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CONTRIBUTING.rst

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ You will often be compelled to just do a quick thing that will solve
 your immediate needs. That's fine. But nevertheless it is often worth
 doing things the right way and be able to submit your changes
 upstream. For one to give something back to the community. But also
-for purly selfish reasons like getting the code maintained. Also
+for purely selfish reasons like getting the code maintained. Also
 Boxes.py is designed to make doing things properly the easy way.
 
 Here are some guidelines that make this easier. Depending on what you
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ or are going to finish it on your own.
   * You can merge them into your master branch to have them all in one place
   * Please continue your work in the branches and repeatedly merge them to master
 
-* Before submitting a pull request intened to go upstream have clean patches that are self contained and error free
+* Before submitting a pull request intended to go upstream have clean patches that are self contained and error free
 
   * Re-order and squash patches with *git rebase -i*
-  * The patches should contaning meaningful changes and not (nessesarily) reflect how the code was created 
+  * The patches should containing meaningful changes and not (necessarily) reflect how the code was created
   * Rebase your branch to the current master branch
-  * Be prepared that you code may get reworked before being merged upstream
+  * Be prepared that your code may get reworked before being merged upstream
 
 * Submit a pull request in GitHub based on your feature branch
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Boxes.py. Here are some guidelines that make it easier to get them added:
 
 * Start with a copy of another generator or *boxes/generators/_template.py*
 * Commit changes to the library in separate patches
-* Use parameters with sane defaults instead of hard coding dimmensions
+* Use parameters with sane defaults instead of hard coding dimensions
 * Simple generators can end up as one single commit
 * For more complicated generators there can be multiple patches -
   each adding another feature
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ documentation feel free to submit a pull request or open a ticket
 pointing out what should be changed or even suggesting a better text.
 
 To check your changes docs need to be build with *make html* in
-*documentation/src*. This places the compliled documentation in
+*documentation/src*. This places the compiled documentation in
 *documentation/build/html*. You need to have *sphinx* installed for
 this to work.
 

README.rst

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ generators. See https://florianfesti.github.io/boxes/html/generators.html for th
 Features
 --------
 
-Boxes.py generates SVG images that can be viewed directly in a web brower but also
+Boxes.py generates SVG images that can be viewed directly in a web browser but also
 postscript and - with pstoedit as external helper - other vector formats
 including dxf, plt (aka hpgl) and gcode.
 

documentation/boxes.1

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ boxes \- program design boxes
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .PP
 \fBboxes\fR
-is a program that generates SVG images that can be viewed directly in a web brower but also postscript and \- with pstoedit as external helper \- other vector formats including dxf, plt (aka hpgl) and gcode\&.
+is a program that generates SVG images that can be viewed directly in a web browser but also postscript and \- with pstoedit as external helper \- other vector formats including dxf, plt (aka hpgl) and gcode\&.
 .PP
 Of course the library and the generators allow selecting the "thickness" of the material used and automatically adjusts lengths and width of joining fingers and other elements\&.
 .PP

documentation/src/api_architecture.rst

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Edges
 Edges are turtle graphic commands. But they have been elevated to
 proper Classes to handle outsets. They can be passed as parameters to parts.
 There is a set of standard edges found in ``.edges``. They are
-acciociated with a single char which can be used instead of the
+associated with a single char which can be used instead of the
 Edge object itself at most places. This allows passing the edge
 description of a part as a string.
 

documentation/src/api_burn.rst

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ catch the places the do need to care.
 
 Burn correction is done by increasing the radius of all outer
 corners. This moves all the straight lines outward by the same
-amount. This has he addeed benefit of not needing to change the length
+amount. This has the added benefit of not needing to change the length
 of the straight lines -- making them independent of the adjacent
 angles. An issue arises when it comes to inner corners. If they do
 have a radius reducing it by the burn value does the right thing. But
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ In case developers move to a feature inside of a part or executing
 callbacks while implementing a part they need to be aware of the burn
 correction. :py:meth:`boxes.Boxes.cc` does correct for the out-set if
 called without an **y** parameter. But if a value is given one has to
-add **self.burn** to compansate. Note that the **x** value typically
+add **self.burn** to compensate. Note that the **x** value typically
 does not have to be corrected as the callbacks are executed from right
-underneeth the part.
+underneath the part.
 
