Merge topic 'doc-improvements'

7cc2805 Docs: Clarify wording "flag used" => "flag (to|will) be used"
2378a69 Docs: Clarify that CMAKE_*_(PREFIX|SUFFIX) affect filenames
56ca34d Docs: Update description of CMAKE_(BUILD_TYPE|CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
2bab472 VS10: add detailed comment about MIDL processing
e619111 Explain distribution of Win9x binary on all Windows versions.
5ca4336 FindwxWidgets: add DOC strings with usual style
f57800d Fix spelling and typos (product names)
bf019d7 Fix spelling and typos (non-binary)
ddac8d3 Fix spelling and typos (affecting binary data / module messages)
86832ce Fix spelling and typos (affecting users)

CMakeCPackOptions.cmake.in

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if(CPACK_GENERATOR MATCHES "NSIS")
   set(CPACK_NSIS_MODIFY_PATH ON)
 endif()
 
-# include the cpack options for qt dialog if they exisit
+# include the cpack options for qt dialog if they exist
 # they might not if qt was not enabled for the build
 include("@QT_DIALOG_CPACK_OPTIONS_FILE@" OPTIONAL)
 

Modules/CMakeFindPackageMode.cmake

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #   NAME = name of the package
 #   COMPILER_ID = the CMake compiler ID for which the result is, i.e. GNU/Intel/Clang/MSVC, etc.
 #   LANGUAGE = language for which the result will be used, i.e. C/CXX/Fortan/ASM
-#   MODE = EXIST : only check for existance of the given package
+#   MODE = EXIST : only check for existence of the given package
 #          COMPILE : print the flags needed for compiling an object file which uses the given package
 #          LINK : print the flags needed for linking when using the given package
 #   QUIET = if TRUE, don't print anything

Modules/CMakeParseArguments.cmake

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 #   MY_INSTALL_CONFIGURATIONS = "" (was not used)
 #   MY_INSTALL_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS = "blub" (no value expected after "OPTIONAL"
 #
-# You can the continue and process these variables.
+# You can then continue and process these variables.
 #
 # Keywords terminate lists of values, e.g. if directly after a one_value_keyword
 # another recognized keyword follows, this is interpreted as the beginning of

Modules/CPackPackageMaker.cmake

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ##end
 ##module
 # - PackageMaker CPack generator (Mac OS X).
-# The following variable is specific to installers build on Mac OS X
+# The following variable is specific to installers built on Mac OS X
 # using PackageMaker:
 ##end
 #

Modules/CheckFunctionExists.cmake

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Check that the <function> is provided by libraries on the system and
 # store the result in a <variable>.  This does not verify that any
 # system header file declares the function, only that it can be found
-# at link time (considure using CheckSymbolExists).
+# at link time (consider using CheckSymbolExists).
 #
 # The following variables may be set before calling this macro to
 # modify the way the check is run:

Modules/CheckSizeOf.cmake

@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 message(SEND_ERROR
         "Modules/CheckSizeOf.cmake has been removed.  "
         "Use Modules/CheckTypeSize.cmake instead.  This "
-        "compatability check may be removed before the next release!")
+        "compatibility check may be removed before the next release!")

Modules/FindBoost.cmake

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #  Boost_LIBRARY_DIR         - Directory containing Boost libraries
 #  Boost_<C>_LIBRARY_DEBUG   - Component <C> library debug variant
 #  Boost_<C>_LIBRARY_RELEASE - Component <C> library release variant
-# Users may set the these hints or results as cache entries.  Projects should
+# Users may set these hints or results as cache entries.  Projects should
 # not read these entries directly but instead use the above result variables.
 # Note that some hint names start in upper-case "BOOST".  One may specify
 # these as environment variables if they are not specified as CMake variables
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Before we go searching, check whether boost-cmake is avaialble, unless the
+# Before we go searching, check whether boost-cmake is available, unless the
 # user specifically asked NOT to search for boost-cmake.
 #
 # If Boost_DIR is set, this behaves as any find_package call would. If not,
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ macro(_Boost_ADJUST_LIB_VARS basename)
     endif()
 
   endif()
-  # Make variables changeble to the advanced user
+  # Make variables changeable to the advanced user
   mark_as_advanced(
       Boost_${basename}_LIBRARY_RELEASE
       Boost_${basename}_LIBRARY_DEBUG

Modules/FindCUDA/make2cmake.cmake

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ if (${depend_text} MATCHES ".+")
       if (EXISTS "/${file}")
         set(file "/${file}")
       else()
-        message(WARNING " Removing non-existant dependency file: ${file}")
+        message(WARNING " Removing non-existent dependency file: ${file}")
         set(file "")
       endif()
     endif()

Modules/FindFLTK2.cmake

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ if(APPLE)
   set( FLTK2_PLATFORM_DEPENDENT_LIBS  "-framework Carbon -framework Cocoa -framework ApplicationServices -lz")
 endif()
 
-# If FLTK2_INCLUDE_DIR is already defined we assigne its value to FLTK2_DIR
+# If FLTK2_INCLUDE_DIR is already defined we assign its value to FLTK2_DIR
 if(FLTK2_INCLUDE_DIR)
   set(FLTK2_DIR ${FLTK2_INCLUDE_DIR})
 else()

Modules/FindITK.cmake

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #
 #  USE_ITK_FILE - The full path to the UseITK.cmake file.
 #                 This is provided for backward
-#                 compatability.  Use ITK_USE_FILE
+#                 compatibility.  Use ITK_USE_FILE
 #                 instead.
 
 #=============================================================================
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ if(NOT ITK_FOUND)
 endif()
 
 if(ITK_FOUND)
-  # Set USE_ITK_FILE for backward-compatability.
+  # Set USE_ITK_FILE for backward-compatibility.
   set(USE_ITK_FILE ${ITK_USE_FILE})
 endif()

Modules/FindMPI.cmake

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/GetPrerequisites.cmake)
 #
 # The compilers are detected in this order:
 #
-# 1. Try to find the most generic availble MPI compiler, as this is usually set up by
+# 1. Try to find the most generic available MPI compiler, as this is usually set up by
 #    cluster admins.  e.g., if plain old mpicc is available, we'll use it and assume it's
 #    the right compiler.
 #

Modules/FindOpenSSL.cmake

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ if(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
 
     set( OPENSSL_LIBRARIES ${SSL_EAY_LIBRARY} ${LIB_EAY_LIBRARY} )
   elseif(MINGW)
-    # same player, for MingW
+    # same player, for MinGW
     set(LIB_EAY_NAMES libeay32)
     set(SSL_EAY_NAMES ssleay32)
     if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)

Modules/FindQt4.cmake

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 #        You should have a look on the AUTOMOC property for targets to achieve the same results.
 #
 #  macro QT4_ADD_DBUS_INTERFACE(outfiles interface basename)
-#        Create a the interface header and implementation files with the
+#        Create the interface header and implementation files with the
 #        given basename from the given interface xml file and add it to
 #        the list of sources.
 #
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 #        in:  ts_files
 #        generates commands to create .qm from .ts - files. The generated
 #        filenames can be found in qm_files. The ts_files
-#        must exists and are not updated in any way.
+#        must exist and are not updated in any way.
 #
 # function QT4_USE_MODULES( target [link_type] modules...)
 #        Make <target> use the <modules> from Qt. Using a Qt module means
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ macro (_QT4_ADJUST_LIB_VARS _camelCaseBasename)
     set(QT_INCLUDES "${QT_${basename}_INCLUDE_DIR}" ${QT_INCLUDES})
   endif ()
 
-  # Make variables changeble to the advanced user
+  # Make variables changeable to the advanced user
   mark_as_advanced(QT_${basename}_LIBRARY QT_${basename}_LIBRARY_RELEASE QT_${basename}_LIBRARY_DEBUG QT_${basename}_INCLUDE_DIR)
 endmacro ()
 
@@ -635,10 +635,10 @@ if (QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE AND QTVERSION)
           )
     endif()
 
