gnu packages: Clean up synopses and descriptions.

* gnu/packages/admin.scm, gnu/packages/algebra.scm, gnu/packages/audio.scm, gnu/packages/backup.scm, gnu/packages/base.scm, gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm, gnu/packages/code.scm, gnu/packages/compression.scm, gnu/packages/databases.scm, gnu/packages/enchant.scm, gnu/packages/firmware.scm, gnu/packages/fonts.scm, gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm, gnu/packages/games.scm, gnu/packages/gd.scm, gnu/packages/gl.scm, gnu/packages/gnome.scm, gnu/packages/gsasl.scm, gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm, gnu/packages/gtk.scm, gnu/packages/guile.scm, gnu/packages/haskell.scm, gnu/packages/language.scm, gnu/packages/lesstif.scm, gnu/packages/libreoffice.scm, gnu/packages/linux.scm, gnu/packages/llvm.scm, gnu/packages/maths.scm, gnu/packages/mcrypt.scm, gnu/packages/mit-krb5.scm, gnu/packages/mp3.scm, gnu/packages/ncdu.scm, gnu/packages/networking.scm, gnu/packages/ntp.scm, gnu/packages/ocaml.scm, gnu/packages/openbox.scm, gnu/packages/pdf.scm, gnu/packages/perl.scm, gnu/packages/pretty-print.scm, gnu/packages/pulseaudio.scm, gnu/packages/python.scm, gnu/packages/rdesktop.scm, gnu/packages/rdf.scm, gnu/packages/ruby.scm, gnu/packages/slang.scm, gnu/packages/slim.scm, gnu/packages/telephony.scm, gnu/packages/tls.scm, gnu/packages/tmux.scm, gnu/packages/tre.scm, gnu/packages/unrtf.scm, gnu/packages/version-control.scm, gnu/packages/vpn.scm, gnu/packages/web.scm, gnu/packages/wget.scm, gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm, gnu/packages/xfce.scm, gnu/packages/xiph.scm: Fix typos. Trim long lines. Add missing periods in the end of sentences. Use double spaces between sentences. Remove trailing whitespaces.
2024-12-24 05:18:07 -05:00 · 2015-07-17 15:16:07 +03:00 · 2015-07-17 15:16:07 +03:00 · e881752c39
commit e881752c39
parent 7c125ce023
58 changed files with 175 additions and 173 deletions
--- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ (define-public net-base
    (description
     "This package provides the /etc/services, /etc/protocols, and /etc/rpc
 files, which contain information about the IANA-assigned port, protocol, and
-ONC RPC numbers")
+ONC RPC numbers.")
    (home-page "http://packages.debian.org/sid/netbase")
    (license license:gpl2)))
@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ (define-public detox
                                           (assoc-ref %build-inputs "popt")))
       #:tests? #f))                    ;no 'check' target
    (home-page "http://detox.sourceforge.net")
-    (synopsis "Clean up filenames")
+    (synopsis "Clean up file names")
    (description
     "Detox is a program that renames files to make them easier to work with
 under Unix and related operating systems.  Spaces and various other unsafe
--- a/gnu/packages/algebra.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/algebra.scm
@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ (define-public mpfrcx
 on the rounding.  For the time being, only the few functions needed to
 implement the floating point approach to complex multiplication are
 implemented.  On the other hand, these comprise asymptotically fast
-multiplication routines such as Toom–Cook and the FFT. ")
+multiplication routines such as Toom–Cook and the FFT.")
   (license lgpl2.1+)
   (home-page "http://mpfrcx.multiprecision.org/")))
--- a/gnu/packages/audio.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/audio.scm
@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ (define-public fluidsynth
    (description
     "FluidSynth is a real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2
 specifications.  FluidSynth reads and handles MIDI events from the MIDI input
-device.  It is the software analogue of a MIDI synthesizer. FluidSynth can
+device.  It is the software analogue of a MIDI synthesizer.  FluidSynth can
 also play midifiles using a Soundfont.")
    (license license:gpl2+)))
--- a/gnu/packages/backup.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
@ -237,14 +237,14 @@ (define-public rdup
                    (setenv "HOME" (getcwd))
                    (substitute* "testsuite/rdup/rdup.rdup-up-t-with-file.exp"
                      (("/bin/cat") (which "cat"))))
-                  
+
                  %standard-phases))))
    (home-page "http://archive.miek.nl/projects/rdup/index.html")
    (synopsis "Provide a list of files to backup")
    (description
     "Rdup is a utility inspired by rsync and the plan9 way of doing backups.
 Rdup itself does not backup anything, it only print a list of absolute
-filenames to standard output.  Auxiliary scripts are needed that act on this
+file names to standard output.  Auxiliary scripts are needed that act on this
 list and implement the backup strategy.")
    (license license:gpl3+)))
@ -314,5 +314,5 @@ (define-public rdiff-backup
 rdiff-backup can operate in a bandwidth efficient manner over a pipe, like
 rsync.  Thus you can use rdiff-backup and ssh to securely back a hard drive up
 to a remote location, and only the differences will be transmitted.  Finally,
-rdiff-backup is easy to use and settings have sensical defaults.")
+rdiff-backup is easy to use and settings have sensible defaults.")
    (license license:gpl2+)))
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ (define-public diffutils
   (description
    "GNU Diffutils is a package containing tools for finding the
 differences between files.  The \"diff\" command is used to show how two files
-differ, while \"cmp\" shows the offsets and line numbers where they differ. 
+differ, while \"cmp\" shows the offsets and line numbers where they differ.
 \"diff3\" allows you to compare three files.  Finally, \"sdiff\" offers an
 interactive means to merge two files.")
   (license gpl3+)
--- a/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ (define-public transmission
    (description
     "Transmission is a BitTorrent client that comes with graphical,
 textual, and Web user interfaces.  Transmission also has a daemon for
-unattended operationg.  It supports local peer discovery, full encryption,
+unattended operations.  It supports local peer discovery, full encryption,
 DHT, µTP, PEX and Magnet Links.")
    ;; COPYING reads:
--- a/gnu/packages/code.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/code.scm
@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ (define-public cflow
    (description
     "GNU cflow analyzes C source files and produces a graph charting the
 control flow of the program.  It can output the graph in several styles and
-in either the POSIX format or in an extended GNU format. cflow also includes
+in either the POSIX format or in an extended GNU format.  cflow also includes
 a major mode for Emacs for examining the flowcharts that it produces.")
    (license license:gpl3+)))
--- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ (define-public lzo
    (arguments '(#:configure-flags '("--enable-shared")))
    (home-page "http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo")
    (synopsis
-     "Data compresion library suitable for real-time data de-/compression")
+     "Data compression library suitable for real-time data de-/compression")
    (description
     "LZO is a data compression library which is suitable for data
 de-/compression in real-time.  This means it favours speed over
@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ (define-public sharutils
    (description
     "GNU sharutils is a package for creating and manipulating shell
 archives that can be readily emailed.  A shell archive is a file that can be
-processed by a Bourne-type shell to unpack the original collection of files. 
+processed by a Bourne-type shell to unpack the original collection of files.
 This package is mostly for compatibility and historical interest.")
    (license license:gpl3+)))
--- a/gnu/packages/databases.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ (define-public perl-sql-abstract
 been modified to make the SQL easier to generate from Perl data structures.
 The underlying idea is for this module to do what you mean, based on the data
 structures you provide it, so that you don't have to modify your code every
-time your data changes")
+time your data changes.")
