diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS index 5c5e5134..d42bb37b 100644 --- a/AUTHORS +++ b/AUTHORS @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ patches, bug fixes and other stuff for Window Maker: ABE Shige I18N support, diagonal and vertical gradient, cosmetic additions to move/resize frames, window list menu, side swapping and other things for dock, -japanese local, icon arrangement fix, remember current workspace after +Japanese local, icon arrangement fix, remember current workspace after restart, dock bug fixes Andrea Arcangeli @@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ Bradley M Keryan EMACS/keypad like cursor movement for WINGs textfield Jim Knoble -made autoarrange icons a runtime option, SHADOW_RESIZEBAR c-time option, +made autoarrange icons a run-time option, SHADOW_RESIZEBAR c-time option, no workspace switch to the same workspace, dashed icon selection, -misclellaneous bug fixes, definable cursors, --no-polling command line option. +miscellaneous bug fixes, definable cursors, --no-polling command line option. The JED Text Editor Project maintainer @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Tim Malone bug fix, jpeg bug fix MANOME Tomonori -I18N bug fixes and japanese locale, wsetfont script +I18N bug fixes and Japanese locale, wsetfont script Brian Alexander Martin PIPE_MENU @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ Toby Sargeant menu format converter Carsten Schaar -SCO portability, german locale, autoconf enhancements +SCO portability, German locale, autoconf enhancements Christopher Seawood REDUCE_APPICON/single-icon diff --git a/BUGFORM b/BUGFORM index 416a4f0f..515c920f 100644 --- a/BUGFORM +++ b/BUGFORM @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ bugs@windowmaker.org [ ] could not compile [ ] crashed [ ] configuration option does not work -[ ] weird behaviour +[ ] weird behavior [ ] cosmetic [ ] some problem with WPrefs [ ] others: ................................... @@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ bugs@windowmaker.org 5. Changes to the src/wconfig.h file: -6. The error occured during: +6. The error occurred during: [ ] configuration [ ] compilation -[ ] startup +[ ] start-up [ ] use -7. Changes made to the configuration files, if the error ocurred during use: +7. Changes made to the configuration files, if the error occurred during use: 8. Error messages output: @@ -70,6 +70,6 @@ WindowMaker Version (run "wmaker -version"): ......................... 11. backtrace if the bug made Window Maker crash. PLEASE SEND THE BACKTRACE. Your bug report might be of not much use without one. -strace/truss outputs are usually not usefull for crashes, so you can +strace/truss outputs are usually not useful for crashes, so you can skip it. The README file has instructions to make one. diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 4cca2aaa..985e861d 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Summary of Contents: 1.5 What is an App Icon? 1.6 How can I get a question added to the FAQ? 1.7 How do I report bugs? - 1.8 Is there an anomymous cvs server? + 1.8 Is there an anonymous cvs server? 2 - Installation 2.1 Where can I get proplist.h? @@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ Summary of Contents: 2.10 Do I need to rerun wmaker.inst with every new version of Window Maker? 2.11 When I install Window Maker, I've used wmaker.inst correctly - and I only get aroot menu with xterm and exit. How do I fix this? + and I only get a root menu with xterm and exit. How do I fix this? 2.12 How do I get Window Maker to use more than 16 colors on my SGI Indy Workstation? 2.13 Using WindowMaker with Solaris 2.6 CDE - 2.14 How do I switch CDE's windowmanager to use Window Maker? - 2.15 When I run wmaker it quits complaing about something + 2.14 How do I switch CDE's window manager to use Window Maker? + 2.15 When I run wmaker it quits complaining about something "__register_frame_info". 2.16 When I run wmaker it complains about something like library is 62, caller expects 61 @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Summary of Contents: 3.3 How do I "dock" AppIcons on the Clip? 3.4 Why do none of my Key Bindings work in Window Maker 0.1x.x 3.5 How do I rename workspaces? - 3.6 How can I resize a window if the window is larger than my currect + 3.6 How can I resize a window if the window is larger than my current desktop? 3.7 How do I "undock" AppIcons? 3.8 I docked an application but when I run it the button is permanently @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Summary of Contents: 3.9 When I run wmaker it complains about not being able to load any fonts. 3.10 When I set the root background with wmsetbg by hand it works, - but when I do that from the configuration files it doesnt! + but when I do that from the configuration files it doesn't! 4 - Configuration 4.1 What are those files inside my ~/GNUstep directory? @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Summary of Contents: 4.11 How do I get my Minimize Icon to look like the triangle I see in screenshots? 