-    # try dropping a hint if trying to use Visual Studio with Qt built by mingw
+    # try dropping a hint if trying to use Visual Studio with Qt built by MinGW
     if(NOT QT_QTCORE_LIBRARY_RELEASE AND MSVC)
       if(EXISTS ${QT_LIBRARY_DIR_TMP}/libqtmain.a)
-        message( FATAL_ERROR "It appears you're trying to use Visual Studio with Qt built by mingw.  Those compilers do not produce code compatible with each other.")
+        message( FATAL_ERROR "It appears you're trying to use Visual Studio with Qt built by MinGW.  Those compilers do not produce code compatible with each other.")
       endif()
     endif()
 
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ if (QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE AND QTVERSION)
     endif()
   endif ()
 
-  # Make variables changeble to the advanced user
+  # Make variables changeable to the advanced user
   mark_as_advanced( QT_LIBRARY_DIR QT_DOC_DIR QT_MKSPECS_DIR
                     QT_PLUGINS_DIR QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR)
 

Modules/FindVTK.cmake

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if("${VTK_FIND_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS 4.1)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-# Construct consitent error messages for use below.
+# Construct consistent error messages for use below.
 set(VTK_DIR_DESCRIPTION "directory containing VTKConfig.cmake.  This is either the root of the build tree, or PREFIX/lib/vtk for an installation.")
 if(_VTK_40_ALLOW)
   set(VTK_DIR_DESCRIPTION "${VTK_DIR_DESCRIPTION}  For VTK 4.0, this is the location of UseVTK.cmake.  This is either the root of the build tree or PREFIX/include/vtk for an installation.")
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ endif()
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if(VTK_FOUND)
-  # Set USE_VTK_FILE for backward-compatability.
+  # Set USE_VTK_FILE for backward-compatibility.
   set(USE_VTK_FILE ${VTK_USE_FILE})
 else()
   # VTK not found, explain to the user how to specify its location.

Modules/FindwxWidgets.cmake

@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ if(wxWidgets_FIND_STYLE STREQUAL "win32")
       wxWidgets-2.5.2
       wxWidgets-2.5.1
       wxWidgets
-    DOC "wxWidgets base/installation directory?"
+    DOC "wxWidgets base/installation directory"
     )
 
   # If wxWidgets_ROOT_DIR changed, clear lib dir.
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ if(wxWidgets_FIND_STYLE STREQUAL "win32")
         PATHS
         ${WX_ROOT_DIR}/lib/${WX_LIB_DIR_PREFIX}_dll   # prefer shared
         ${WX_ROOT_DIR}/lib/${WX_LIB_DIR_PREFIX}_lib
-        DOC "Path to wxWidgets libraries?"
+        DOC "Path to wxWidgets libraries"
         NO_DEFAULT_PATH
         )
     else()
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ if(wxWidgets_FIND_STYLE STREQUAL "win32")
         PATHS
         ${WX_ROOT_DIR}/lib/${WX_LIB_DIR_PREFIX}_lib   # prefer static
         ${WX_ROOT_DIR}/lib/${WX_LIB_DIR_PREFIX}_dll
-        DOC "Path to wxWidgets libraries?"
+        DOC "Path to wxWidgets libraries"
         NO_DEFAULT_PATH
         )
     endif()
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ else()
     #-----------------------------------------------------------------
     # Support cross-compiling, only search in the target platform.
     find_program(wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE wx-config
+      DOC "Location of wxWidgets library configuration provider binary (wx-config)."
       ONLY_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
       )
 
@@ -843,6 +844,7 @@ set(wxWidgets_FOUND ${WXWIDGETS_FOUND})
 # Resource file compiler.
 find_program(wxWidgets_wxrc_EXECUTABLE wxrc
   ${wxWidgets_ROOT_DIR}/utils/wxrc/vc_msw
+  DOC "Location of wxWidgets resource file compiler binary (wxrc)"
   )
 
 #

Modules/FindwxWindows.cmake

@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ if(WIN32_STYLE_FIND)
       rpcrt4
       wsock32
       )
-    ## HACK: feed in to optimized / debug libaries if both were FOUND.
+    ## HACK: feed in to optimized / debug libraries if both were FOUND.
     set(WXWINDOWS_STATIC_DEBUG_LIBS ${WXWINDOWS_STATIC_DEBUG_LIBS}
       wxbase26d
       wxbase26d_net
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ if(WIN32_STYLE_FIND)
   ##
 
   ## if there is at least one shared lib available
-  ## let user choose wether to use shared or static wxwindows libs
+  ## let user choose whether to use shared or static wxwindows libs
   if(WXWINDOWS_SHARED_LIBRARY OR WXWINDOWS_SHARED_DEBUG_LIBRARY)
     ## default value OFF because wxWindows MSVS default build is static
     option(WXWINDOWS_USE_SHARED_LIBS
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ else()
       ../wx/bin
       ../../wx/bin )
 
-    # check wether wx-config was found:
+    # check whether wx-config was found:
     if(CMAKE_WXWINDOWS_WXCONFIG_EXECUTABLE)
 
       # use shared/static wx lib?

Modules/Platform/Windows-MSVC.cmake

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH_FLAG "-LIBPATH:")
 set(CMAKE_LINK_LIBRARY_FLAG "")
 set(MSVC 1)
 
-# hack: if a new cmake (which uses CMAKE__LINKER) runs on an old build tree
+# hack: if a new cmake (which uses CMAKE_LINKER) runs on an old build tree
 # (where link was hardcoded) and where CMAKE_LINKER isn't in the cache
 # and still cmake didn't fail in CMakeFindBinUtils.cmake (because it isn't rerun)
 # hardcode CMAKE_LINKER here to link, so it behaves as it did before, Alex

Modules/UseEcos.cmake

@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ macro(ECOS_ADJUST_DIRECTORY _target_FILES )
 endmacro()
 
 # the default ecos config file name
-# maybe in the future also out-of-source builds may be possible
+# maybe in future also out-of-source builds may be possible
 set(ECOS_CONFIG_FILE ecos.ecc)
 
-#creates the dependancy from all source files on the ecos target.ld,
+#creates the dependency from all source files on the ecos target.ld,
 #adds the command for compiling ecos
 macro(ECOS_ADD_TARGET_LIB)
 # when building out-of-source, create the ecos/ subdir

Source/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -541,7 +541,8 @@ endif()
 add_executable(cmake cmakemain.cxx)
 target_link_libraries(cmake CMakeLib)
 
-# Build special executable for running programs on Windows 98
+# Build special executable for running programs on Windows 98.
+# Included on any Windows (unconditional packaging required!).
 if(WIN32)
   if(NOT UNIX)
     add_executable(cmw9xcom cmw9xcom.cxx)

Source/CPack/cmCPackDocumentVariables.cxx

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ void cmCPackDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
            "It is usually invoked like this:\n"
            " make DESTDIR=/home/john install\n"
            "which will install the concerned software using the"
-           " installation prefix, e.g. \"/usr/local\" pre-pended with "
+           " installation prefix, e.g. \"/usr/local\" prepended with "
            "the DESTDIR value which finally gives \"/home/john/usr/local\"."
            " When preparing a package, CPack first installs the items to be "
            "packaged in a local (to the build tree) directory by using the "

Source/CTest/cmCTestTestHandler.cxx

@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ void cmCTestTestHandler
     tempPath += filename;
     attempted.push_back(tempPath);
     attemptedConfigs.push_back(ctest->GetConfigType());
-    // If the file is an OSX bundle then the configtyp
+    // If the file is an OSX bundle then the configtype
     // will be at the start of the path
     tempPath = ctest->GetConfigType();
     tempPath += "/";
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ void cmCTestTestHandler
     }
   else
     {
-    // no config specified to try some options
+    // no config specified - try some options...
     tempPath = filepath;
     tempPath += "Release/";
     tempPath += filename;

Source/CursesDialog/form/frm_driver.c

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static int FE_Delete_Previous(FORM *);
 #define Address_Of_Current_Position_In_Buffer(form) \
   Address_Of_Current_Position_In_Nth_Buffer(form,0)
 