 A similar approach is necessary when moving to a feature drawn inside
 the part without the use of callbacks. Here you typically have to

documentation/src/api_drawing.rst

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ place. They are enabled with the **tabs** parameter. All
 **Edges** automatically create about two tabs. So parts like
 :py:meth:`boxes.Boxes.rectangularWall` will have 8 tabs holding them
 in place. Because of this developers often don't need to be concerned
-about tabs. But some part may be complitely drawn by low level Turtle
+about tabs. But some part may be completely drawn by low level Turtle
 Graphics commands. For those both :py:meth:`boxes.Boxes.edge` and
 :py:meth:`boxes.Boxes.corner` do support a **tabs** parameter. In
 addition the length of the line segments in :py:meth:`boxes.Boxes.polyline` can
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Draw Commands
 
 These commands do not change the coordinate system but get the
 coordinates passed as parameters. All of them are either som sort of
-hole or text. These artefacts are placed somewhere independently of
+hole or text. These artifacts are placed somewhere independently of
 some continuous outline of the part their on.
 
 .. automethod:: boxes.Boxes.hole
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Hexagonal Hole patterns
 .......................
 
 Hexagonal hole patterns are one way to have some ventilation for
-housings maded with Boxes.py. Right now both ``.rectangularWall()``
+housings made with Boxes.py. Right now both ``.rectangularWall()``
 and ``.roundedPlate()`` do supports this pattern directly by passing
 the parameters to the calls. For other use cases these more low level
 methods can be used.
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ For now this is the only supported pattern for ventilation slots. More
 may be added in the future.
 
 There is a global Boxes.hexHolesSettings object that is used if no settings are
-passed. It currently is just a tuple of (r, dist, style) defualting to
+passed. It currently is just a tuple of (r, dist, style) defaulting to
 (5, 3, 'circle') but might be replace by a Settings instance in the future.
 
 .. automethod:: boxes.Boxes.hexHolesRectangle

documentation/src/api_examples.rst

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ special purpose one that does add the triangles:
 .. autoclass:: boxes.generators.bintray.BinFrontEdge
 
 The ``hi`` (height of inner walls) argument was removed although the
-variable is still used internally - out of lazyness.
+variable is still used internally - out of laziness.
 
 To complete the bin the front walls are added. Follow up patches then
 switched the slots between the vertical and horizontal walls to have

documentation/src/api_existing_parts.rst

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Existing Parts
 --------------
 
 A couple of commands can create whole parts like walls. Typically the
-sizes given are the inner dimmensions not including additional space
+sizes given are the inner dimension not including additional space
 needed for burn compensation or joints.
 
 Currently there are the following parts:

documentation/src/api_parts.rst

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ the x axis. You do not have to restore the coordinate settings in the
 callback.
 
 Instead of functions it can be handy to use a lambda expression
-calling the one building block funtion you need (e.g. fingerHolesAt).
+calling the one building block function you need (e.g. fingerHolesAt).
 
 For your own parts you can use this helper function:
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ implement a ``move`` parameter:
 .. automethod:: boxes.Boxes.move
 
 It needs to be called before and after drawing the actual part with
-the proper ``before`` paramter set.
+the proper ``before`` parameter set.
 
 The edges parameter
 ...................

documentation/src/install/macos.rst

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ are required:
 
       ./setup.py install
 
-3. Now :code:`boxes` and :code:`boxesserver` can be runned like other commands
+3. Now :code:`boxes` and :code:`boxesserver` can be executed like other commands
    and the Inkscape extension should be available.
 
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ which needs to be changed to
    #export PYTHONPATH="$TOP/lib/python$PYTHON_VERS/site-packages/"
 
 This forces Inkscape to use the Python version installed by Homebrew which
-has all the necessary dependecies installed.
+has all the necessary dependencies installed.
 
 Note: This might break other extensions. In this case simply change the line
 back and restart Inkscape.

documentation/src/usermanual.rst

@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ very important to get the value right - especially if there are
 fingers that need to fit into some holes. Be aware that many materials
 may differ from their nominal value. You should **always measure the
 thickness** for every sheet unless you have a very reliable supply
-that is known to stick very closly to specifications. For (ply) wood
+that is known to stick very closely to specifications. For (ply) wood
-even a 100th of a milimeter makes a notable difference in how stiff
+even a 100th of a millimeter makes a notable difference in how stiff
 the fit is. Harder more brittle materials may be even more picky.
 
 burn
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ reference
 
 Converting vector graphics is error prone. Many formats have very
 weird ideas how their internal units translates to real world
-dimmensions. If reference is set to non zero Boxes.py renders a rectangle of
+dimensions. If reference is set to non zero Boxes.py renders a rectangle of
 the given length. It can be used to check if the drawing is still at
 the right scale or may give clues on how to scale it back to the right
 proportions.

setup.py

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class CustomBuildExtCommand(build_py):
             # then here is the default behavior:
             try:
                 path = check_output(["inkscape", "-x"]).decode().strip()
-                if not os.access(path, os.W_OK): # Can we install globaly
+                if not os.access(path, os.W_OK): # Can we install globally
                     # Not tested on Windows and Mac
                     path = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/inkscape/extensions")
                 self.distribution.data_files.append(