    (license (package-license perl))))
 (define-public perl-sql-splitstatement
@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ (define-public unixodbc
   (version "2.3.2")
   (source (origin
            (method url-fetch)
-            (uri 
+            (uri
             (string-append
              "ftp://ftp.unixodbc.org/pub/unixODBC/unixODBC-" version ".tar.gz"))
            (sha256
@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ (define-public unixodbc
   (description "Unixodbc is a library providing an API with which to access
 data sources.  Data sources include SQL Servers and any software with an ODBC
 Driver.")
-   (license lgpl2.1+) 
+   (license lgpl2.1+)
   ;; COPYING contains copy of lgpl2.1 - but copyright notices just say "LGPL"
   (home-page "http://www.unixodbc.org")))
--- a/gnu/packages/enchant.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/enchant.scm
@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ (define-public enchant
 Enchant steps in to provide uniformity and conformity on top of these libraries,
 and implement certain features that may be lacking in any individual provider
 library.  Everything should \"just work\" for any and every definition of \"just
-working.\"")
+working\".")
    (home-page "http://www.abisource.com/projects/enchant")
    (license lgpl2.1+)))
--- a/gnu/packages/firmware.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/firmware.scm
@ -78,6 +78,6 @@ (define-public ath9k-htc-firmware
    (synopsis "Firmware for the Atheros AR7010 and AR9271 USB 802.11n NICs")
    (description
     "This is the firmware for the Qualcomm Atheros AR7010 and AR9271 USB
-802.11n NICs (aka. Wi-Fi USB dongles.)  It is used by the ath9k driver of
+802.11n NICs (aka Wi-Fi USB dongles).  It is used by the ath9k driver of
 Linux-libre.")
    (license (non-copyleft "http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:ClearBSD"))))
--- a/gnu/packages/fonts.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/fonts.scm
@ -356,8 +356,7 @@ (define-public font-adobe-source-han-sans
 And in several OpenType/CFF-based deployment configurations to accommodate
 various system requirements or limitations.  As the name suggests, Pan-CJK
 fonts are intended to support the characters necessary to render or display
-text in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
+text in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.")
 ")
    (license license:asl2.0)))
 (define-public font-wqy-zenhei
--- a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ (define-public python-pyxdg
    (synopsis "Implementations of freedesktop.org standards in Python")
    (description
     "PyXDG is a collection of implementations of freedesktop.org standards in
-Python")
+Python.")
    (license license:lgpl2.0)))
 (define-public python2-pyxdg
--- a/gnu/packages/games.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/games.scm
@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ (define-public fizmo
    (synopsis "Z-machine interpreter")
    (description
     "Fizmo is a console-based Z-machine interpreter.  It is used to play
-interactive ficiton, also known as textadventures, which were implemented
+interactive fiction, also known as text adventures, which were implemented
 either by Infocom or created using the Inform compiler.")
    (license license:bsd-3)))
--- a/gnu/packages/gd.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gd.scm
@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ (define-public perl-gd-securityimage
     `(("perl-gd" ,perl-gd)
       ("perl-image-magick" ,perl-image-magick)))
    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/GD-SecurityImage")
-    (synopsis "Security image generator.")
+    (synopsis "Security image generator")
    (description "This module provides a basic interface to create
 security (captcha) images.  The final output is the actual graphic data, the
 mime type of the graphic, and the created random string.  The module also has
--- a/gnu/packages/gl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gl.scm
@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ (define-public ftgl
    (description
     "FTGL is a font rendering library for OpenGL applications.  Supported
 rendering modes are: Bitmaps, Anti-aliased pixmaps, Texture maps, Outlines,
-Polygon meshes, and Extruded polygon meshes")
+Polygon meshes, and Extruded polygon meshes.")
    (license l:x11)))
 (define-public s2tc
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ (define-public libpeas
 every application the chance to assume its own extensibility.  It also has a
 set of features including, but not limited to: multiple extension points; on
 demand (lazy) programming language support for C, Python and JS; simplicity of
-the API")
+the API.")
    (license license:lgpl2.0+)))
 (define-public gtkglext
@ -1235,7 +1235,8 @@ (define-public libgnomeui
    (home-page "https://developer.gnome.org/libgnomeui/")
    (synopsis "Additional widgets for applications")
    (description "The libgnomeui library provides additional widgets for
-applications.  Many of the widgets from libgnomeui have already been ported to GTK+.")
+applications.  Many of the widgets from libgnomeui have already been
 ported to GTK+.")
    (license license:lgpl2.0+)))
 (define-public libglade
@ -1821,8 +1822,8 @@ (define-public libxklavier
    (synopsis "High-level API for X Keyboard Extension")
    (description
     "LibXklavier is a library providing high-level API for X Keyboard
-Extension known as XKB.  This library is indended to support XFree86 and other
+Extension known as XKB.  This library is intended to support XFree86 and other
-commercial X servers. It is useful for creating XKB-related software (layout
+commercial X servers.  It is useful for creating XKB-related software (layout
 indicators etc).")
    (license license:lgpl2.0+)))
@ -2237,7 +2238,7 @@ (define-public geoclue
 information.  The primary goal of the Geoclue project is to make creating
 location-aware applications as simple as possible, while the secondary goal is
 to ensure that no application can access location information without explicit
-permission from user. ")
+permission from user.")
    (license license:gpl2+)))
 (define-public geocode-glib
--- a/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm
@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ (define-public libntlm
   (build-system gnu-build-system)
   (synopsis "Library that implements NTLM authentication")
   (description
-    "Libntlm is a library that implements NTLM authentication")
+    "Libntlm is a library that implements NTLM authentication.")
   (license license:lgpl2.1+)
   (home-page "http://www.nongnu.org/libntlm/")))
--- a/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ (define-public gstreamer
    (description
     "GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling
 components.  The applications it supports range from simple Ogg/Vorbis
-playback, audio/video streaming to complex audio (mixing) and video
+playback, audio/video streaming to complex audio mixing and video
- (non-linear editing) processing.
+non-linear editing.
 Applications can take advantage of advances in codec and filter technology
 transparently.  Developers can add new codecs and filters by writing a
@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ (define-public gst-plugins-good
    (source
     (origin
      (method url-fetch)
-      (uri (string-append 
+      (uri (string-append
            "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-good/gst-plugins-good-"
            version ".tar.xz"))
      (sha256
@ -275,8 +275,7 @@ (define-public gst-plugins-ugly
       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
       ("python-wrapper" ,python-wrapper)))
    (home-page "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/")
-    (synopsis
+    (synopsis "GStreamer plugins from the \"ugly\" set")
     "GStreamer plugins from the \"ugly\" set.")
    (description "GStreamer Ugly Plug-ins.  This set contains those plug-ins
 which the developers consider to have good quality code but that might pose
 distribution problems in some jurisdictions, e.g. due to patent threats.")
--- a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ (define-public cairo
 PostScript and PDF.  Operations in cairo including stroking and filling cubic
 Bézier splines, transforming and compositing translucent images, and
 antialiased text rendering.  All drawing operations can be transformed by any
-affine transformation (scale, rotation, shear, etc.)")
+affine transformation (scale, rotation, shear, etc.).")