4.12 How do I get superfluous bells and whistles working? - 4.13 How do I get my oldstyle back? + 4.13 How do I get my old style back? 4.14 How do I get the window menu with only a two button mouse? 4.15 How do I edit my root menu? 4.16 How can I set dock/clip to use single click to launch applications, @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Summary of Contents: example) 5.11 Window Maker breaks scilab 5.12 Netscape icons show up in black and white - 5.13 Snow flakes from xsnow don't acumulate on titlebars! + 5.13 Snow flakes from xsnow don't accumulate on title bars! 5.14 I'm using RedHat 6.0 and Netscape dies without reason. 6 - Programming @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ http://windowmaker.org/pub/source/beta/ The mercurial repository is available at https://hg.windowmaker.org/wmaker The development versions are usually very stable themselves, so if you -want to have all the newest features, you can rather safetly go with the +want to have all the newest features, you can rather safely go with the development versions. Just remember to save any unsaved data before you go playing around with the config files. Also, remember they are developmental versions, so your mileage may vary, don't get angry if they @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ http://windowmaker.org/documentation.php 1.5 What is an appicon? ---------------------------------- -An appicon is the icon (without the tiny titlebar a minimized application icon +An appicon is the icon (without the tiny title bar a minimized application icon has) produced by most applications that initially is in the bottom left corner of the screen while an application is running. For an example, run xterm and notice the icon in the corner. @@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ libtiff section of this FAQ. 2.3 How do I get libtiff to work? ---------------------------------- The whole key to getting libtiff working for me was to upgrade to >= -tiff-v3.4beta037-tar.gz availible at ftp.sgi.com. +tiff-v3.4beta037-tar.gz available at ftp.sgi.com. Rerun ./configure and make and it should work. I had previously been using tiff-v3.4-tar.gz instead so the library was there just not working. A note to @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ Also, make sure to use gnu-make for the Window Maker compile. 2.4 How do I get libjpeg to work? ---------------------------------- -The newest jpeg libs are availible at ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/. +The newest jpeg libs are available at ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/. How many of you have seen that darned "lib reports 62 caller expects 61" type of error? @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ Also, make sure to use gnu-make for the Window Maker compile. 2.5 How do I get libpng to work? ---------------------------------- -The newest png libs are availible at +The newest png libs are available at http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png/pngcode.html. You should also get the newest zlib libs from @@ -306,10 +306,10 @@ Also, make sure to use gnu-make for the Window Maker compile. 2.6 How do I get libgif (or libungif) to work? ---------------------------------- -The newest libgif is availible at +The newest libgif is available at ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/giflib/. -The newest libungif is availible at +The newest libungif is available at ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/graphics/. I had a few problems with libgif... it seems that the install process didn't @@ -346,14 +346,14 @@ The same is true for CDE. Now, answering the question: Yes, you can use WindowMaker in these environments. To use Window Maker with GNOME, you don't need to do anything special. To use it with CDE, read the answer for "How do I switch -CDE's windowmanager to use Window Maker?" +CDE's window manager to use Window Maker?" To use it with KDE, read it's documentation to get rid of kwm (and possibly kpanel) and replace it with wmaker. Then, start WPrefs.app, go to "Mouse Preferences" and set the "Disable mouse actions" check box. You will need to restart Window Maker to make this change take effect. The "Disable mouse actions" change is needed to allow you to use krootwm, -wich enables you to use kfm's desktop icons, but will prevent you from +which enables you to use kfm's desktop icons, but will prevent you from accessing Window Maker's Applications and Window List menus with the mouse. @@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ future version, this will be noted in the NEWS file. 2.11 When I install Window Maker, I've used wmaker.inst correctly - and I only get aroot menu with xterm and exit. How do I fix this? + and I only get a root menu with xterm and exit. How do I fix this? ---------------------------------- Most likely, the problem is that Window Maker can not find a copy of the C pre processor in a directory such as /lib. The file /lib/cpp should be a @@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ instead of OpenWindows. In order to choose WindowMaker, you simply choose "OpenWindows Desktop" in the "Options - Session" Menus. Choose "CDE Desktop" if you want CDE. -The Color schemes and settings for Window Maker are seperate from +The Color schemes and settings for Window Maker are separate from CDE. Tested on a SPARC 10, Solaris x86 should work also. (better, hopefully) @@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ custom Nortel thing), you should be in Window Maker heaven ;). Difference between the methods: (according to Thomas) I've been told that the difference between setting the resource and Peter's -method is that if you override the window manager with the resouce, you +method is that if you override the window manager with the resource, you still get the CDE resources read into the resource database (so you still have your color settings & such from CDE), whereas with Peter's, the CDE resource don't get read into the database. I don't know if this is true or not, @@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ So, if you add "dtaction ExitSession" in that file, the command to shutdown CDE will be automatically executed when you exit WindowMaker. -2.15 When I run wmaker it quits complaing about something +2.15 When I run wmaker it quits complaining about something __register_frame_info. ---------------------------------- This is due to using gcc >= 2.8.0 or egcs to compile Window Maker or a @@ -610,9 +610,9 @@ Usage: ---------------------------------- Launch an application. If there is a little icon that pops up in the bottom corner of the screen, drag it over to the dock icon(s). You should see a -whiteish square indicating when it is close enough to dock, and where it will +whitish square indicating when it is close enough to dock, and where it will be placed. To make sure this application will be there next time you start up -windowmaker, exit windowmaker with the "exit session" option. +WindowMaker, exit WindowMaker with the "exit session" option. 3.2 What is the difference between the 'Exit' and 'Exit Session' Options? @@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ menu. 3.6 How can I resize a window if the window is larger than my - currect desktop? + current desktop? ---------------------------------- David Reviejo best summed up this answer: @@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ TODO: give complete explanation 3.10 When I set the root background with wmsetbg by hand it works, - but when I do that from the configuration files it doesnt! + but when I do that from the configuration files it doesn't! ---------------------------------- DOH! If you set the root background with wmsetbg by hand, it will obviously @@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ Configuration: ---------------------------------- ~/GNUstep/WindowMaker/WindowMaker - The main config file. This file controls options such as keybindings, + The main config file. This file controls options such as key bindings, fonts, pixmaps, and focus modes. @@ -797,13 +797,13 @@ alt-tab is changes context. Paul Warren <> has released a patch that will give this style of Context Switching to Window Maker. -It is availible from http://ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk/~pdw/patches/ +It is available from http://ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk/~pdw/patches/ 4.5 How can I define my own Icon for a program? (instead of the Icon the Application Supplies?) ---------------------------------- -You can right click on the titlebar of the running app and choose the +You can right click on the title bar of the running app and choose the "Attributes..." option, then click on the "Ignore client supplied icon" checkbox. Click "Apply", "Save" and close the Attributes Editor. @@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ This should allow you do dock the program normally. Emulate Appicon does exactly the same thing as dockit, a small app distributed with ancient versions of Window Maker before the Attribute -Editor existed (now depricated for the obvious reason). If Emulate Appicon +Editor existed (now deprecated for the obvious reason). If Emulate Appicon does not work, dockit will not work either. Such applications violate the ICCCM (Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual) and are considered badly coded for not setting the instance.class hints. @@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ you can also try variations of this to get different tiling and other effects (where X is a number 1-9 I believe): 'xv -root -quit -rmodeX ~/background.jpg' -If you would like xv functionality in your menu, heres a nice little tip from +If you would like xv functionality in your menu, here's a nice little tip from Alfredo: Add the following line to your ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/menu file. (all on @@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ menu. FTitleBack = (spixmap, foo.xpm, black); -Would have the effect of streching a pixmap to fit the titlebar of the active +Would have the effect of stretching a pixmap to fit the title bar of the active window. You can use png, gif, ppm, tiff, jpeg and xpm images interchangeably in Window Maker if you have compiled in support for those formats. @@ -990,14 +990,14 @@ http://wm.current.nu/themes/images/screenshots/Midnight3.jpg ---------------------------------- Add Superfluous=YES; to your ~/GNUstep/Defaults/Windowmaker file. -This option was added as a runtime option in Window Maker >= 0.16.1. +This option was added as a run-time option in Window Maker >= 0.16.1. 