-/* Logic to decide wether or not a field is actually a field with
+/* Logic to decide whether or not a field is actually a field with
    vertical or horizontal scrolling */
 #define Is_Scroll_Field(field)          \
    (((field)->drows > (field)->rows) || \
@@ -2100,7 +2100,7 @@ static int Insert_String(FORM *form, int row, char *txt, int len)
 |                    the wrapping.
 |
 |   Return Values :  E_OK              - no wrapping required or wrapping
-|                                        was successfull
+|                                        was successful
 |                    E_REQUEST_DENIED  -
 |                    E_SYSTEM_ERROR    - some system error
 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -3825,7 +3825,7 @@ int set_field_buffer(FIELD * field, int buffer, const char * value)
                            (int)(1 + (vlen-len)/((field->rows+field->nrow)*field->cols))))
             RETURN(E_SYSTEM_ERROR);
 
-          /* in this case we also have to check, wether or not the remaining
+          /* in this case we also have to check, whether or not the remaining
              characters in value are also printable for buffer 0. */
           if (buffer==0)
             {

Source/CursesDialog/form/fty_enum.c

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static void Free_Enum_Type(void * argp)
 |                                       const unsigned char * buf,
 |                                       bool  ccase )
 |   
-|   Description   :  Check wether or not the text in 'buf' matches the
+|   Description   :  Check whether or not the text in 'buf' matches the
 |                    text in 's', at least partial.
 |
 |   Return Values :  NOMATCH   - buffer doesn't match

Source/QtDialog/QCMakeCacheView.cxx

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ QModelIndex QCMakeCacheView::moveCursor(CursorAction act,
 void QCMakeCacheView::setShowAdvanced(bool s)
 {
 #if QT_VERSION >= 040300
-  // new 4.3 api that needs to be called.  what about an older Qt?
+  // new 4.3 API that needs to be called.  what about an older Qt?
   this->SearchFilter->invalidate();
 #endif
 

Source/cmAddDefinitionsCommand.h

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public:
       "but it was originally intended to add preprocessor definitions.  "
       "Flags beginning in -D or /D that look like preprocessor definitions "
       "are automatically added to the COMPILE_DEFINITIONS property for "
-      "the current directory.  Definitions with non-trival values may be "
+      "the current directory.  Definitions with non-trivial values may be "
       "left in the set of flags instead of being converted for reasons of "
       "backwards compatibility.  See documentation of the directory, "
       "target, and source file COMPILE_DEFINITIONS properties for details "

Source/cmAddSubDirectoryCommand.h

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public:
       "  add_subdirectory(source_dir [binary_dir] \n"
       "                   [EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL])\n"
       "Add a subdirectory to the build. The source_dir specifies the "
-      "directory in which the source CmakeLists.txt and code files are "
+      "directory in which the source CMakeLists.txt and code files are "
       "located. If it is a relative "
       "path it will be evaluated with respect to the current "
       "directory (the typical usage), but it may also be an absolute path. "

Source/cmCTest.cxx

@@ -2413,7 +2413,7 @@ int cmCTest::Run(std::vector<std::string> &args, std::string* output)
 #endif
     if(retv != 0)
       {
-      cmCTestLog(this, DEBUG, "build and test failing returing: " << retv
+      cmCTestLog(this, DEBUG, "build and test failing returning: " << retv
                  << std::endl);
       }
     return retv;

Source/cmCacheManager.cxx

@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ bool cmCacheManager::SaveCache(const char* path)
        << "# The syntax for the file is as follows:\n"
        << "# KEY:TYPE=VALUE\n"
        << "# KEY is the name of a variable in the cache.\n"
-       << "# TYPE is a hint to GUI's for the type of VALUE, DO NOT EDIT "
+       << "# TYPE is a hint to GUIs for the type of VALUE, DO NOT EDIT "
        "TYPE!." << std::endl
        << "# VALUE is the current value for the KEY.\n\n";
 

Source/cmDocumentGeneratorExpressions.h

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #define cmDocumentGeneratorExpressions_h
 
 #define CM_DOCUMENT_ADD_TEST_GENERATOR_EXPRESSIONS                      \
-  "Generator expressions are evaluted during build system generation "  \
+  "Generator expressions are evaluated during build system generation " \
   "to produce information specific to each build configuration.  "      \
   "Valid expressions are:\n"                                            \
   "  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores \"...\")\n"      \

Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_AR", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "Name of archiving tool for static libraries.",
-     "This specifies name of the program that creates archive "
+     "This specifies the name of the program that creates archive "
      "or static libraries.",false,
      "Variables that Provide Information");
 
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
      " needed to build the output of CMake.   If the "
      "generator selected was Visual Studio 6, the "
      "CMAKE_BUILD_TOOL will be set to msdev, for "
-     "Unix makefiles it will be set to make or gmake, "
+     "Unix Makefiles it will be set to make or gmake, "
      "and for Visual Studio 7 it set to devenv.  For "
-     "Nmake Makefiles the value is nmake. This can be "
+     "NMake Makefiles the value is nmake. This can be "
      "useful for adding special flags and commands based"
      " on the final build environment. ", false,
      "Variables that Provide Information");
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_CACHE_MAJOR_VERSION", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "Major version of CMake used to create the CMakeCache.txt file",
-     "This is stores the major version of CMake used to "
+     "This stores the major version of CMake used to "
      "write a CMake cache file. It is only different when "
      "a different version of CMake is run on a previously "
      "created cache file.", false,
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_CACHE_MINOR_VERSION", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "Minor version of CMake used to create the CMakeCache.txt file",
-     "This is stores the minor version of CMake used to "
+     "This stores the minor version of CMake used to "
      "write a CMake cache file. It is only different when "
      "a different version of CMake is run on a previously "
      "created cache file.", false,
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_CACHE_PATCH_VERSION", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "Patch version of CMake used to create the CMakeCache.txt file",
-     "This is stores the patch version of CMake used to "
+     "This stores the patch version of CMake used to "
      "write a CMake cache file. It is only different when "
      "a different version of CMake is run on a previously "
      "created cache file.", false,
@@ -270,12 +270,13 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_LINK_LIBRARY_SUFFIX", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "The suffix for libraries that you link to.",
-     "The suffix to use for the end of a library, .lib on Windows.",false,
+     "The suffix to use for the end of a library filename, .lib on Windows."
+     ,false,
      "Variables that Provide Information");
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "The suffix for executables on this platform.",
-     "The suffix to use for the end of an executable if any, "
+     "The suffix to use for the end of an executable filename if any, "
      ".exe on Windows."
      "\n"
      "CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX_<LANG> overrides this for language <LANG>."
@@ -452,8 +453,8 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
      ,false, "Variables that Provide Information");
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_IMPORT_LIBRARY_SUFFIX", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
-     "The suffix for import  libraries that you link to.",
-     "The suffix to use for the end of an import library if used "
+     "The suffix for import libraries that you link to.",
+     "The suffix to use for the end of an import library filename if used "
      "on this platform."
      "\n"
      "CMAKE_IMPORT_LIBRARY_SUFFIX_<LANG> overrides this for language <LANG>."
@@ -468,7 +469,8 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "The suffix for shared libraries that you link to.",
-     "The suffix to use for the end of a shared library, .dll on Windows."
+     "The suffix to use for the end of a shared library filename, "
+     ".dll on Windows."
      "\n"
      "CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX_<LANG> overrides this for language <LANG>."
      ,false, "Variables that Provide Information");
@@ -482,7 +484,8 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_SHARED_MODULE_SUFFIX", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "The suffix for shared libraries that you link to.",
-     "The suffix to use for the end of a loadable module on this platform"
+     "The suffix to use for the end of a loadable module filename "
+     "on this platform"
      "\n"
      "CMAKE_SHARED_MODULE_SUFFIX_<LANG> overrides this for language <LANG>."
      ,false, "Variables that Provide Information");
@@ -496,7 +499,8 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "The suffix for static libraries that you link to.",
-     "The suffix to use for the end of a static library, .lib on Windows."
+     "The suffix to use for the end of a static library filename, "
+     ".lib on Windows."
      "\n"
      "CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX_<LANG> overrides this for language <LANG>."
      ,false, "Variables that Provide Information");
@@ -577,26 +581,37 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
 
     cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES",  cmProperty::VARIABLE,
-     "Specifies the available build types.",
-     "This specifies what build types will be available such as "
-     "Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo etc. This has reasonable defaults "
-     "on most platforms. But can be extended to provide other "
-     "build types. See also CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.",
-     false,
+     "Specifies the available build types on multi-config generators.",
+     "This specifies what build types (configurations) will be available "
+     "such as Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo etc. "
+     "This has reasonable defaults on most platforms, "
+     "but can be extended to provide other build types. "
+     "See also CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE for details of managing configuration data, "
+     "and CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR."
+     ,false,
      "Variables That Change Behavior");
 
     cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE",  cmProperty::VARIABLE,
-     "Specifies the build type for make based generators.",
-     "This specifies what build type will be built in this tree. "
-     " Possible values are empty, Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo"
-     " and MinSizeRel. This variable is only supported for "
-     "make based generators. If this variable is supported, "
-     "then CMake will also provide initial values for the "
-     "variables with the name "
-     " CMAKE_C_FLAGS_[DEBUG|RELEASE|RELWITHDEBINFO|MINSIZEREL]."
-     " For example, if CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE is Debug, then "
-     "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG will be added to the CMAKE_C_FLAGS.",false,
+     "Specifies the build type on single-configuration generators.",
+     "This statically specifies what build type (configuration) "
+     "will be built in this build tree. Possible values are "
+     "empty, Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo and MinSizeRel. "
+     "This variable is only meaningful to single-configuration generators "
+     "(such as make and Ninja) i.e. "
+     "those which choose a single configuration "
+     "when CMake runs to generate a build tree as opposed to "
+     "multi-configuration generators which offer selection of the build "
+     "configuration within the generated build environment. "
+     "There are many per-config properties and variables "
+     "(usually following clean SOME_VAR_<CONFIG> order conventions), "
+     "such as CMAKE_C_FLAGS_<CONFIG>, specified as uppercase: "
+     "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_[DEBUG|RELEASE|RELWITHDEBINFO|MINSIZEREL]. "
+     "For example, in a build tree configured "
+     "to build type Debug, CMake will see to having "
+     "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG settings get added to the CMAKE_C_FLAGS settings. "
+     "See also CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES."
+     ,false,
      "Variables That Change Behavior");
 
   cm->DefineProperty
@@ -616,7 +631,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
     ("CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "Install directory used by install.",
      "If \"make install\" is invoked or INSTALL is built"
-     ", this directory is pre-pended onto all install "
+     ", this directory is prepended onto all install "
      "directories. This variable defaults to /usr/local"
      " on UNIX and c:/Program Files on Windows.\n"
      "On UNIX one can use the DESTDIR mechanism in order"
@@ -627,11 +642,11 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
      "It is usually invoked like this:\n"
      " make DESTDIR=/home/john install\n"
      "which will install the concerned software using the"
-     " installation prefix, e.g. \"/usr/local\" pre-pended with "
+     " installation prefix, e.g. \"/usr/local\" prepended with "
      "the DESTDIR value which finally gives \"/home/john/usr/local\".\n"
      "WARNING: DESTDIR may not be used on Windows because installation"
      " prefix usually contains a drive letter like in \"C:/Program Files\""
-     " which cannot be pre-pended with some other prefix."
+     " which cannot be prepended with some other prefix."
      ,false,
      "Variables That Change Behavior");
 
@@ -792,7 +807,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
      "This switch should be used during the initial CMake run. Otherwise if "
      "the package has already been found in a previous CMake run, the "
      "variables which have been stored in the cache will still be there. "
-     "In the case it is recommended to remove the cache variables for "
+     "In that case it is recommended to remove the cache variables for "
      "this package from the cache using the cache editor or cmake -U", false,
      "Variables That Change Behavior");
 
@@ -888,7 +903,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
       " an ABSOLUTE DESTINATION path.",
       "This variable is defined by CMake-generated cmake_install.cmake "
       "scripts."
-      " It can be used (read-only) by program or script that source those"
+      " It can be used (read-only) by programs or scripts that source those"
       " install scripts. This is used by some CPack generators (e.g. RPM).",
       false,
       "Variables That Change Behavior");
@@ -898,7 +913,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
       "Ask cmake_install.cmake script to warn each time a file with "
       "absolute INSTALL DESTINATION is encountered.",
       "This variable is used by CMake-generated cmake_install.cmake"
-      " scripts. If ones set this variable to ON while running the"
+      " scripts. If one sets this variable to ON while running the"
       " script, it may get warning messages from the script.", false,
       "Variables That Change Behavior");
 
@@ -909,7 +924,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
       "The fatal error is emitted before the installation of "
       "the offending file takes place."
       " This variable is used by CMake-generated cmake_install.cmake"
-      " scripts. If ones set this variable to ON while running the"
+      " scripts. If one sets this variable to ON while running the"
       " script, it may get fatal error messages from the script.",false,
       "Variables That Change Behavior");
 
@@ -940,7 +955,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
      "which CMake is targeting.   On systems that "
      "have the uname command, this variable is set "
      "to the output of uname -s.  Linux, Windows, "
-     " and Darwin for Mac OSX are the values found "
+     " and Darwin for Mac OS X are the values found "
      " on the big three operating systems."  ,false,
      "Variables That Describe the System");
   cm->DefineProperty
@@ -999,20 +1014,22 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
 
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("APPLE", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
-     "True if running on Mac OSX.",
-     "Set to true on Mac OSX.",false,
+     "True if running on Mac OS X.",
+     "Set to true on Mac OS X."
+     ,false,
      "Variables That Describe the System");
 
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("BORLAND", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
-     "True if the borland compiler is being used.",
+     "True if the Borland compiler is being used.",
      "This is set to true if the Borland compiler is being used.",false,
      "Variables That Describe the System");
 
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CYGWIN", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
-     "True for cygwin.",
-     "Set to true when using CYGWIN.",false,
+     "True for Cygwin.",
+     "Set to true when using Cygwin."
+     ,false,
      "Variables That Describe the System");
 
   cm->DefineProperty
@@ -1110,8 +1127,8 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
 
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_HOST_APPLE", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
-     "True for Apple OSXoperating systems.",
-     "Set to true when the host system is Apple OSX.",
+     "True for Apple OS X operating systems.",
+     "Set to true when the host system is Apple OS X.",
      false,
      "Variables That Describe the System");
 
@@ -1125,7 +1142,8 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_HOST_WIN32", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "True on windows systems, including win64.",
-     "Set to true when the host system is Windows and on cygwin.",false,
+     "Set to true when the host system is Windows and on Cygwin."
+     ,false,
      "Variables That Describe the System");
 
   cm->DefineProperty
@@ -1198,7 +1216,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
 
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_DIR", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
-     "Mac OSX directory name for installed targets.",
+     "Mac OS X directory name for installed targets.",
      "CMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_DIR is used to initialize the "
      "INSTALL_NAME_DIR property on all targets. See that target "
      "property for more information.",
@@ -1358,44 +1376,47 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
 