   (license license:lgpl2.1) ; or Mozilla Public License 1.1
   (home-page "http://cairographics.org/")))
--- a/gnu/packages/guile.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
@ -457,14 +457,14 @@ (define-public guile-minikanren
    (inputs
     `(("guile" ,guile-2.0)))
    (home-page "https://github.com/ijp/minikanren")
-    (synopsis "miniKanren declarative logic system, packaged for Guile")
+    (synopsis "MiniKanren declarative logic system, packaged for Guile")
    (description
     "MiniKanren is a relational programming extension to the Scheme
 programming Language, written as a smaller version of Kanren suitable for
 pedagogical purposes.  It is featured in the book, The Reasoned Schemer,
 written by Dan Friedman, William Byrd, and Oleg Kiselyov.
-This is Ian Price's r6rs packaged version of miniKranen, which deviates
+This is Ian Price's r6rs packaged version of miniKanren, which deviates
 slightly from miniKanren mainline.
 See http://minikanren.org/ for more on miniKanren generally.")
--- a/gnu/packages/haskell.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/haskell.scm
@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ (define-public ghc-split
        (base32
         "0xa3j0gwr6k5vizxybnzk5fgb3pppgspi6mysnp2gwjp2dbrxkzr"))))
    (build-system haskell-build-system)
-    (inputs 
+    (inputs
     `(("ghc-quickcheck" ,ghc-quickcheck)))
    (home-page "http://hackage.haskell.org/package/split")
    (synopsis
@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ (define-public ghc-vector
        (base32
         "01hc71k1z9m0g0dv4zsvq5d2dvbgyc5p01hryw5c53792yi2fm25"))))
    (build-system haskell-build-system)
-    (inputs 
+    (inputs
     `(("ghc-quickcheck" ,ghc-quickcheck)))
    ;; these inputs are necessary to use this library
    (propagated-inputs
@ -837,8 +837,8 @@ (define-public ghc-network-uri
     `(("ghc-parsec" ,ghc-parsec)))
    (home-page
     "https://github.com/haskell/network-uri")
-    (synopsis "Labrary for URI manipulation")
+    (synopsis "Library for URI manipulation")
-    (description "This package provides an URI manipulation inteface.  In
+    (description "This package provides an URI manipulation interface.  In
 'network-2.6' the 'Network.URI' module was split off from the 'network'
 package into this package.")
    (license bsd-3)))
--- a/gnu/packages/language.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/language.scm
@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ (define-public perl-string-toidentifier-en
       ("perl-text-unidecode" ,perl-text-unidecode)
       ("perl-namespace-clean" ,perl-namespace-clean)))
    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/String-ToIdentifier-EN")
-    (synopsis "Convert strings to english program identifiers")
+    (synopsis "Convert strings to English program identifiers")
    (description "This module provides a utility method, \"to_identifier\" for
 converting an arbitrary string into a readable representation using the ASCII
 subset of \"\\w\" for use as an identifier in a computer program.  The intent
@ -395,6 +395,6 @@ (define-public perl-text-german
    (build-system perl-build-system)
    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Text-German")
    (synopsis "German grundform reduction")
-    (description "This module is a rather incomplete implementaion of work
+    (description "This module is a rather incomplete implementation of work
 done by Gudrun Putze-Meier.")
    (license (package-license perl))))
--- a/gnu/packages/lesstif.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lesstif.scm
@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ (define-public lesstif
        ("libxt" ,libxt)))
    (home-page "http://lesstif.sourceforge.net/")
    (synopsis "Clone of the Motif toolkit for the X window system")
-    (description "Clone of the Motif toolkit for the X window system")
+    (description "Clone of the Motif toolkit for the X window system.")
    (license license:gpl2+))) ; some files are lgpl2.1+ or x11
--- a/gnu/packages/libreoffice.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/libreoffice.scm
@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ (define-public mythes
    (synopsis "Thesaurus")
    (description "MyThes is a simple thesaurus that uses a structured text
 data file and an index file with binary search to look up words and phrases
-and to return information on pronunciations, meaningss and synonyms.")
+and to return information on pronunciations, meanings and synonyms.")
    (license (non-copyleft "file://COPYING"
                           "See COPYING in the distribution."))))
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ (define-public linux-pam
     "A *Free* project to implement OSF's RFC 86.0.
 Pluggable authentication modules are small shared object files that can
 be used through the PAM API to perform tasks, like authenticating a user
-at login.  Local and dynamic reconfiguration are its key features")
+at login.  Local and dynamic reconfiguration are its key features.")
    (license bsd-3)))
@ -2058,10 +2058,10 @@ (define-public hdparm
       #:phases (alist-delete 'configure %standard-phases)
       #:tests? #f))  ; no test suite
    (home-page "http://sourceforge.net/projects/hdparm/")
-    (synopsis "tune hard disk parameters for high performance")
+    (synopsis "Tune hard disk parameters for high performance")
    (description
     "Get/set device parameters for Linux SATA/IDE drives.  It's primary use
-is for enabling irq-unmasking and IDE multiplemode.")
+is for enabling irq-unmasking and IDE multiple-mode.")
    (license (non-copyleft "file://LICENSE.TXT"))))
 (define-public acpid
@ -2164,7 +2164,7 @@ (define-public cpufrequtils
    (home-page "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/cpufreq/")
    (synopsis "Utilities to get and set CPU frequency on Linux")
    (description
-     "The cpufrequtils suite contains utilities to retreive CPU frequency
+     "The cpufrequtils suite contains utilities to retrieve CPU frequency
 information, and set the CPU frequency if supported, using the cpufreq
 capabilities of the Linux kernel.")
    (license gpl2)))
--- a/gnu/packages/llvm.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/llvm.scm
@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ (define-public llvm
    (home-page "http://www.llvm.org")
    (synopsis "Optimizing compiler infrastructure")
    (description
-     "LLVM is a compiler infrastructure designed for compile-time, link-time, runtime,
+     "LLVM is a compiler infrastructure designed for compile-time, link-time,
-and idle-time optimization of programs from arbitrary programming languages.
+runtime, and idle-time optimization of programs from arbitrary programming
-It currently supports compilation of C and C++ programs, using front-ends
+languages.  It currently supports compilation of C and C++ programs, using
-derived from GCC 4.0.1.  A new front-end for the C family of languages is in
+front-ends derived from GCC 4.0.1.  A new front-end for the C family of
-development.  The compiler infrastructure includes mirror sets of programming
+languages is in development.  The compiler infrastructure includes mirror sets
-tools as well as libraries with equivalent functionality.")
+of programming tools as well as libraries with equivalent functionality.")
    (license ncsa)))
 (define (clang-from-llvm llvm hash)
--- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ (define-public maxima
    (description "Maxima is a system for the manipulation of symbolic and
 numerical expressions.  It yields high precision numeric results by using
 exact fractions, arbitrary precision integers, and variable precision floating
-point numbers")
+point numbers.")
    ;; Some files are lgpl2.1+. Some are gpl2+.  Some explicitly state gpl1+.
    ;; Others simply say "GNU General Public License" without stating a
    ;; version (which implicitly means gpl1+).
@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@ (define-public openlibm
     "OpenLibm is an effort to have a high quality, portable, standalone C
 mathematical library (libm).  It can be used standalone in applications and
 programming language implementations.  The project was born out of a need to
-have a good libm for the Julia programming langage that worked consistently
+have a good libm for the Julia programming language that worked consistently
 across compilers and operating systems, and in 32-bit and 64-bit
 environments.")
    ;; See LICENSE.md for details.