4.13 How do I get the classic NeXT(tm)-like style back? ---------------------------------- Add NewStyle=NO; to your ~/GNUstep/Defaults/Windowmaker file. -This option was added as a runtime option in Window Maker >= 0.16.1 +This option was added as a run-time option in Window Maker >= 0.16.1 4.14 How do I get the window menu with only a two button mouse? @@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ This option was added as a runtime option in Window Maker >= 0.16.1 Jim Noble writes: If you've got a two-button mouse under some versions of Solaris x86, -there's no way (that i'm aware of) to emulate a 3-button mouse. The right +there's no way (that I'm aware of) to emulate a 3-button mouse. The right button can be either MB2 or MB3, but chording doesn't work. ApplicationMenuMouseButton = Left; @@ -1025,11 +1025,11 @@ windows menu. You can now use WPrefs.app (see http://wm.current.nu/features/configuration.html for more info) if you have the new PropList style menu, or you can manually edit the -oldstyle menu file +old style menu file ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/menu -(or you can also manually edit the newstyle menu file) +(or you can also manually edit the new style menu file) ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMRootMenu @@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ menu, try touch ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/menu - (or 'touch ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMRootMenu' for the newstyle menu) + (or 'touch ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMRootMenu' for the new style menu) to force the modification time into the future. @@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ This question was officially answered as follows: You cannot do this. This is because single click is used to select app-icons, or to raise/lower the app-icon or the dock/clip. If - this is impelmented then you will be unable to select or + this is implemented then you will be unable to select or raise/lower dock/clip or app-icons, without also launching the application it represents. @@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ by default. 4.19 How do I define my own icon for a program? I don't like the one it supplies. ---------------------------------- -Right-click the titlebar of the running application and start the Attributes +Right-click the title bar of the running application and start the Attributes Editor. Check the "Ignore client supplied icon" box. "Apply" and "Save", and close the Attributes Editor. @@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ Other Applications: 5.1 How do I assign gimp an appicon? ---------------------------------- -Window Maker now can assign Icons from within the windowmanager, to +Window Maker now can assign Icons from within the window manager, to do so, right click on the title bar of an app or hit F10 while the desired app is focused, choose "Attributes...", click on the "4" Button, enter the icon file name (make sure this is in your pixmap path, or you can type in the full path @@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ You don't need to patch the XEmacs code, just run ./configure --with-session=yes (in addition to any other options you use) -in your XEmacs 20.3+ sourcedir and rebuild it. Then XEmacs shows an +in your XEmacs 20.3+ source dir and rebuild it. Then XEmacs shows an appicon when running and you can easily dock it. @@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ Its called asclock. It was included with each version of Window Maker until version 0.17.5, and was no longer included in 0.18.0 and above. You could find it in ./WindowMaker-0.xx.x/misc/asclock.tgz and it was -prepatched to be able to dock. Some other (older) versions you might find +pre-patched to be able to dock. Some other (older) versions you might find on the net don't dock. Since it was pulled from the distribution (probably to save space), I've @@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ Several Nice applications are available: wmmixer and wmcd and wmmount http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/2471/linux.htm#xapps - ascd,WMRack,asmixer,asmodem, and others + ascd, WMRack, asmixer, asmodem, and others ftp://ftp.windowmaker.info/pub/wmaker/contrib/srcs/apps/ wmavgload, wmmount, and wmload @@ -1180,8 +1180,8 @@ A huge