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
-     "Linker flags used to create executables.",
-     "Flags used by the linker when creating an executable.",false,
+     "Linker flags to be used to create executables.",
+     "These flags will be used by the linker when creating an executable."
+     ,false,
      "Variables that Control the Build");
 
   cm->DefineProperty
-    ("CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_[CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE]", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
-     "Flag used when linking an executable.",
+    ("CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_<CONFIG>", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
+     "Flags to be used when linking an executable.",
      "Same as CMAKE_C_FLAGS_* but used by the linker "
      "when creating executables.",false,
      "Variables that Control the Build");
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH_FLAG", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
-     "The flag used to add a library search path to a compiler.",
-     "The flag used to specify a library directory to the compiler. "
+     "The flag to be used to add a library search path to a compiler.",
+     "The flag will be used to specify a library directory to the compiler. "
      "On most compilers this is \"-L\".",false,
      "Variables that Control the Build");
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_LINK_DEF_FILE_FLAG  ", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
-     "Linker flag used to specify a .def file for dll creation.",
-     "The flag used to add a .def file when creating "
-     "a dll on Windows, this is only defined on Windows.",false,
+     "Linker flag to be used to specify a .def file for dll creation.",
+     "The flag will be used to add a .def file when creating "
+     "a dll on Windows; this is only defined on Windows."
+     ,false,
      "Variables that Control the Build");
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_LINK_LIBRARY_FLAG", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
-     "Flag used to link a library into an executable.",
-     "The flag used to specify a library to link to an executable.  "
+     "Flag to be used to link a library into an executable.",
+     "The flag will be used to specify a library to link to an executable.  "
      "On most compilers this is \"-l\".",false,
      "Variables that Control the Build");
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_LINK_LIBRARY_FILE_FLAG", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
-     "Flag used to link a library specified by a path to its file.",
-     "The flag used before a library file path is given to the linker.  "
+     "Flag to be used to link a library specified by a path to its file.",
+     "The flag will be used before a library file path is given to the "
+     "linker.  "
      "This is needed only on very few platforms.", false,
      "Variables that Control the Build");
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_USE_RELATIVE_PATHS", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "Use relative paths (May not work!).",
-     "If this is set to TRUE, then the CMake will use "
+     "If this is set to TRUE, then CMake will use "
      "relative paths between the source and binary tree. "
      "This option does not work for more complicated "
      "projects, and relative paths are used when possible.  "
@@ -1591,7 +1612,8 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
     ("CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILE_OBJECT", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "Rule variable to compile a single object file.",
      "This is a rule variable that tells CMake how to "
-     "compile a single object file for for the language <LANG>.",false,
+     "compile a single object file for the language <LANG>."
+     ,false,
      "Variables for Languages");
 
   cm->DefineProperty
@@ -1727,8 +1749,9 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
 
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_<LANG>_LINK_EXECUTABLE ", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
-     "Rule variable to link and executable.",
-     "Rule variable to link and executable for the given language.",false,
+     "Rule variable to link an executable.",
+     "Rule variable to link an executable for the given language."
+     ,false,
      "Variables for Languages");
 
   cm->DefineProperty
@@ -1742,7 +1765,9 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
     ("CMAKE_<LANG>_SOURCE_FILE_EXTENSIONS", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "Extensions of source files for the given language.",
      "This is the list of extensions for a "
-     "given languages source files.",false,"Variables for Languages");
+     "given language's source files."
+     ,false,
+     "Variables for Languages");
 
   cm->DefineProperty(
     "CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LOADED", cmProperty::VARIABLE,

Source/cmDocumentation.cxx

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static const char *cmModulesDocumentationDescription[][3] =
   "This is the documentation for the modules and scripts coming with CMake. "
   "Using these modules you can check the computer system for "
   "installed software packages, features of the compiler and the "
-  "existance of headers to name just a few.", 0},
+  "existence of headers to name just a few.", 0},
   {0,0,0}
 };
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static const char *cmCustomModulesDocumentationDescription[][3] =
   "This is the documentation for additional modules and scripts for CMake. "
   "Using these modules you can check the computer system for "
   "installed software packages, features of the compiler and the "
-  "existance of headers to name just a few.", 0},
+  "existence of headers to name just a few.", 0},
   {0,0,0}
 };
 

Source/cmExportCommand.cxx

@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ bool cmExportCommand::HandlePackage(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
     else
       {
       cmOStringStream e;
-      e << "PACKAGE given unknown argumsnt: " << args[i];
+      e << "PACKAGE given unknown argument: " << args[i];
       this->SetError(e.str().c_str());
       return false;
       }

Source/cmFileCommand.cxx

@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@ bool cmFileInstaller
   else
     {
     cmOStringStream e;
-    e << "Option TYPE given uknown value \"" << stype << "\".";
+    e << "Option TYPE given unknown value \"" << stype << "\".";
     this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str().c_str());
     return false;
     }
@@ -1985,7 +1985,7 @@ bool cmFileInstaller::HandleInstallDestination()
   // allow for / to be a valid destination
   if ( destination.size() < 2 && destination != "/" )
     {
-    this->FileCommand->SetError("called with inapropriate arguments. "
+    this->FileCommand->SetError("called with inappropriate arguments. "
         "No DESTINATION provided or .");
     return false;
     }

Source/cmFunctionCommand.cxx

@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ ShouldRemove(const cmListFileFunction& lff, cmMakefile &mf)
     std::vector<std::string> expandedArguments;
     mf.ExpandArguments(lff.Arguments, expandedArguments);
     // if the endfunction has arguments then make sure
-    // they match the ones in the openeing function command
+    // they match the ones in the opening function command
     if ((expandedArguments.empty() ||
          (expandedArguments[0] == this->Args[0])))
       {

Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx

@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ cmGlobalGenerator::EnableLanguage(std::vector<std::string>const& languages,
       {
       if (this->CMakeInstance->GetIsInTryCompile())
         {
-        cmSystemTools::Error("This should not have happen. "
+        cmSystemTools::Error("This should not have happened. "
                              "If you see this message, you are probably "
                              "using a broken CMakeLists.txt file or a "
                              "problematic release of CMake");

Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx

@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::ComputeVSTargetDepends(cmTarget& target)
       }
     }
 
-  // Collext explicit util dependencies (add_dependencies).
+  // Collect explicit util dependencies (add_dependencies).
   std::set<cmTarget*> utilDepends;
   for(TargetDependSet::const_iterator di = depends.begin();
       di != depends.end(); ++di)

Source/cmIncludeCommand.cxx

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ bool cmIncludeCommand
       noPolicyScope = true;
       }
       else if(i > 1)  // compat.: in previous cmake versions the second
-                      // parameter was ignore if it wasn't "OPTIONAL"
+                      // parameter was ignored if it wasn't "OPTIONAL"
         {
         std::string errorText = "called with invalid argument: ";
         errorText += args[i];

Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx

@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::GenerateTestFiles()
        << "# Build directory: "
        << this->Makefile->GetStartOutputDirectory() << std::endl
        << "# " << std::endl
-       << "# This file includes the relevent testing commands "
+       << "# This file includes the relevant testing commands "
        << "required for " << std::endl
        << "# testing this directory and lists subdirectories to "
        << "be tested as well." << std::endl;

Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx

@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3
   std::string unmodified = s;
   unmodified += s2;
   // if there is no restriction on the length of make variables
-  // and there are no "." charactors in the string, then return the
+  // and there are no "." characters in the string, then return the
   // unmodified combination.
   if((!this->MakefileVariableSize && unmodified.find('.') == s.npos)
      && (!this->MakefileVariableSize && unmodified.find('+') == s.npos)
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3
     return ret;
     }
 
-  // if the string is greater the 32 chars it is an invalid vairable name
+  // if the string is greater than 32 chars it is an invalid variable name
   // for borland make
   if(static_cast<int>(ret.size()) > this->MakefileVariableSize)
     {
@@ -1353,8 +1353,8 @@ cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3
     int size = keep + 3;
     std::string str1 = s;
     std::string str2 = s2;
-    // we must shorten the combined string by 4 charactors
-    // keep no more than 24 charactors from the second string
+    // we must shorten the combined string by 4 characters
+    // keep no more than 24 characters from the second string
     if(static_cast<int>(str2.size()) > keep)
       {
       str2 = str2.substr(0, keep);

Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx

@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteStampFiles()
   stampName += "/";
   stampName += "generate.stamp";
   std::ofstream stamp(stampName.c_str());
-  stamp << "# CMake generation timestamp file this directory.\n";
+  stamp << "# CMake generation timestamp file for this directory.\n";
 
