt
index b296f9dc515..d3dad33a5a2 100644
--- a/etc/srecode/test.srt
+++ b/etc/srecode/test.srt
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ template gapsomething :blank
 ----
 
 template inlinetext
-"Insert text that has no nelines"
+"Insert text that has no newlines"
 ----
  *In the middle* 
 ----
diff --git a/etc/themes/manoj-dark-theme.el b/etc/themes/manoj-dark-theme.el
index 55b07e6eaef..b06678636c7 100644
--- a/etc/themes/manoj-dark-theme.el
+++ b/etc/themes/manoj-dark-theme.el
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 ;; (blueish) or mail (greenish), have states (large number of under
 ;; messages, normal, and empty). The large number unread groups have
 ;; highest luminance (appear brighter), and the empty one have lower
-;; luminance (appear greyer), but have the same chroma and saturation.
+;; luminance (appear grayer), but have the same chroma and saturation.
 ;; Sub states and group priorities are rendered using a color series
 ;; which has constant luminance and saturation, and vary in hue by a
 ;; constant separation -- so all the related groups have the same
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 ;; In the message itself, quoted mail messages from different people
 ;; are color coordinated, with high contrast between citations that are
-;; close to each other in the heirarchy, so it is less likely that one
+;; close to each other in the hierarchy, so it is less likely that one
 ;; misunderstands who said what in a long conversation.
 
 ;; The following scheme covers programming languages, Gnus, Erc, mail,