doc: installation, fix typo (#2041)

* doc: installation, fix typo

* Fix a lot of documentation/comment typos

docs/source/configuration/reference.rst

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Common configuration is a subdictionary that is a value of ``common`` key in
 
 ``ambiwidth``
     Tells powerline what to do with characters with East Asian Width Class 
-    Ambigious (such as Euro, Registered Sign, Copyright Sign, Greek
+    Ambiguous (such as Euro, Registered Sign, Copyright Sign, Greek
     letters, Cyrillic letters). Valid values: any positive integer; it is 
     suggested that this option is only set it to 1 (default) or 2.
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Common configuration is a subdictionary that is a value of ``common`` key in
 
 ``interval``
     Number, determines time (in seconds) between checks for changed 
-    configuration. Checks are done in a seprate thread. Use ``null`` to check 
+    configuration. Checks are done in a separate thread. Use ``null`` to check 
     for configuration changes on ``.render()`` call in main thread.
     Defaults to ``None``.
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ Color definitions
     gradient, and the value is a list containing one or two items, second item 
     is optional:
 
-    * A list of cterm color indicies.
+    * A list of cterm color indices.
     * A list of hex color strings.
 
     It is expected that gradients are defined from least alert color to most 
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ ascii                       Theme without any unicode characters at all
 
 ``cursor_columns``
     Space reserved for user input in shell bindings. Unlike :ref:`cursor_space 
-    <config-themes-cursor_space>` it is measured in absolute amout of columns.
+    <config-themes-cursor_space>` it is measured in absolute amount of columns.
 
 .. _config-themes-segment_data:
 

docs/source/installation/linux.rst

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ with any coding font.
 
       mv PowerlineSymbols.otf ~/.local/share/fonts/
 
-#. Update font cache for the path the font was moved to (root priveleges may be 
+#. Update font cache for the path the font was moved to (root privileges may be 
    needed to update cache for the system-wide paths)::
 
       fc-cache -vf ~/.local/share/fonts/

docs/source/troubleshooting.rst

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ diagnose this problem you may do the following:
    startup or, at least, that it was cleaned after update. While different 
    ``$POWERLINE_COMMAND`` variable should not cause any troubles most of time 
    (and when it will cause troubles are rather trivial) spoiled 
-   ``$PROMPT_COMMAND`` may lead to strange error messages or absense of exit 
+   ``$PROMPT_COMMAND`` may lead to strange error messages or absence of exit 
    code reporting.
 
    These are the sources which may keep outdated environment variables:

powerline/__init__.py

@@ -375,13 +375,13 @@ def gen_module_attr_getter(pl, import_paths, imported_modules):
 		:param str module:
 			Module name, will be passed as first argument to ``__import__``.
 		:param str attr:
-			Module attribute, will be passed to ``__import__`` as the only value 
+			Module attribute, will be passed to ``__import__`` as the only value
 			in ``fromlist`` tuple.
 
 		:return:
 			Attribute value or ``None``. Note: there is no way to distinguish 
-			between successfull import of attribute equal to ``None`` and 
-			unsuccessfull import.
+			between successful import of attribute equal to ``None`` and
+			unsuccessful import.
 		'''
 		oldpath = sys.path
 		sys.path = import_paths + sys.path
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ class Powerline(object):
 
 		__init__ function only stores the arguments and runs this function. This 
 		function exists for powerline to be able to reload itself: it is easier 
-		to make ``__init__`` store arguments and call overriddable ``init`` than 
+		to make ``__init__`` store arguments and call overridable ``init`` than
 		tell developers that each time they override Powerline.__init__ in 
 		subclasses they must store actual arguments.
 		'''
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ class Powerline(object):
 		'''Run component-specific setup
 
 		:param set components:
-			Set of the enabled componets or None.
+			Set of the enabled components or None.
 