index of most available dockapps is available at: 5.7 How do I get an appicon for rxvt so I can dock it? ---------------------------------- -The default rxvt that comes with most distribtions is an outdated version of -rxvt. The newest development version of rxvt is availible from +The default rxvt that comes with most distributions is an outdated version of +rxvt. The newest development version of rxvt is available from ftp://ftp.math.fu-berlin.de/pub/rxvt/devel/. As of the time of this writing, the version is 2.4.7 and it natively produces an appicon without a patch. @@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ For example: rxvt -name foo -e irc -Then, go to the Attributes menu (right click on titlebar (or hit F10) and +Then, go to the Attributes menu (right click on title bar (or hit F10) and choose 'Attributes...') Then choose 'Advanced Options' from the listbox and enable 'Don't Bind Keyboard shortcuts'. @@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ Meanwhile, the workaround for this is to open the window list menu (click on the root window with the middle mouse button) and click on the ScilabGraphic entry. The window should be brought to your reach. Then, open the window commands menu (right click on window's -titlebar) and open the Attributes panel. Go to the "Advanced Options" +title bar) and open the Attributes panel. Go to the "Advanced Options" section, check the "Keep inside screen" option and save. If you can recompile Scilab, this came from a Scilab developer: @@ -1285,10 +1285,10 @@ in routines/xsci/jpc_SGraph.c ---------------------------------- I have seen this happen on some systems if you run Netscape in a high -colour depth (32bpp). That is a Netscape bug. Therefore, bug Netscape. +color depth (32bpp). That is a Netscape bug. Therefore, bug Netscape. -5.13 Snow flakes from xsnow don't acumulate on titlebars! +5.13 Snow flakes from xsnow don't accumulate on title bars! ---------------------------------- Because of the way xsnow is coded, it seems that it can't "see" @@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ information center about WINGs by . 6.4 Where can I get more information about WINGs? ---------------------------------- -Nic Berstein has created a WINGs Developement list. +Nic Berstein has created a WINGs Development list. The purpose of this list is to provide a forum for support, ideas, suggestions, bug reports etc. for the WINGs widget set library. @@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ also scroll one through workspaces. For those that would like to send an application to a specific workspace, either drag it to an edge of the desktop onto the next workspace or you can -right click on the titlebar, choose "Move to..." and choose the appropriate +right click on the title bar, choose "Move to..." and choose the appropriate workspace. BUT, Window Maker does support KDE and GNOME protocols, including the @@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ environments and use their pagers. 7.2 Can I have folders like in AfterStep? ---------------------------------- -No. Window Maker does however support the collapsable Clip per desktop +No. Window Maker does however support the collapsible Clip per desktop for a similar functionality. @@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ for an in-depth walk-through on making a Theme archive. ---------------------------------- This should be as simple as untarring the Theme.tar.gz into one of two places. You can untar it to the global /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/* directory, -and have it be accessable to all users, or you can untar it to your own +and have it be accessible to all users, or you can untar it to your own ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/ directory for your own personal use. Use your favorite variation of the following: diff --git a/FAQ.I18N b/FAQ.I18N index 85dd7cdb..1192d6d2 100644 --- a/FAQ.I18N +++ b/FAQ.I18N @@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ If I18N support does not work for you, check these: support a locale for your language, you can use X Window System's locale emulation feature instead of OS's locale. To use this feature, add this option to the configure, "--with-x-locale". - if your OS is commercial one, such as Solaris,IRIX,AIX,..., + if your OS is commercial one, such as Solaris, IRIX, AIX, ... you perhaps don't have to use X's locale emulation. - But if your OS is Linux or NetBSD or .. , it's possible + But if your OS is Linux or NetBSD or..., it is possible that your locale is not supported so far. then use "--with-x-locale". Note: to use X's locale emulation, your Xlib has to be @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ If I18N support does not work for you, check these: MenuTitleFont = "Trebuchet MS:bold:pixelsize=12"; ...................................................... - then you can't display asian language (ja,ko,ch) characters using + then you can't display Asian language (ja, ko, ch) characters using