--- a/gnu/packages/mcrypt.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mcrypt.scm
@ -107,5 +107,5 @@ (define-public libmhash
 CRC-32, CRC-32B, ALDER-32, MD-2, MD-4, MD-5, RIPEMD-128, RIPEMD-160,
 RIPEMD-256, RIPEMD-320, SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, HAVAL-128,
 HAVAL-160, HAVAL-192, HAVAL-256, TIGER, TIGER-128, TIGER-160, GOST, WHIRLPOOL,
-SNEFRU-128, SNEFRU-256")
+SNEFRU-128, SNEFRU-256.")
    (license gpl2+)))
--- a/gnu/packages/mit-krb5.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mit-krb5.scm
@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ (define-public mit-krb5
    (description
     "Massachusetts Institute of Technology implementation of Kerberos.
 Kerberos is a network authentication protocol designed to provide strong
-authentication for client/server applications by using secret-key cryptography.")
+authentication for client/server applications by using secret-key
 cryptography.")
    (license (non-copyleft "file://NOTICE"
-                        "See NOTICE in the distribution."))
+                           "See NOTICE in the distribution."))
    (home-page "http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/")))
--- a/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ (define-public libid3tag
   (synopsis "Library for reading ID3 tags")
   (description
    "Libid3tag is a library for reading ID3 tags, both ID3v1 and the various
-versions of ID3v2")
+versions of ID3v2.")
   (license license:gpl2+)
   (home-page "http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/")))
@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ (define-public mp3info
    (synopsis "MP3 technical info viewer and ID3 1.x tag editor")
    (description
     "MP3Info is a little utility used to read and modify the ID3 tags of MP3
-files.  MP3Info can also display various techincal aspects of an MP3 file
+files.  MP3Info can also display various technical aspects of an MP3 file
 including playing time, bit-rate, sampling frequency and other attributes in a
 pre-defined or user-specifiable output format.")
    (license license:gpl2+)))
@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ (define-public libmp3splt
             ("libmad" ,libmad)
             ("libogg" ,libogg)
             ("libltdl" ,libltdl)
-             ("libvorbid" ,libvorbis)
+             ("libvorbis" ,libvorbis)
             ("pcre" ,pcre)))
   (native-inputs
     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ (define-public libmp3splt
   (description
    "Mp3splt is a utility to split mp3 and ogg vorbis files selecting a begin
 and an end time position, without decoding.  For splitting an album, one may
-select split points and filenames manually or obtain them automatically from
+select split points and file names manually or obtain them automatically from
 CDDB (internet or a local file) or from .cue files.  The tool also supports
 automatic silence split, that can be used also to adjust cddb/cue splitpoints.
@ -264,11 +264,11 @@ (define-public mp3splt
              "106dnka56prlc9nsfh300f8841am2lmkwlzgl9lkr25mgnc35wwh"))))
   (build-system gnu-build-system)
   (inputs `(("libmp3splt" ,libmp3splt)))
-   (synopsis "Utiliy for splitting mp3 and ogg vorbis files")
+   (synopsis "Utility for splitting mp3 and ogg vorbis files")
   (description
    "Mp3splt is a utility to split mp3 and ogg vorbis files selecting a begin
 and an end time position, without decoding.  For splitting an album, one may
-select split points and filenames manually or obtain them automatically from
+select split points and file names manually or obtain them automatically from
 CDDB (internet or a local file) or from .cue files.  The tool also supports
 automatic silence split, that can be used also to adjust cddb/cue splitpoints.
@ -444,5 +444,5 @@ (define-public mpc123
    (synopsis "Audio player for Musepack-formatted files")
    (description
     "Mpc123 is a command-line player for files in the Musepack audio
-compression format (.mpc files.)")
+compression format (.mpc files).")
    (license license:gpl2+)))
--- a/gnu/packages/ncdu.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ncdu.scm
@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ (define-public ncdu
   (build-system gnu-build-system)
   (synopsis "Ncurses based disk usage analyzer")
   (description "A disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface, aimed to be
-run on a remote server where you don't have an entire gaphical setup, but have
+run on a remote server where you don't have an entire graphical setup, but have
 to do with a simple SSH connection. ncdu aims to be fast, simple and easy to
 use, and should be able to run in any minimal POSIX-like environment with
 ncurses installed.")
--- a/gnu/packages/networking.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/networking.scm
@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ (define-public socat
 to UNIX sockets, IPv6 relay, for redirecting TCP oriented programs to a serial
 line, to logically connect serial lines on different computers, or to
 establish a relatively secure environment (su and chroot) for running client
-or server shell scripts with network connections. ")
+or server shell scripts with network connections.")
    (license license:gpl2)))
 (define-public zeromq
--- a/gnu/packages/ntp.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ntp.scm
@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ (define-public ntp
   (version "4.2.8p3")
   (source (origin
 	    (method url-fetch)
-	    (uri (string-append 
+	    (uri (string-append
                  "http://archive.ntp.org/ntp4/ntp-"
                  (version-major+minor version)
                  "/ntp-" version ".tar.gz"))
@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ (define-public ntp
                       (("test-decodenetnum\\$\\(EXEEXT\\) ") ""))
                     #t)))))
   (build-system gnu-build-system)
-   (synopsis "Real time clock synchonization system")
+   (synopsis "Real time clock synchronization system")
   (description "NTP is a system designed to synchronize the clocks of
 computers over a network.")
   (license (l:x11-style
--- a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ (define (coq-prog name)
                      (zero? (apply system* "make" "install-doc"
                                    make-flags)))))))
    (home-page "http://proofgeneral.inf.ed.ac.uk/")
-    (description "Generic front-end for proof assistants based on Emacs")
+    (synopsis "Generic front-end for proof assistants based on Emacs")
-    (synopsis
+    (description
     "Proof General is a major mode to turn Emacs into an interactive proof
 assistant to write formal mathematical proofs using a variety of theorem
 provers.")
--- a/gnu/packages/openbox.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/openbox.scm
@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ (define-public openbox
    (synopsis "Box style window manager")
    (description
     "Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with
-extensive standars support.  The *box visual style is well known for its
+extensive standards support.  The *box visual style is well known for its
 minimalistic appearance.  Openbox uses the *box visual style, while providing
 a greater number of options for theme developers than previous *box
 implementations.")
--- a/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ (define-public xpdf
        %standard-phases)))
   (synopsis "Viewer for PDF files based on the Motif toolkit")
   (description
-    "Xpdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files")
+    "Xpdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.")
   (license license:gpl3) ; or gpl2, but not gpl2+
   (home-page "http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/")))
--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@ -181,11 +181,11 @@ (define-public perl-archive-zip
  (package
    (name "perl-archive-zip")
    (version "1.30")
-    (source 
+    (source
     (origin
       (method url-fetch)
       (uri (string-append
-             "mirror://cpan/authors/id/A/AD/ADAMK/Archive-Zip-" 
+             "mirror://cpan/authors/id/A/AD/ADAMK/Archive-Zip-"
             version ".tar.gz"))
       (sha256
        (base32
@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ (define-public perl-class-data-inheritable
    (description "Class::Data::Inheritable is for creating accessor/mutators
 to class data.  That is, if you want to store something about your class as a
 whole (instead of about a single object).  This data is then inherited by your
-subclasses and can be overriden.")
+subclasses and can be overridden.")
    (license (package-license perl))))
 (define-public perl-class-date
@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ (define-public perl-class-load-xs
    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Class-Load-XS")
    (synopsis "XS implementation of parts of Class::Load")
    (description "This module provides an XS implementation for portions of
-Class::Load")
+Class::Load.")