 		Should be overridden by subclasses.
 		'''

powerline/commands/config.py

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def get_argparser(ArgumentParser=ConfigArgParser):
 	parser.add_argument(
 		'-p', '--config-path', action='append', metavar='PATH',
 		help='Path to configuration directory. If it is present '
-		     'then configuration files will only be seeked in the provided path. '
+		     'then configuration files will only be sought in the provided path. '
 		     'May be provided multiple times to search in a list of directories.'
 	)
 	subparsers = parser.add_subparsers()

powerline/commands/main.py

@@ -146,13 +146,13 @@ def get_argparser(ArgumentParser=argparse.ArgumentParser):
 		help='Like above, but provides argument for renderer. Is supposed '
 		     'to be used only by shell bindings to provide various data like '
 		     'last-exit-code or last-pipe-status (they are not using '
-		     '`--renderer-arg\' for historical resons: `--renderer-arg\' '
+		     '`--renderer-arg\' for historical reasons: `--renderer-arg\' '
 		     'was added later).'
 	)
 	parser.add_argument(
 		'-p', '--config-path', action='append', metavar='PATH',
 		help='Path to configuration directory. If it is present then '
-		     'configuration files will only be seeked in the provided path. '
+		     'configuration files will only be sought in the provided path. '
 		     'May be provided multiple times to search in a list of directories.'
 	)
 	parser.add_argument(

powerline/lib/unicode.py

@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ _strwidth_documentation = (
 		             character sets because they have explicit fullwidth or wide 
 		             counterparts. All of ASCII is an example of East Asian 
 		             Narrow characters.
-		A    1 or 2  Ambigious: characters that may sometimes be wide and 
+		A    1 or 2  Ambiguous: characters that may sometimes be wide and
 		             sometimes narrow. Ambiguous characters require additional 
 		             information not contained in the character code to further 
 		             resolve their width. This information is usually defined in 

powerline/lib/vcs/__init__.py

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def get_file_status(directory, dirstate_file, file_path, ignore_file_name, get_f
 			except OSError as e:
 				if getattr(e, 'errno', None) != errno.ENOENT:
 					raise
-				# Do not call get_func again for a non-existant file
+				# Do not call get_func again for a non-existent file
 				if keypath not in file_status_cache:
 					file_status_cache[keypath] = get_func(directory, file_path)
 				return file_status_cache[keypath]

powerline/lib/vcs/git.py

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ except ImportError:
 		@staticmethod
 		def ignore_event(path, name):
 			# Ignore changes to the index.lock file, since they happen 
-			# frequently and dont indicate an actual change in the working tree 
+			# frequently and don't indicate an actual change in the working tree
 			# status
 			return path.endswith('.git') and name == 'index.lock'
 

powerline/lib/watcher/inotify.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class INotifyFileWatcher(INotify):
 
 	def process_event(self, wd, mask, cookie, name):
 		if wd == -1 and (mask & self.Q_OVERFLOW):
-			# We missed some INOTIFY events, so we dont
+			# We missed some INOTIFY events, so we don't
 			# know the state of any tracked files.
 			for path in tuple(self.modified):
 				if os.path.exists(path):
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class INotifyFileWatcher(INotify):
 			self.expire_watches()
 			if path not in self.watches:
 				# Try to re-add the watch, it will fail if the file does not
-				# exist/you dont have permission
+				# exist/you don't have permission
 				self.watch(path)
 				return True
 			self.read(get_name=False)
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class INotifyTreeWatcher(INotify):
 					raise NoSuchDir('The dir {0} does not exist'.format(base))
 				return
 			if e.errno == errno.EACCES:
-				# We silently ignore entries for which we dont have permission,
+				# We silently ignore entries for which we don't have permission,
 				# unless they are the top level dir
 				if top_level:
 					raise NoSuchDir('You do not have permission to monitor {0}'.format(base))
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ class INotifyTreeWatcher(INotify):
 
 	def process_event(self, wd, mask, cookie, name):
 		if wd == -1 and (mask & self.Q_OVERFLOW):
-			# We missed some INOTIFY events, so we dont
+			# We missed some INOTIFY events, so we don't
 			# know the state of any tracked dirs.
 			self.watch_tree()
 			self.modified = True

powerline/lint/checks.py

@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ def check_segment_function(function_name, data, context, echoerr):
 							context='Error while checking theme (key {key})'.format(key=context.key),
 							context_mark=function_name.mark,
 							problem=(
-								'found highlight group definition in addition to sentense stating that '
+								'found highlight group definition in addition to sentence stating that '
 								'no highlight groups are used'
 							),
 							problem_mark=mark,
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ def check_segment_function(function_name, data, context, echoerr):
 							context='Error while checking theme (key {key})'.format(key=context.key),
 							context_mark=function_name.mark,
 							problem=(
-								'found sentense stating that no highlight groups are used '
+								'found sentence stating that no highlight groups are used '
 								'in addition to highlight group definition'
 							),
 							problem_mark=mark,

powerline/lint/spec.py

@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class Spec(object):
 		:param func msg_func:
 			Callable like ``msg_func`` from :py:meth:`Spec.check_func`. Should 
 			accept one problematic item and is not used for :py:class:`Spec` 
-			object indicies in ``item_func`` method.
+			object indices in ``item_func`` method.
 