   // Create a helper file so CMake can determine when it is run
   // through the rule created by CreateVCProjBuildRule whether it
@@ -443,12 +443,12 @@ cmVS7FlagTable cmLocalVisualStudio7GeneratorFlagTable[] =
   {"InlineFunctionExpansion", "Ob0", "no inlines",              "0", 0},
   {"InlineFunctionExpansion", "Ob1", "when inline keyword",     "1", 0},
   {"InlineFunctionExpansion", "Ob2", "any time you can inline", "2", 0},
-  {"RuntimeLibrary", "MTd", "Multithreded debug",     "1", 0},
-  {"RuntimeLibrary", "MT", "Multithreded", "0", 0},
-  {"RuntimeLibrary", "MDd", "Multithreded dll debug", "3", 0},
-  {"RuntimeLibrary", "MD", "Multithreded dll",        "2", 0},
-  {"RuntimeLibrary", "MLd", "Sinble Thread debug",    "5", 0},
-  {"RuntimeLibrary", "ML", "Sinble Thread",           "4", 0},
+  {"RuntimeLibrary", "MTd", "Multithreaded debug",     "1", 0},
+  {"RuntimeLibrary", "MT", "Multithreaded", "0", 0},
+  {"RuntimeLibrary", "MDd", "Multithreaded dll debug", "3", 0},
+  {"RuntimeLibrary", "MD", "Multithreaded dll",        "2", 0},
+  {"RuntimeLibrary", "MLd", "Single Thread debug",    "5", 0},
+  {"RuntimeLibrary", "ML", "Single Thread",           "4", 0},
   {"StructMemberAlignment", "Zp16", "struct align 16 byte ",   "5", 0},
   {"StructMemberAlignment", "Zp1", "struct align 1 byte ",     "1", 0},
   {"StructMemberAlignment", "Zp2", "struct align 2 byte ",     "2", 0},

Source/cmMakefile.cxx

@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@ void cmMakefile::AddLinkDirectoryForTarget(const char *target,
   else
     {
     cmSystemTools::Error
-      ("Attempt to add link directories to non-existant target: ",
+      ("Attempt to add link directories to non-existent target: ",
        target, " for directory ", d);
     }
 }
@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ void cmMakefile::AddSourceGroup(const std::vector<std::string>& name,
     }
   else if(i==-1)
     {
-    // group does not exists nor belong to any existing group
+    // group does not exist nor belong to any existing group
     // add its first component
     this->SourceGroups.push_back(cmSourceGroup(name[0].c_str(), regex));
     sg = this->GetSourceGroup(currentName);
@@ -4043,7 +4043,7 @@ void cmMakefile::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
      "\n"
      "This property only works for Visual Studio 7 and above; it is ignored "
      "on other generators. The property only applies when set on a directory "
-     "whose CMakeLists.txt conatins a project() command.");
+     "whose CMakeLists.txt contains a project() command.");
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("VS_GLOBAL_SECTION_POST_<section>", cmProperty::DIRECTORY,
      "Specify a postSolution global section in Visual Studio.",
@@ -4059,7 +4059,7 @@ void cmMakefile::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
      "\n"
      "This property only works for Visual Studio 7 and above; it is ignored "
      "on other generators. The property only applies when set on a directory "
-     "whose CMakeLists.txt conatins a project() command."
+     "whose CMakeLists.txt contains a project() command."
      "\n"
      "Note that CMake generates postSolution sections ExtensibilityGlobals "
      "and ExtensibilityAddIns by default. If you set the corresponding "

Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx

@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ void cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator::WriteLinkStatement()
     const std::string objPath = GetTarget()->GetSupportDirectory();
     vars["OBJECT_DIR"] = ConvertToNinjaPath(objPath.c_str());
     EnsureDirectoryExists(objPath);
-    // ar.exe can't handle backslashes in rsp files (implictly used by gcc)
+    // ar.exe can't handle backslashes in rsp files (implicitly used by gcc)
     std::string& linkLibraries = vars["LINK_LIBRARIES"];
     std::replace(linkLibraries.begin(), linkLibraries.end(), '\\', '/');
     }

Source/cmPolicies.cxx

@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ cmPolicies::cmPolicies()
 
     this->DefinePolicy(
     CMP0016, "CMP0016",
-    "target_link_libraries() reports error if only argument is not a target.",
+    "target_link_libraries() reports error if its only argument "
+    "is not a target.",
     "In CMake 2.8.2 and lower the target_link_libraries() command silently "
     "ignored if it was called with only one argument, and this argument "
     "wasn't a valid target. "
@@ -452,7 +453,7 @@ cmPolicies::cmPolicies()
     "Prefer files from the CMake module directory when including from there.",
     "Starting with CMake 2.8.4, if a cmake-module shipped with CMake (i.e. "
     "located in the CMake module directory) calls include() or "
-    "find_package(), the files located in the the CMake module directory are "
+    "find_package(), the files located in the CMake module directory are "
     "preferred over the files in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH.  "
     "This makes sure that the modules belonging to "
     "CMake always get those files included which they expect, and against "
@@ -770,7 +771,7 @@ std::string cmPolicies::GetRequiredPolicyError(cmPolicies::PolicyID id)
   {
     cmSystemTools::Error(
       "Request for error text for undefined policy!");
-    return "Request for warning text for undefined policy!";
+    return "Request for error text for undefined policy!";
   }
 
   cmOStringStream error;

Source/cmQtAutomoc.cxx

@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ void cmQtAutomoc::ParseCppFile(const std::string& absFilename,
   std::string ownMocHeaderFile;
 
   std::string::size_type matchOffset = 0;
-  // first a simply string check for "moc" is *much* faster than the regexp,
+  // first a simple string check for "moc" is *much* faster than the regexp,
   // and if the string search already fails, we don't have to try the
   // expensive regexp
   if ((strstr(contentsString.c_str(), "moc") != NULL)
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ void cmQtAutomoc::StrictParseCppFile(const std::string& absFilename,
   bool dotMocIncluded = false;
 
   std::string::size_type matchOffset = 0;
-  // first a simply string check for "moc" is *much* faster than the regexp,
+  // first a simple string check for "moc" is *much* faster than the regexp,
   // and if the string search already fails, we don't have to try the
   // expensive regexp
   if ((strstr(contentsString.c_str(), "moc") != NULL)

Source/cmSetTargetPropertiesCommand.h

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public:
         "are common values for this property."
         "\n"
         "For shared libraries VERSION and SOVERSION can be used to specify "
-        "the build version and api version respectively. When building or "
+        "the build version and API version respectively. When building or "
         "installing appropriate symlinks are created if the platform "
         "supports symlinks and the linker supports so-names. "
         "If only one of both is specified the missing is assumed to have "

Source/cmSourceFile.cxx

@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ void cmSourceFile::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
      "the source file is. If it is not set the language is determined "
      "based on the file extension. Typical values are CXX C etc. Setting "
      "this property for a file means this file will be compiled. "
-     "Do not set this for header or files that should not be compiled.");
+     "Do not set this for headers or files that should not be compiled.");
 
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("LOCATION", cmProperty::SOURCE_FILE,
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ void cmSourceFile::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
      "Some packages can wrap source files into alternate languages "
      "to provide additional functionality. For example, C++ code "
      "can be wrapped into Java or Python etc using SWIG etc. "
-     "If WRAP_EXCLUDE is set to true (1 etc) that indicates then "
+     "If WRAP_EXCLUDE is set to true (1 etc) that indicates that "
      "this source file should not be wrapped.");
 }
 

Source/cmSubdirCommand.cxx

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ bool cmSubdirCommand
     else
       {
       std::string error = "Incorrect SUBDIRS command. Directory: ";
-      error += *i + " does not exists.";
+      error += *i + " does not exist.";
       this->SetError(error.c_str());
       res = false;
       }

Source/cmSystemTools.h

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public:
 
   typedef  void (*ErrorCallback)(const char*, const char*, bool&, void*);
   /**
-   *  Set the function used by GUI's to display error messages
+   *  Set the function used by GUIs to display error messages
    *  Function gets passed: message as a const char*,
    *  title as a const char*, and a reference to bool that when
    *  set to false, will disable furthur messages (cancel).