    (license artistic2.0)))
 (define-public perl-class-methodmaker
@ -758,11 +758,11 @@ (define-public perl-class-method-modifiers
       ("perl-test-requires" ,perl-test-requires)))
    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Class-Method-Modifiers")
    (synopsis "Moose-like method modifiers")
-    (description "Class::Method::Modifiers provides three modifiers: before,
+    (description "Class::Method::Modifiers provides three modifiers: 'before',
-around, and after.  before and after are run just before and after the method
+'around', and 'after'.  'before' and 'after' are run just before and after the
-they modify, but can not really affect that original method.  around is run in
+method they modify, but can not really affect that original method.  'around'
-place of the original method, with a hook to easily call that original
+is run in place of the original method, with a hook to easily call that
-method.")
+original method.")
    (license (package-license perl))))
 (define-public perl-class-singleton
@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ (define-public perl-class-singleton
    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Class-Singleton")
    (synopsis "Implementation of a singleton class for Perl")
    (description "This module implements a Singleton class from which other
-classes can be derived. By itself, the Class::Singleton module does very
+classes can be derived.  By itself, the Class::Singleton module does very
 little other than manage the instantiation of a single object.")
    (license (package-license perl))))
@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ (define-public perl-crypt-randpasswd
 to generate random passwords, constructed from words, letters, or characters.
 This code is a Perl implementation of the Automated Password Generator
 standard, like the program described in \"A Random Word Generator For
-Pronounceable Passwords\". This code is a re-engineering of the program
+Pronounceable Passwords\".  This code is a re-engineering of the program
 contained in Appendix A of FIPS Publication 181, \"Standard for Automated
 Password Generator\".")
    (license (package-license perl))))
@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ (define-public perl-data-tumbler
    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Data-Tumbler")
    (synopsis "Dynamic generation of nested combinations of variants")
    (description "Data::Tumbler - Dynamic generation of nested combinations of
-variants")
+variants.")
    (license (package-license perl))))
 (define-public perl-data-visitor
@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ (define-public perl-datetime-format-builder
       ("perl-datetime-format-strptime" ,perl-datetime-format-strptime)
       ("perl-params-validate" ,perl-params-validate)))
    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/DateTime-Format-Builder")
-    (synopsis "Create DateTime parser classes and objects.")
+    (synopsis "Create DateTime parser classes and objects")
    (description "DateTime::Format::Builder creates DateTime parsers.  Many
 string formats of dates and times are simple and just require a basic regular
 expression to extract the relevant information.  Builder provides a simple way
@ -1868,8 +1868,8 @@ (define-public perl-error
    (build-system perl-build-system)
    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Error")
    (synopsis "OO-ish Error/Exception handling for Perl")
-    (description "The Error package provides two interfaces. Firstly Error
+    (description "The Error package provides two interfaces.  Firstly Error
-provides a procedural interface to exception handling. Secondly Error is a
+provides a procedural interface to exception handling.  Secondly Error is a
 base class for errors/exceptions that can either be thrown, for subsequent
 catch, or can simply be recorded.")
    (license (package-license perl))))
@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ (define-public perl-file-homedir
    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-HomeDir")
    (synopsis "Find your home and other directories on any platform")
    (description "File::HomeDir is a module for locating the directories that
-are \"owned\" by a user (typicaly your user) and to solve the various issues
+are \"owned\" by a user (typically your user) and to solve the various issues
 that arise trying to find them consistently across a wide variety of
 platforms.")
    (license (package-license perl))))
@ -2199,7 +2199,7 @@ (define-public perl-file-remove
    (description "File::Remove::remove removes files and directories.  It acts
 like /bin/rm, for the most part.  Although \"unlink\" can be given a list of
 files, it will not remove directories; this module remedies that.  It also
-accepts wildcards, * and ?, as arguments for filenames.")
+accepts wildcards, * and ?, as arguments for file names.")
    (license (package-license perl))))
 (define-public perl-file-sharedir
@ -2266,7 +2266,7 @@ (define-public perl-file-slurp
    (synopsis "Reading/Writing/Modifying of complete files")
    (description "File::Slurp provides subroutines to read or write entire
 files with a simple call.  It also has a subroutine for reading the list of
-filenames in a directory.")
+file names in a directory.")
    (license (package-license perl))))
 (define-public perl-file-temp
@ -2463,7 +2463,7 @@ (define-public perl-io-interactive
    (synopsis "Utilities for interactive I/O")
    (description "This module provides three utility subroutines that make it
 easier to develop interactive applications: is_interactive(), interactive(),
-and busy()")
+and busy().")
    (license (package-license perl))))
 (define-public perl-io-string
@ -2548,10 +2548,10 @@ (define-public perl-ipc-run
                     ;; it, so disable it.
                     (delete-file "t/win32_compile.t"))))))
    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/IPC-Run")
-    (synopsis "system() and background procs w/ piping, redirs, ptys")
+    (synopsis "Run system() and background procs w/ piping, redirs, ptys")
    (description "IPC::Run allows you run and interact with child processes
-using files, pipes, and pseudo-ttys. Both system()-style and scripted usages
+using files, pipes, and pseudo-ttys.  Both system()-style and scripted usages
-are supported and may be mixed. Likewise, functional and OO API styles are
+are supported and may be mixed.  Likewise, functional and OO API styles are
 both supported and may be mixed.")
    (license (package-license perl))))
@ -2567,7 +2567,7 @@ (define-public perl-ipc-run3
               (base32
                "0r9m8q78bg7yycpixd7738jm40yz71p2q7inm766kzsw3g6c709x"))))
    (build-system perl-build-system)
-    (synopsis "Run a subprocess with input/ouput redirection")
+    (synopsis "Run a subprocess with input/output redirection")
    (description
     "The IPC::Run3 module allows you to run a subprocess and redirect stdin,
 stdout, and/or stderr to files and perl data structures.  It aims to satisfy
@ -3391,8 +3391,8 @@ (define-public perl-moosex-strictconstructor
    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/MooseX-StrictConstructor")
    (synopsis "Strict object constructors for Moose")
    (description "Simply loading this module makes your constructors
-\"strict\". If your constructor is called with an attribute init argument that
+\"strict\".  If your constructor is called with an attribute init argument
-your class does not declare, then it calls Moose->throw_error(). ")
+that your class does not declare, then it calls Moose->throw_error().")
    (license artistic2.0)))
 (define-public perl-moosex-traits-pluggable
@ -3420,7 +3420,7 @@ (define-public perl-moosex-traits-pluggable
     "http://search.cpan.org/dist/MooseX-Traits-Pluggable")
    (synopsis "Trait loading and resolution for Moose")
    (description "Adds support on top of MooseX::Traits for class precedence
-search for traits and some extra attributes")
+search for traits and some extra attributes.")
    (license (package-license perl))))
 (define-public perl-moosex-types
@ -4144,7 +4144,7 @@ (define-public perl-set-scalar
    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Set-Scalar")
    (synopsis "Set operations for Perl")
    (description "The first priority of Set::Scalar is to be a convenient
-interface to sets (as in: unordered colletions of Perl scalars.)  While not
+interface to sets (as in: unordered collections of Perl scalars).  While not
 designed to be slow or big, neither has it been designed to be fast or
 compact.")
    (license (package-license perl))))
@ -4249,7 +4249,7 @@ (define-public perl-string-rewriteprefix
    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/String-RewritePrefix")
    (synopsis "Rewrite strings based on a set of known prefixes")
    (description "This module allows you to rewrite strings based on a set of
-known pprefixes.")
+known prefixes.")