 		:return: proceed, hadproblem.
 		'''
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ class Spec(object):
 			optional. Each element in this list describes element with the same 
 			index in the checked value. Check out :py:meth:`Spec.check_tuple` 
 			for more details, but note that there list of specifications is 
-			replaced with start and end indicies in ``self.specs``.
+			replaced with start and end indices in ``self.specs``.
 
 		:return: self.
 		'''
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ class Spec(object):
 
 		Check out :py:meth:`Spec.check_either` method documentation for more 
 		details, but note that there a list of specs was replaced by start and 
-		end indicies in ``self.specs``.
+		end indices in ``self.specs``.
 
 		:return: self.
 		'''

powerline/renderer.py

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class Renderer(object):
 		Object used for logging.
 	:param int ambiwidth:
 		Width of the characters with east asian width unicode attribute equal to
-		``A`` (Ambigious).
+		``A`` (Ambiguous).
 	:param dict options:
 		Various options. Are normally not used by base renderer, but all options
 		are recorded as attributes.
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class Renderer(object):
 		self.width_data = {
 			'N': 1,          # Neutral
 			'Na': 1,         # Narrow
-			'A': ambiwidth,  # Ambigious
+			'A': ambiwidth,  # Ambiguous
 			'H': 1,          # Half-width
 			'W': 2,          # Wide
 			'F': 2,          # Fullwidth
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ class Renderer(object):
 			segments_priority = iter(segments_priority)
 			if current_width > width and len(segments) > 100:
 				# When there are too many segments use faster, but less correct
-				# algorythm for width computation
+				# algorithm for width computation
 				diff = current_width - width
 				for segment in segments_priority:
 					segments.remove(segment)

powerline/renderers/i3bar.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class I3barRenderer(Renderer):
 		segment = {
 			'full_text': contents,
 			'separator': False,
-			'separator_block_width': 0,  # no seperators
+			'separator_block_width': 0,  # no separators
 		}
 
 		if fg is not None:

powerline/segments/common/players.py

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class CmusPlayerSegment(PlayerSegment):
 cmus = with_docstring(CmusPlayerSegment(),
 ('''Return CMUS player information
 
-Requires cmus-remote command be acessible from $PATH.
+Requires cmus-remote command be accessible from $PATH.
 
 {0}
 ''').format(_common_args.format('cmus')))
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ mpd = with_docstring(MpdPlayerSegment(),
 ('''Return Music Player Daemon information
 
 Requires ``mpd`` Python module (e.g. |python-mpd2|_ or |python-mpd|_ Python
-package) or alternatively the ``mpc`` command to be acessible from $PATH.
+package) or alternatively the ``mpc`` command to be accessible from $PATH.
 
 .. |python-mpd| replace:: ``python-mpd``
 .. _python-mpd: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-mpd

powerline/segments/vim/__init__.py

@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ def col_current(pl, segment_info):
 
 @window_cached
 def virtcol_current(pl, gradient=True):
-	'''Return current visual column with concealed characters ingored
+	'''Return current visual column with concealed characters ignored
 
 	:param bool gradient:
 		Determines whether it should show textwidth-based gradient (gradient level is ``virtcol * 100 / textwidth``).
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ def csv_col_current(pl, segment_info, display_name='auto', name_format=' ({colum
 	:param bool or str name:
 		May be ``True``, ``False`` and ``"auto"``. In the first case value from
 		the first raw will always be displayed. In the second case it will never
-		be displayed. In thi last case ``csv.Sniffer().has_header()`` will be
+		be displayed. In the last case ``csv.Sniffer().has_header()`` will be
 		used to detect whether current file contains header in the first column.
 	:param str name_format:
 		String used to format column name (in case ``display_name`` is set to

tests/test_python/test_lib.py

@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ class TestLib(TestCase):
 width_data = {
 	'N': 1,          # Neutral
 	'Na': 1,         # Narrow
-	'A': 1,          # Ambigious
+	'A': 1,          # Ambiguous
 	'H': 1,          # Half-width
 	'W': 2,          # Wide
 	'F': 2,          # Fullwidth