Source/cmTarget.cxx

@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
      "If not set here then it is set to target_EXPORTS by default "
      "(with some substitutions if the target is not a valid C "
      "identifier). This is useful for headers to know whether they are "
-     "being included from inside their library our outside to properly "
+     "being included from inside their library or outside to properly "
      "setup dllexport/dllimport decorations. ");
 
   cm->DefineProperty
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
     ("SOVERSION", cmProperty::TARGET,
      "What version number is this target.",
      "For shared libraries VERSION and SOVERSION can be used to specify "
-     "the build version and api version respectively. When building or "
+     "the build version and API version respectively. When building or "
      "installing appropriate symlinks are created if the platform "
      "supports symlinks and the linker supports so-names. "
      "If only one of both is specified the missing is assumed to have "
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
     ("VERSION", cmProperty::TARGET,
      "What version number is this target.",
      "For shared libraries VERSION and SOVERSION can be used to specify "
-     "the build version and api version respectively. When building or "
+     "the build version and API version respectively. When building or "
      "installing appropriate symlinks are created if the platform "
      "supports symlinks and the linker supports so-names. "
      "If only one of both is specified the missing is assumed to have "
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("MACOSX_FRAMEWORK_INFO_PLIST", cmProperty::TARGET,
      "Specify a custom Info.plist template for a Mac OS X Framework.",
-     "An library target with FRAMEWORK enabled will be built as a "
+     "A library target with FRAMEWORK enabled will be built as a "
      "framework on Mac OS X.  "
      "By default its Info.plist file is created by configuring a template "
      "called MacOSXFrameworkInfo.plist.in located in the CMAKE_MODULE_PATH.  "
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("GENERATOR_FILE_NAME", cmProperty::TARGET,
      "Generator's file for this target.",
-     "An internal property used by some generators to record the name of "
+     "An internal property used by some generators to record the name of the "
      "project or dsp file associated with this target. Note that at configure "
      "time, this property is only set for targets created by "
      "include_external_msproject().");

Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx

@@ -1571,6 +1571,21 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::
 WriteMidlOptions(std::string const& /*config*/,
                  std::vector<std::string> const & includes)
 {
+  // This processes *any* of the .idl files specified in the project's file
+  // list (and passed as the item metadata %(Filename) expressing the rule
+  // input filename) into output files at the per-config *build* dir
+  // ($(IntDir)) each.
+  //
+  // IOW, this MIDL section is intended to provide a fully generic syntax
+  // content suitable for most cases (read: if you get errors, then it's quite
+  // probable that the error is on your side of the .idl setup).
+  //
+  // Also, note that the marked-as-generated _i.c file in the Visual Studio
+  // generator case needs to be referred to as $(IntDir)\foo_i.c at the
+  // project's file list, otherwise the compiler-side processing won't pick it
+  // up (for non-directory form, it ends up looking in project binary dir
+  // only).  Perhaps there's something to be done to make this more automatic
+  // on the CMake side?
   this->WriteString("<Midl>\n", 2);
   this->OutputIncludes(includes);
   this->WriteString("<OutputDirectory>$(IntDir)</OutputDirectory>\n", 3);

Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.cxx

@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions
     }
   if(this->Version >= cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS10)
     {
-    // if there are configuration specifc flags, then
+    // if there are configuration specific flags, then
     // use the configuration specific tag for PreprocessorDefinitions
     if(this->Configuration.size())
       {

Source/cmWin32ProcessExecution.cxx

@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ bool cmWin32ProcessExecution::PrivateOpen(const char *cmdstring,
 
   /* Create new output read handle and the input write handle. Set
    * the inheritance properties to FALSE. Otherwise, the child inherits
-   * the these handles; resulting in non-closeable handles to the pipes
+   * these handles; resulting in non-closeable handles to the pipes
    * being created. */
   fSuccess = DuplicateHandle(GetCurrentProcess(), this->hChildStdinWr,
                              GetCurrentProcess(), &this->hChildStdinWrDup, 0,

Source/cmWin32ProcessExecution.h

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public:
   /**
    * Start the process in the directory path. Make sure that the
    * executable is either in the path or specify the full path. The
-   * argument verbose specifies wether or not to display output while
+   * argument verbose specifies whether or not to display output while
    * it is being generated.
    */
   bool StartProcess(const char*, const char* path, bool verbose);

Source/cmake.cxx

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void cmNeedBackwardsCompatibility(const std::string& variable,
       "by CMake in versions prior to 1.6. To fix this you might need to set "
       "the cache value of CMAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY to 1.4 or less. If "
       "you are writing a CMakeLists file, (or have already set "
-      "CMAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATABILITY to 1.4 or less) then you probably need "
+      "CMAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY to 1.4 or less) then you probably need "
       "to include a CMake module to test for the feature this variable "
       "defines.";
     cmSystemTools::Error(message.c_str());
@@ -2365,7 +2365,7 @@ int cmake::ActualConfigure()
   // EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH.  They are now documented as old-style and
   // should no longer be used.  Therefore we present them only if the
   // project requires compatibility with CMake 2.4.  We detect this
-  // here by looking for the old CMAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATABILITY
+  // here by looking for the old CMAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY
   // variable created when CMP0001 is not set to NEW.
   if(this->GetCacheManager()->GetCacheValue("CMAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY"))
     {
@@ -4045,7 +4045,7 @@ static bool cmakeCheckStampFile(const char* stampName)
   // TODO: Teach cmGeneratedFileStream to use a random temp file (with
   // multiple tries in unlikely case of conflict) and use that here.
   std::ofstream stamp(stampTemp);
-  stamp << "# CMake generation timestamp file this directory.\n";
+  stamp << "# CMake generation timestamp file for this directory.\n";
   }
   if(cmSystemTools::RenameFile(stampTemp, stampName))
     {
@@ -4117,7 +4117,7 @@ int cmake::WindowsCEEnvironment(const char* version, const std::string& name)
   return -1;
 }
 
-// For visual studio 2005 and newer manifest files need to be embeded into
+// For visual studio 2005 and newer manifest files need to be embedded into
 // exe and dll's.  This code does that in such a way that incremental linking
 // still works.
 int cmake::VisualStudioLink(std::vector<std::string>& args, int type)
@@ -4173,7 +4173,7 @@ int cmake::VisualStudioLink(std::vector<std::string>& args, int type)
     {
     if(verbose)
       {
-      std::cout << "Visual Studio Incremental Link with embeded manifests\n";
+      std::cout << "Visual Studio Incremental Link with embedded manifests\n";
       }
     return cmake::VisualStudioLinkIncremental(expandedArgs, type, verbose);
     }

Source/cmake.h

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class cmGeneratedFileStream;
 /** \brief Represents a cmake invocation.
  *
  * This class represents a cmake invocation. It is the top level class when
- * running cmake. Most cmake based GUIS should primarily create an instance
+ * running cmake. Most cmake based GUIs should primarily create an instance
  * of this class and communicate with it.
  *
  * The basic process for a GUI is as follows:
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ class cmake
   typedef  void (*ProgressCallbackType)
     (const char*msg, float progress, void *);
   /**
-   *  Set the function used by GUI's to receive progress updates
+   *  Set the function used by GUIs to receive progress updates
    *  Function gets passed: message as a const char*, a progress
    *  amount ranging from 0 to 1.0 and client data. The progress
    *  number provided may be negative in cases where a message is

Source/cmakemain.cxx

@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ static const char * cmDocumentationOptions[][3] =
   {"-L[A][H]", "List non-advanced cached variables.",
    "List cache variables will run CMake and list all the variables from the "
    "CMake cache that are not marked as INTERNAL or ADVANCED. This will "
-   "effectively display current CMake settings, which can be then changed "
-   "with -D option. Changing some of the variable may result in more "
+   "effectively display current CMake settings, which can then be changed "
+   "with -D option. Changing some of the variables may result in more "
    "variables being created. If A is specified, then it will display also "
    "advanced variables. If H is specified, it will also display help for "
    "each variable."},
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static const char * cmDocumentationOptions[][3] =
    "format is determined depending on the filename suffix. Supported are man "
    "page, HTML, DocBook and plain text."},
   {"--help-commands [file]", "Print help for all commands and exit.",
-   "Full documentation specific for all current command is displayed."
+   "Full documentation specific for all current commands is displayed."
    "If a file is specified, the documentation is written into and the output "
    "format is determined depending on the filename suffix. Supported are man "
    "page, HTML, DocBook and plain text."},

Source/cmcldeps.cxx

@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static int process( const std::string& srcfilename,
 
 int main() {
 
-  // Use the Win32 api instead of argc/argv so we can avoid interpreting the
+  // Use the Win32 API instead of argc/argv so we can avoid interpreting the
   // rest of command line after the .d and .obj. Custom parsing seemed
   // preferable to the ugliness you get into in trying to re-escape quotes for
   // subprocesses, so by avoiding argc/argv, the subprocess is called with