    (license (package-license perl))))
 (define-public perl-sub-exporter
@ -4581,7 +4581,7 @@ (define-public perl-term-progressbar-quiet
    (synopsis "Progress meter if run interactively")
    (description "Term::ProgressBar is a wonderful module for showing progress
 bars on the terminal.  This module acts very much like that module when it is
-run interactively. However, when it is not run interactively (for example, as
+run interactively.  However, when it is not run interactively (for example, as
 a cron job) then it does not show the progress bar.")
    (license (package-license perl))))
@ -4705,7 +4705,7 @@ (define-public perl-test-deep
    (description
     "Test::Deep compares two structures by going through each level, ensuring
 that the values match, that arrays and hashes have the same elements and that
-references are blessed into the correct class. It also handles circular data
+references are blessed into the correct class.  It also handles circular data
 structures without getting caught in an infinite loop.")
    (home-page (string-append "http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/"
                              "Test-Deep-" version))
@ -4730,7 +4730,7 @@ (define-public perl-test-differences
    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-Differences")
    (synopsis "Test strings and data structures and show differences")
    (description "This module exports three test functions and four diff-style
-functions")
+functions.")
    ;; See LICENSE section of Test/Differences.pm, which reads "... GNU public
    ;; license, any version, ..."
    (license gpl3+)))
@ -4850,7 +4850,7 @@ (define-public perl-test-leaktrace
    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-LeakTrace")
    (synopsis "Traces memory leaks in Perl")
    (description "Test::LeakTrace provides several functions that trace memory
-leaks. This module scans arenas, the memory allocation system, so it can
+leaks.  This module scans arenas, the memory allocation system, so it can
 detect any leaked SVs in given blocks.")
    (license (package-license perl))))
@ -4967,7 +4967,7 @@ (define-public perl-test-nowarnings
    (description
     "This modules causes any warnings during testing to be captured and
 stored.  It automatically adds an extra test that will run when your script
-ends to check that there were no warnings.  If there were any warings, the
+ends to check that there were no warnings.  If there were any warnings, the
 test will fail and output diagnostics of where, when and what the warning was,
 including a stack trace of what was going on when it occurred.")
    (home-page (string-append "http://search.cpan.org/~adamk/"
@ -5502,9 +5502,9 @@ (define-public perl-tie-ixhash
  (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Tie-IxHash")
  (synopsis "Ordered associative arrays for Perl")
  (description "This Perl module implements Perl hashes that preserve the
-order in which the hash elements were added. The order is not affected when
+order in which the hash elements were added.  The order is not affected when
-values corresponding to existing keys in the IxHash are changed. The elements
+values corresponding to existing keys in the IxHash are changed.  The elements
-can also be set to any arbitrary supplied order. The familiar perl array
+can also be set to any arbitrary supplied order.  The familiar perl array
 operations can also be performed on the IxHash.")
  (license (package-license perl))))
@ -5593,7 +5593,7 @@ (define-public perl-time-local
    (description "This module provides functions that are the inverse of
 built-in perl functions localtime() and gmtime().  They accept a date as a
 six-element array, and return the corresponding time(2) value in seconds since
-the system epoch")
+the system epoch.")
    (license (package-license perl))))
 (define-public perl-timedate
@ -5762,7 +5762,7 @@ (define-public perl-universal-isa
    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/UNIVERSAL-isa")
    (synopsis "UNIVERSAL::isa() reimplementation")
    (description "This module attempts to recover from people calling
-UNIVERSAL::isa as a function")
+UNIVERSAL::isa as a function.")
    (license (package-license perl))))
 (define-public perl-variable-magic
--- a/gnu/packages/pretty-print.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/pretty-print.scm
@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ (define-public enscript
    (synopsis "Generating PostScript, including pretty-printing")
    (description
     "GNU Enscript is a program to convert ASCII text files to PostScript,
-HTML or RTF formats, to be stored in files or sent immediately to a printer. 
+HTML or RTF formats, to be stored in files or sent immediately to a printer.
 It also includes the capability to perform syntax highlighting for several
 different programming languages.")
    (license gpl3+)))
--- a/gnu/packages/pulseaudio.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/pulseaudio.scm
@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ (define libsamplerate
 against computation cost.  The current best converter provides a
 signal-to-noise ratio of 145dB with -3dB passband extending from DC to 96% of
 the theoretical best bandwidth for a given pair of input and output sample
-rates. ")
+rates.")
    (license l:gpl2+)))
 (define pulseaudio
@ -173,11 +173,12 @@ (define pulseaudio
    (home-page "http://www.pulseaudio.org/")
    (synopsis "Sound server")
    (description
-     "PulseAudio is a sound server.  It is basically a proxy for your sound applications.
+     "PulseAudio is a sound server.  It is basically a proxy for your sound
-It allows you to do advanced operations on your sound data as it passes
+applications.  It allows you to do advanced operations on your sound data as
-between your application and your hardware.  Things like transferring the
+it passes between your application and your hardware.  Things like
-audio to a different machine, changing the sample format or channel count and
+transferring the audio to a different machine, changing the sample format or
-mixing several sounds into one are easily achieved using a sound server. ")
+channel count and mixing several sounds into one are easily achieved using a
 sound server.")
    ;; PulseAudio is LGPLv2+, but some of the optional dependencies (GNU dbm,
    ;; FFTW, etc.) are GPL'd, so the result is effectively GPLv2+.  See
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ (define-public python-parsedatetime
    (synopsis
     "Parse human-readable date/time text")
    (description
-     "Parse human-readable date/time text")
+     "Parse human-readable date/time text.")
    (license asl2.0)))
 (define-public python-pandas
@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ (define-public python2-mechanize
     "Mechanize implements stateful programmatic web browsing in Python,
 after Andy Lester’s Perl module WWW::Mechanize.")
    (license (non-copyleft "file://COPYING"
-                        "See COPYING in the distribution."))))
+                           "See COPYING in the distribution."))))
 (define-public python-simplejson
@ -828,8 +828,9 @@ (define-public python-simplejson
    (synopsis
     "Json library for Python")
    (description
-     "JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a subset of JavaScript syntax
+     "JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a subset of JavaScript
- (ECMA-262 3rd edition) used as a lightweight data interchange format.
+syntax (ECMA-262 3rd edition) used as a lightweight data interchange
 format.
 Simplejson exposes an API familiar to users of the standard library marshal
 and pickle modules.  It is the externally maintained version of the json
@ -1524,7 +1525,7 @@ (define-public python-discover
     "Python test discovery for unittest")
    (description
     "Discover provides test discovery for unittest, a feature that has been
-backported from Python 2.7 for Python 2.4+")
+backported from Python 2.7 for Python 2.4+.")
    (license bsd-3)))
 (define-public python2-discover
@ -2147,7 +2148,7 @@ (define-public python-scikit-image
    (home-page "http://scikit-image.org/")
    (synopsis "Image processing in Python")
    (description
-     "scikit-image is a collection of algorithms for image processing.")
+     "Scikit-image is a collection of algorithms for image processing.")
    (license bsd-3)))
 (define-public python2-scikit-image
@ -2318,7 +2319,7 @@ (define python-numpy-bootstrap
    (home-page "http://www.numpy.org/")
    (synopsis "Fundamental package for scientific computing with Python")
    (description "NumPy is the fundamental package for scientific computing
-with Python. It contains among other things: a powerful N-dimensional array
+with Python.  It contains among other things: a powerful N-dimensional array
 object, sophisticated (broadcasting) functions, tools for integrating C/C++
 and Fortran code, useful linear algebra, Fourier transform, and random number
 capabilities.")