Trebuchet MS. A font that is guaranteed to work for any language is sans (or sans-serif). sans is not a font itself, but an alias which points to multiple fonts and will load the first in that list that @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ If I18N support does not work for you, check these: "Trebuchet MS,sans serif:pixelsize=12" - this will not be able to display asian languages if any of the + this will not be able to display Asian languages if any of the previous fonts before sans are installed. This is because unlike the proper font pickup that sans guarantees for your language, this construct only allows a font fallback mechanism, which tries diff --git a/INSTALL-WMAKER b/INSTALL-WMAKER index 3dbf7779..b47cca16 100644 --- a/INSTALL-WMAKER +++ b/INSTALL-WMAKER @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ OPTIONAL: These libraries are not required to make Window Maker work, but they are supported in case you want to use them. Version numbers are those -that I have (and therefore, guraranteed to work), but other versions +that I have (and therefore, guaranteed to work), but other versions might work too. @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ might work too. Older versions may not work!!! Available at ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/X/ - There is builtin support for XPM files, but it will not + There is built-in support for XPM files, but it will not load images in some uncommon encodings. - libpng 0.96 or newer and zlib @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ PLATFORM SPECIFIC NOTES: - MetroX (unknown version) MetroX has a bug that corrupts pixmaps that are set as window backgrounds. If you use MetroX and has weird problems with - textures, do not use textures in titlebars. Or use a different + textures, do not use textures in title bars. Or use a different X server. INSTALLATION: @@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ Steps 1 to 3 can be skipped if you use the Install script. 1 - You have to select the languages you want to support. Set the LINGUAS to the list of locales you want. English is always -suported. Example: +supported. Example: setenv LINGUAS "pt ja de" in csh @@ -414,9 +414,9 @@ in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMGLOBAL 3 - Configure, build and install Window Maker normally. -4 - To select a particular locale at runtime you must set the LANG +4 - To select a particular locale at run-time you must set the LANG environment variable to the locale you want. For example, if you want to set -the portuguese locale, you must run +the Portuguese locale, you must run setenv LANG pt @@ -424,13 +424,13 @@ in csh or export LANG; LANG=pt -in Bourne sh and similars +in Bourne sh and similar Note: If you have the LC_CTYPE environment variable set, you must unset it before running wmaker. For menu definition files, Window Maker searches for them in the -following order (for brazilian portuguese, in this case): +following order (for Brazilian Portuguese, in this case): menu.pt_BR menu.pt diff --git a/README b/README index fcf6c6a9..e85083b5 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Congratulations! You have purchased an extremely fine device that would give you thousands of years of trouble-free - service, except that you undoubtably will destroy it via some + service, except that you undoubtedly will destroy it via some typical bonehead consumer maneuver. Which is why we ask you to PLEASE FOR GOD'S SAKE READ THIS OWNER'S MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU UNPACK THE DEVICE. YOU ALREADY UNPACKED IT, DIDN'T @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Directories & Files in the Source Tree * wrlib/ image processing library -* po/ has message catalogs wich are the translated versions of the messages +* po/ has message catalogs which are the translated versions of the messages displayed by Window Maker. @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ reports use the BUGFORM. If you have a problem with a precompiled version of Window Maker (rpm, deb etc), first ask the person who made the package. -IMPORTANT NOTE: when asking for help (in the mailing list or to the developerts, +IMPORTANT NOTE: when asking for help (in the mailing list or to the developers, directly) *always* send information about the system you are using. You can use the system information section at the end of BUGFORM as a guideline. Another thing: please don't send HTML mail. @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ non-graphical) applications; providing among other things, base system libraries, a high-level GUI application framework that uses a Display PostScript(tm)-like imaging model (DGS), objects for accessing relational databases, distributed objects and a graphical development environment, with -tools like interface modeller, a project management system (project center) and +tools like interface modeler, a project management system (project center) and other tools. The GNUstep development system will be