Source/ctest.cxx

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static const char * cmDocumentationOptions[][3] =
    "Test output is normally suppressed and only summary information is "
    "displayed.  This option will show even more test output."},
   {"--debug", "Displaying more verbose internals of CTest.",
-    "This feature will result in large number of output that is mostly "
+    "This feature will result in a large number of output that is mostly "
     "useful for debugging dashboard problems."},
   {"--output-on-failure", "Output anything outputted by the test program "
    "if the test should fail.  This option can also be enabled by setting "
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static const char * cmDocumentationOptions[][3] =
    "This option tells ctest to NOT run the tests whose labels match the "
    "given regular expression."},
   {"-D <dashboard>, --dashboard <dashboard>", "Execute dashboard test",
-   "This option tells ctest to perform act as a Dart client and perform "
+   "This option tells ctest to act as a Dart client and perform "
    "a dashboard test. All tests are <Mode><Test>, where Mode can be "
    "Experimental, Nightly, and Continuous, and Test can be Start, Update, "
    "Configure, Build, Test, Coverage, and Submit."},
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static const char * cmDocumentationOptions[][3] =
    "to this command line are the source and binary directories. By default "
    "this will run CMake on the Source/Bin directories specified unless "
    "--build-nocmake is specified. Both --build-makeprogram and "
-   "--build-generator MUST be provided to use --built-and-test. If "
+   "--build-generator MUST be provided to use --build-and-test. If "
    "--test-command is specified then that will be run after the build is "
    "complete. Other options that affect this mode are --build-target "
    "--build-nocmake, --build-run-dir, "

Tests/CompatibleInterface/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ set_property(TARGET iface2 APPEND PROPERTY
 # properties defined only in the interface - they should be implicitly zero
 set_property(TARGET iface2
   APPEND PROPERTY
-    LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES $<$<BOOL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:BOOL_PROP4>>:nonexistant>
+    LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES $<$<BOOL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:BOOL_PROP4>>:nonexistent>
 )
 target_link_libraries(CompatibleInterface iface2
-      $<$<BOOL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:Iface2_PROP>>:nonexistant>
+      $<$<BOOL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:Iface2_PROP>>:nonexistent>
 )
 # Test that this does not segfault:
 target_compile_definitions(CompatibleInterface
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ target_compile_definitions(CompatibleInterface
 
 # The COMPATIBLE_INTERFACE_* properties are only read from dependencies
 # in the interface. Populating it on the CompatibleInterface target does
-# not have any affect on the interpretation of the INTERFACE variants
+# not have any effect on the interpretation of the INTERFACE variants
 # in dependencies.
 set_property(TARGET iface1 PROPERTY
   INTERFACE_NON_RELEVANT_PROP ON

Tests/ReturnTest/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ endwhile()
 if ("${iter}" STREQUAL "aaa")
   pass ("break in a while")
 else ()
-  failed ("break in a whi;e got: ${whiletestResult}")
+  failed ("break in a while got: ${whiletestResult}")
 endif ()
 
 

Tests/RunCMake/TargetPropertyGeneratorExpressions/BadNonTarget-stderr.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 CMake Error at BadNonTarget.cmake:7 \(include_directories\):
   Error evaluating generator expression:
 
-    \$<TARGET_PROPERTY:NonExistant,INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
+    \$<TARGET_PROPERTY:NonExistent,INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
 
-  Target "NonExistant" not found.
+  Target "NonExistent" not found.
 Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
   CMakeLists.txt:8 \(include\)$

Tests/RunCMake/TargetPropertyGeneratorExpressions/BadNonTarget.cmake

@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/main.cpp"
 
 add_executable(TargetPropertyGeneratorExpressions
            "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/main.cpp")
-include_directories("$<TARGET_PROPERTY:NonExistant,INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>")
+include_directories("$<TARGET_PROPERTY:NonExistent,INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>")

Utilities/cmcurl/ftp.c

@@ -3683,7 +3683,7 @@ CURLcode ftp_parse_url_path(struct connectdata *conn)
       /* seek out the next path component */
       if (slash_pos-cur_pos) {
         /* we skip empty path components, like "x//y" since the FTP command
-           CWD requires a parameter and a non-existant parameter a) doesn't
+           CWD requires a parameter and a non-existent parameter a) doesn't
            work on many servers and b) has no effect on the others. */
         int len = (int)(slash_pos - cur_pos + absolute_dir);
         ftpc->dirs[ftpc->dirdepth] = curl_easy_unescape(conn->data,

Utilities/cmcurl/http.c

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static bool pickoneauth(struct auth *pick)
   picked = TRUE;
 
   /* The order of these checks is highly relevant, as this will be the order
-     of preference in case of the existance of multiple accepted types. */
+     of preference in case of the existence of multiple accepted types. */
   if(avail & CURLAUTH_GSSNEGOTIATE)
     pick->picked = CURLAUTH_GSSNEGOTIATE;
   else if(avail & CURLAUTH_DIGEST)

Utilities/cmcurl/ssluse.c

@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ int cert_stuff(struct connectdata *conn,
             failf(data, "no key set to load from crypto engine\n");
             return 0;
           }
-          /* the typecast below was added to please mingw32 */
+          /* the typecast below was added to please MinGW32 */
           priv_key = (EVP_PKEY *)
             ENGINE_load_private_key(conn->data->state.engine,key_file,
 #ifdef HAVE_ENGINE_LOAD_FOUR_ARGS

Utilities/cmcurl/urldata.h

@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ typedef CURLcode (*Curl_done_func)(struct connectdata *, CURLcode, bool);
  * Store's request specific data in the easy handle (SessionHandle).
  * Previously, these members were on the connectdata struct but since
  * a conn struct may now be shared between different SessionHandles,
- * we store connection-specifc data here.
+ * we store connection-specific data here.
  *
  */
 struct HandleData {

Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_read_support_format_mtree.c

@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ bid_keyword(const char *p,  ssize_t len)
 		if (l > 0)
 			return (l);
 	}
-	return (0);/* Unkown key */
+	return (0);/* Unknown key */
 }
 
 /*

Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_write_set_format_7zip.c

@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ _7z_options(struct archive_write *a, const char *key, const char *value)
 		else {
 			archive_set_error(&(a->archive),
 			    ARCHIVE_ERRNO_MISC,
-			    "Unkonwn compression name: `%s'",
+			    "Unknown compression name: `%s'",
 			    value);
 			return (ARCHIVE_FAILED);
 		}

Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_write_set_format_xar.c

@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ xar_options(struct archive_write *a, const char *key, const char *value)
 		else {
 			archive_set_error(&(a->archive),
 			    ARCHIVE_ERRNO_MISC,
-			    "Unkonwn checksum name: `%s'",
+			    "Unknown checksum name: `%s'",
 			    value);
 			return (ARCHIVE_FAILED);
 		}
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ xar_options(struct archive_write *a, const char *key, const char *value)
 		else {
 			archive_set_error(&(a->archive),
 			    ARCHIVE_ERRNO_MISC,
-			    "Unkonwn compression name: `%s'",
+			    "Unknown compression name: `%s'",
 			    value);
 			return (ARCHIVE_FAILED);
 		}
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ xar_options(struct archive_write *a, const char *key, const char *value)
 		else {
 			archive_set_error(&(a->archive),
 			    ARCHIVE_ERRNO_MISC,
-			    "Unkonwn checksum name: `%s'",
+			    "Unknown checksum name: `%s'",
 			    value);
 			return (ARCHIVE_FAILED);
 		}

Utilities/cmzlib/zlib.h

@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT inflateBackInit OF((z_streamp strm, int windowBits,
      See inflateBack() for the usage of these routines.
 
      inflateBackInit will return Z_OK on success, Z_STREAM_ERROR if any of
-   the paramaters are invalid, Z_MEM_ERROR if the internal state could not
+   the parameters are invalid, Z_MEM_ERROR if the internal state could not
    be allocated, or Z_VERSION_ERROR if the version of the library does not
    match the version of the header file.
 */