--- a/gnu/packages/rdesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/rdesktop.scm
@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ (define-public rdesktop
    (synopsis "Client for Windows Terminal Services")
    (description
     "rdesktop is a client for Microsoft's Windows Remote Desktop Services,
-capable of natively speaking Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP.)  It allows users
+capable of natively speaking Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).  It allows users
 to remotely control a user's Windows desktop.")
    (license license:gpl3+)))
--- a/gnu/packages/rdf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/rdf.scm
@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ (define-public lrdf
     "LRDF is a library to make it easy to manipulate RDF files describing
 LADSPA plugins.  It can also be used for general RDF manipulation.  It can
 read RDF/XLM and N3 files and export N3 files, and it also has a light
-taxonomic inference capablility.")
+taxonomic inference capability.")
    (license gpl2)))
 (define-public rasqal
--- a/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ (define-public ruby-rake-compiler
                      ;; dependencies are not available right now.
                      (delete-file "tasks/cucumber.rake"))))))
    (synopsis "Building and packaging helper for Ruby native extensions")
-    (description "Rake-compiler proivides a framework for building and
+    (description "Rake-compiler provides a framework for building and
 packaging native C and Java extensions in Ruby.")
    (home-page "https://github.com/rake-compiler/rake-compiler")
    (license license:expat)))
@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ (define-public ruby-rspec-expectations
    (propagated-inputs
     `(("ruby-rspec-support" ,ruby-rspec-support)
       ("ruby-diff-lcs" ,ruby-diff-lcs-for-rspec)))
-    (synopsis "RSpec expecations library")
+    (synopsis "RSpec expectations library")
    (description "Rspec-expectations provides a simple API to express expected
 outcomes of a code example.")
    (home-page "https://github.com/rspec/rspec-expectations")
--- a/gnu/packages/slang.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/slang.scm
@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ (define-public slang
    (synopsis "Library for interactive applications and extensibility")
    (description
     "S-Lang is a multi-platform programmer's library designed to allow a
-developer to create robust multi-platform software. It provides facilities
+developer to create robust multi-platform software.  It provides facilities
 required by interactive applications such as display/screen management,
-keyboard input, keymaps, and so on. The most exciting feature of the library
+keyboard input, keymaps, and so on.  The most exciting feature of the library
 is the slang interpreter that may be easily embedded into a program to make it
-extensible. While the emphasis has always been on the embedded nature of the
+extensible.  While the emphasis has always been on the embedded nature of the
 interpreter, it may also be used in a stand-alone fashion through the use of
 slsh, which is part of the S-Lang distribution.")
    (license license:gpl2+)))
--- a/gnu/packages/slim.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/slim.scm
@ -91,5 +91,5 @@ (define-public slim
 fonts, External themes support, Configurable runtime options: X server --
 login / shutdown / reboot commands, Single (GDM-like) or double (XDM-like)
 input control, Can load predefined user at startup, Configurable welcome /
-shutdown messages, Random theme selection")
+shutdown messages, Random theme selection.")
    (license l:gpl2)))
--- a/gnu/packages/telephony.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/telephony.scm
@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ (define-public exosip
   (version "4.1.0")
   (source (origin
            (method url-fetch)
-            (uri (string-append 
+            (uri (string-append
                  "http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/exosip/libeXosip2-"
                  version ".tar.gz"))
            (sha256 (base32
@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ (define-public exosip
   (inputs `(("osip" ,osip)))
   (synopsis "Sip abstraction library")
   (description "EXosip is a library that hides the complexity of using the
-SIP protocol for mutlimedia session establishement.  This protocol is mainly to
+SIP protocol for multimedia session establishment.  This protocol is mainly to
 be used by VoIP telephony applications (endpoints or conference server) but
-might be also usefull for any application that wish to establish sessions like
+might be also useful for any application that wish to establish sessions like
 multiplayer games.")
-   (license gpl2+) 
+   (license gpl2+)
   ;; (plus OpenSSL linking exception)
   ;; http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/exosip.git/plain/LICENSE.OpenSSL
    (home-page "http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/exosip")))
@ -153,23 +153,23 @@ (define-public sipwitch
            (sha256 (base32
                     "0117c5iid1vrwl7sl3pys2jlinpmx2vfp8wcdwk93m7cc6k9793b"))))
   (build-system gnu-build-system)
-   ;; The configure.ac uses pkg-config but in a kludgy way which breaks when 
+   ;; The configure.ac uses pkg-config but in a kludgy way which breaks when
   ;; cross-compiling.  Among other issues there the program name "pkg-config"
   ;; is hard coded instead of respecting the PKG_CONFIG environment variable.
-   ;; Fortunately we can avoid the use of pkg-config and set the dependency 
+   ;; Fortunately we can avoid the use of pkg-config and set the dependency
-   ;; flags ourselves. 
+   ;; flags ourselves.
-   (arguments `(#:configure-flags 
+   (arguments `(#:configure-flags
                `("--without-pkg-config"
-                  ,(string-append "UCOMMON_CFLAGS=-I" 
+                  ,(string-append "UCOMMON_CFLAGS=-I"
                                  (assoc-ref %build-inputs "ucommon") "/include")
                  "UCOMMON_LIBS=-lusecure -lucommon -lrt -ldl -lpthread"
-                  ,(string-append "LIBOSIP2_CFLAGS=-I" 
+                  ,(string-append "LIBOSIP2_CFLAGS=-I"
                                  (assoc-ref %build-inputs "osip") "/include")
                  "LIBOSIP2_LIBS=-losipparser2 -losip2"
-                  ,(string-append "--sysconfdir=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out") 
+                  ,(string-append "--sysconfdir=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out")
                                  "/etc")
                  "EXOSIP2_LIBS=-leXosip2"
-                  ,(string-append "EXOSIP2_CFLAGS=-I" 
+                  ,(string-append "EXOSIP2_CFLAGS=-I"
                                  (assoc-ref %build-inputs "exosip")
                                  "/include"))))
   (inputs `(("ucommon" ,ucommon)
--- a/gnu/packages/tls.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tls.scm
@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ (define-public openssl
           (files '("etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt")))))
   (synopsis "SSL/TLS implementation")
   (description
-    "OpenSSL is an implementation of SSL/TLS")
+    "OpenSSL is an implementation of SSL/TLS.")
   (license license:openssl)
   (home-page "http://www.openssl.org/")))
--- a/gnu/packages/tmux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tmux.scm
@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ (define-public tmux
    (description
     "tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals (or
 windows), each running a separate program, to be created, accessed, and
-controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a screen and
+controlled from a single screen.  tmux may be detached from a screen and
 continue running in the background, then later reattached.")
    (license isc)))
--- a/gnu/packages/tre.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tre.scm
@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ (define-public tre
    (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
-        (uri       
+        (uri
          (string-append "http://laurikari.net/tre/" name "-" version
                         ".tar.bz2"))
        (sha256
@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ (define-public tre
    (synopsis "Approximate regex matching library and agrep utility")
    (description "Superset of the POSIX regex API, enabling approximate
 matching.  Also ships a version of the agrep utility which behaves similar to
-grep but features ineaxct matching.")
+grep but features inexact matching.")
    (home-page "http://laurikari.net/tre")
    (license bsd-2)))
--- a/gnu/packages/unrtf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/unrtf.scm
@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ (define-public unrtf
    (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/unrtf")
    (synopsis "Convert Rich Text Format documents to other formats")
    (description
-     "GNU UnRTF converts text documents from RTF to HTML, LaTeX, or troff. 