used to create a user environment, with @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Running multiple instances of Window Maker It is not a good idea to run more than one instance of Window Maker from the same user (so that wmaker will use the same configuration files) at the -same time. You might get unexpected behaviour when Window Maker updates it's +same time. You might get unexpected behavior when Window Maker updates it's configuration files. If you really desire to do this, try running Window Maker with the command line @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ Performance Tuning If you want to diminish Window Maker's memory usage and improve performance, while keeping a nice appearance and good functionality, follow the items bellow: -- use solid textures for everything, mainly titlebars and menus. If you want a +- use solid textures for everything, mainly title bars and menus. If you want a nice looking desktop, use the Traditional style. - turn NewStyle and Superfluous off - do not bind many shortcuts in the menu and keep only the essential items in @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ Keyboard Mouse Control Many people ask about adding keyboard control of mouse, like in fvwm, but Window Maker will not have such feature. The XKB extension supports mouse simulation -from the keyboard, in a much more powerfull fashion than any simulation done by +from the keyboard, in a much more powerful fashion than any simulation done by a window manager. To enable it, hit the Control+Shift+NumLock or Shift+NumLock key combination. @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ clicked with the 0 (Ins) key. The above key values work in a XFree86 3.2 (X11R6.1) X server but your -milleage may vary. +mileage may vary. How to make a gdb backtrace @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ How to make a gdb backtrace Backtraces can help us fix bugs that make Window Maker crash. If you find a bug that crashes Window Maker, please send a backtrace with your bug report. -To make a usefull backtrace, you need a core file with debugging information +To make a useful backtrace, you need a core file with debugging information produced by Window Maker when it crashes. It should have been installed without stripping too. diff --git a/README.definable-cursor b/README.definable-cursor index 22a24482..527847a7 100644 --- a/README.definable-cursor +++ b/README.definable-cursor @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Using Cursors with 'getstyle' and 'setstyle' The 'getstyle' and 'setstyle' style/theme-management utilities can handle user-definable cursors. By default, 'getstyle' ignores cursor definitions; using 'getstyle -t' to get theme-related settings will -also include any cursors you've defined in the resulting stylefile. +also include any cursors you've defined in the resulting style file. However, by default, 'setstyle' does NOT ignore cursor settings. If you wish to set a style or theme without installing cursor settings, diff --git a/The-perfect-Window-Maker-patch.txt b/The-perfect-Window-Maker-patch.txt index eab93f0a..71ad59e4 100644 --- a/The-perfect-Window-Maker-patch.txt +++ b/The-perfect-Window-Maker-patch.txt @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Producing a patch with git -------------------------- You have the wmaker source and you want to write a patch in order to fix -a bug or improve something. A possible workflow is the following. +a bug or improve something. A possible work-flow is the following: # Optional: Create a new branch (to be safe in case you screw up) git checkout -b fixbug @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ can be a better way to fix it. Then you should explain why the wmaker source leads to Y and not to X. -Technicall stuff can be expected at this point, e.g. "upon doing xyz in function +Technical stuff can be expected at this point, e.g. "upon doing xyz in function foobar(), wmaker sets the variable foo to 'y' instead of setting it to 'x', and that will lead to blabla happening in function foobar_squared()...". @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ more than one thing in the same patch. Again: "Each patch must do one thing and one thing only." If your patch does too much of unrelated stuff, it makes reviewing a nightmare -and long-term mantainance much worse (think about a patch which introduces a +and long-term maintenance much worse (think about a patch which introduces a regression in the middle of many other nice improvements, and now you have to get rid of the regression without removing the improvements -- 'git revert' will not help you here). @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ The diff itself. ********************************** Read the file email-clients.txt in the topdir of the wmaker-crm repository -to be adviced on how to tweak your email client to avoid common pitfalls. +to be advised on how to tweak your email client to avoid common pitfalls. ___________________ Example .gitconfig