+     "GNU UnRTF converts text documents from RTF to HTML, LaTeX, or troff.
 It supports changes in font characteristics, underlines and strikethroughs,
 superscripts and subscripts, and more.")
    (license gpl2+)))
--- a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ (define-public cssc
 accessed and migrated on modern systems.")
    (license gpl3+)))
-;; This package can unfortunately work only in -TEST mode, since Aegis 
+;; This package can unfortunately work only in -TEST mode, since Aegis
 ;; requires that it is installed setuid root.
 (define-public aegis
  (package
@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ (define-public aegis
    (version "4.24")
    (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/aegis/aegis-" 
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/aegis/aegis-"
                                  version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
@ -822,17 +822,17 @@ (define-public aegis
       ("groff" ,groff)
       ("perl" ,perl)
       ;; Various tests require the following:
-       ("cvs" ,cvs) 
+       ("cvs" ,cvs)
       ("flex" ,flex)
       ("cook" ,cook)
       ("subversion" ,subversion)
       ("rcs" ,rcs)
       ("ed" ,ed)))
    (arguments
-     `(#:configure-flags (list "--with-no-aegis-configured" 
+     `(#:configure-flags (list "--with-no-aegis-configured"
                               "--sharedstatedir=/var/com/aegis")
       #:parallel-build? #f ; There are some nasty racy rules in the Makefile.
-       #:phases 
+       #:phases
        (alist-cons-before
         'configure 'pre-conf
         (lambda _
--- a/gnu/packages/vpn.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/vpn.scm
@ -153,5 +153,5 @@ (define-public openvpn
 for creating secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections in routed or
 bridged configurations and remote access facilities.  It uses a custom
 security protocol that utilizes SSL/TLS for key exchange.  It is capable of
-traversing network address translators (NATs) and firewalls. ")
+traversing network address translators (NATs) and firewalls.")
    (license license:gpl2)))
--- a/gnu/packages/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm
@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ (define-public libpsl
 domain verification, finds the longest public part of a given domain, finds
 the shortest private part of a given domain, works with international
 domains (UTF-8 and IDNA2008 Punycode), is thread-safe, and handles IDNA2008
-UTS#46")
+UTS#46.")
    (license l:x11)))
 (define-public tidy
@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ (define-public tinyproxy
    ;; All of the below are used to generate the documentation
    ;; (Should they be propagated inputs of asciidoc ??)
    (native-inputs `(("asciidoc" ,asciidoc)
-                     ("libxml2" ,libxml2) 
+                     ("libxml2" ,libxml2)
                     ("docbook-xml" ,docbook-xml)
                     ("docbook-xsl" ,docbook-xsl)
                     ("libxslt" ,libxslt)))
@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ (define-public perl-catalyst-plugin-authentication
    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication")
    (synopsis "Infrastructure plugin for the Catalyst authentication framework")
    (description "The authentication plugin provides generic user support for
-Catalyst apps. It is the basis for both authentication (checking the user is
+Catalyst apps.  It is the basis for both authentication (checking the user is
 who they claim to be), and authorization (allowing the user to do what the
 system authorises them to do).")
    (license (package-license perl))))
@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ (define-public perl-catalyst-plugin-session-store-fastmmap
       ("perl-path-class" ,perl-path-class)))
    (home-page
     "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Catalyst-Plugin-Session-Store-FastMmap")
-    (synopsis "FastMmap session storage backend.")
+    (synopsis "FastMmap session storage backend")
    (description "Catalyst::Plugin::Session::Store::FastMmap is a fast session
 storage plugin for Catalyst that uses an mmap'ed file to act as a shared
 memory interprocess cache.  It is based on Cache::FastMmap.")
@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ (define-public perl-catalyst-view-download
    (synopsis "Download data in many formats")
    (description "The purpose of this module is to provide a method for
 downloading data into many supportable formats.  For example, downloading a
-table based report in a variety of formats (CSV, HTML, etc.). ")
+table based report in a variety of formats (CSV, HTML, etc.).")
    (license (package-license perl))))
 (define-public perl-catalyst-view-json
@ -2297,7 +2297,7 @@ (define-public perl-net-smtp-ssl
     `(("perl-io-socket-ssl" ,perl-io-socket-ssl)))
    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-SMTP-SSL")
    (synopsis "SSL support for Net::SMTP")
-    (description "SSL support for Net::SMTP")
+    (description "SSL support for Net::SMTP.")
    (license (package-license perl))))
 (define-public perl-plack
--- a/gnu/packages/wget.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/wget.scm
@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ (define-public wget
    (synopsis "Non-interactive command-line utility for downloading files")
    (description
     "GNU Wget is a non-interactive tool for fetching files using the HTTP,
-HTTPS and FTP protocols.  It can resume interrupted downloads, use filename
+HTTPS and FTP protocols.  It can resume interrupted downloads, use file name
 wild cards, supports proxies and cookies, and it can convert absolute links
 in downloaded documents to relative links.")
    (license gpl3+))) ; some files are under GPLv2+
--- a/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ (define-public wmctrl
     "Wmctrl allows to interact with an X window manager that is compatible
 with the EWMH/NetWM specification.  It can query the window manager for
 information, and request for certain window management actions (resize and
-move windows, switch between desktops, etc.)")
+move windows, switch between desktops, etc.).")
    (license license:gpl2+)))
 (define-public scrot
--- a/gnu/packages/xfce.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xfce.scm
@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ (define-public libxfce4ui
    (synopsis "Widgets library for Xfce")
    (description
     "Libxfce4ui is the replacement of the old libxfcegui4 library.  It is used
-to share commonly used Xfce widgets amoung the Xfce applications.")
+to share commonly used Xfce widgets among the Xfce applications.")
    (license lgpl2.0+)))
 (define-public exo
@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ (define-public thunar-volman
     "Thunar-volman is an extension for the Thunar File Manager, which enables
 automatic management of removable drives and media.  For example, if
 thunar-volman is installed and configured properly, and you plug in your
-digitcal camera, it will automatically spawn your preferred photo application
+digital camera, it will automatically spawn your preferred photo application
 and import the new pictures from your camera.")
    (license gpl2+)))
--- a/gnu/packages/xiph.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xiph.scm
@ -318,12 +318,12 @@ (define opus-tools
                    "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/opus/opus-tools-"
                    version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
-               (base32 
+               (base32
                "0fk4nknvl111k89j5yckmyrh6b2wvgyhrqfncp7rig3zikbkv1xi"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (arguments
     ;; The package developers misuse pkg-config such that it doesn't work
-     ;; when cross compiling.  Therefore we avoid it completly and set the 
+     ;; when cross compiling.  Therefore we avoid it completly and set the
     ;; necessary flags ourselves.
     `(#:configure-flags (list (string-append "CFLAGS=-I"
                                              (assoc-ref %build-inputs "libogg")
@ -333,11 +333,11 @@ (define opus-tools
    (inputs `(("libogg" ,libogg)
              ("opus" ,opus)
              ("flac" ,flac)))
-    (synopsis "Command line utilities to encode, inspect, and decode .opus
+    (synopsis
-files")
+     "Command line utilities to encode, inspect, and decode .opus files")
    (description "Opus is a royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec.
 Opus-tools provide command line utilities for creating, inspecting and
-decoding .opus files")
+decoding .opus files.")
    (license license:bsd-3)
    (home-page "http://www.opus-codec.org")))