Merge pull request #597 from stevenrusk/spelling-and-grammar-fixes

Spelling and grammar fixes

Author: LukeSmithxyz

README.md

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ beginning of the script or giving the script one of these options:
 - `-r`: custom dotfiles repository (URL)
 - `-p`: custom programs list/dependencies (local file or URL)
 - `-a`: a custom AUR helper (must be able to install with `-S` unless you
-  change the relevant line in the script
+  change the relevant line in the script)
 
 ### The `progs.csv` list
 
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ quotes around the whole description to ensure correct parsing.
 ### The script itself
 
 The script is extensively divided into functions for easier readability and
-trouble-shooting. Most everything should be self-explanatory.
+troubleshooting. Most everything should be self-explanatory.
 
 The main work is done by the `installationloop` function, which iterates
 through the programs file and determines based on the tag of each program,
 which commands to run to install it. You can easily add new methods of
-installations and tags as well.
+installation and tags as well.
 
 Note that programs from the AUR can only be built by a non-root user. What
 LARBS does to bypass this by default is to temporarily allow the newly created

content/_index.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Is LARBS for you? Probably yes. I don't know how else you would've found this si
 
 
 No actual phonies allowed though.
-The goal of the system for novices is helping you understand how a good Unix system works and how it is modified.
+The goal of the system for novices is to help you understand how a good Unix system works and how it is modified.
 I give huge amounts of documentation for this, but this is not a hand-holding distro that does things automatically for you.
 Instead, you realize how easy it is to set things up automatically yourself.
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Here are the main programs, all with extra information here:
 
 ## Learning the system is fun and easy!
 
-You can figure out about the system in a lot of different ways:
+You can figure out the system in a lot of different ways:
 
 - LARBS has a built-in readme document and list of all the many efficient keybindings that you can read [here](/larbs-dwm.pdf). By pressing <kbd>super + F1</kbd> at any time while in the system you can read this document.
 - The many illustrative videos on [Luke's YouTube channel](https://youtube.com/lukesmithxyz), some of which are easily watchable in LARBS by pressing <kbd>super + F2</kbd>.

content/abook.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ date: 2023-01-17T11:54:20-05:00
 The address book.
 
 Why let Google or Apple keep your contacts? Keep an archive on your computer and export them when you need them.
-Abook is a minimal and local store of your contacts, including emails, phone numbers, addressess and whatever you might need.
+Abook is a minimal and local store of your contacts, including emails, phone numbers, addresses and whatever you might need.
 Abook integrates with neomutt's autofill as well and you can script more functionality into it.
 
 ## Documentation

content/dwm.md

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ title: "dwm"
 date: 2023-01-19T09:55:19-05:00
 ---
 
-dwm (the dynamic window manager) is the backbones of LARBS and its graphical environment.
+dwm (the dynamic window manager) is the backbone of LARBS and its graphical environment.
 
 ## Using
 
-LARBS has built-in documentation for dwm, which can be obtain by pressing `super + F1` or by clicking the small ❓ in the top right corner.
+LARBS has built-in documentation for dwm, which can be obtained by pressing `super + F1` or by clicking the small ❓ in the top right corner.
 
 If you're viewing this online, [click here to see the pdf](/larbs-dwm.pdf) which is a full guide to dwm.
 

content/dwmblocks.md

@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ dwmblocks runs automatically when dwm starts, appearing as many modules in the t
 
 Right click on the active modules for an informational message about them.
 
-Left and middle clicking, and sometime scrolling, often have some functional reaction, like bringing up a relevant program.
+Left and middle clicking, and sometimes scrolling, often have some functional reaction, like bringing up a relevant program.
 
 ## Modules
 
 There are modules for time and date, laptop battery, internet and volume that should be self-explanatory.
 
-There are also modules a three-day weather forecast from [wttr.in](https://wttr.in) and the module with a 🌅 even allows you to view a Doppler RADAR of your chosen location.
+There are also modules for a three-day weather forecast from [wttr.in](https://wttr.in) and the module with a 🌅 even allows you to view a Doppler RADAR of your chosen location.
 
 There are other user-submitted modules, for IP locations, keyboard selection, memory and CPU monitoring and more.
 

content/htop.md

@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ Look at how stupid this image looks.
 
 All sensible questions that a person naturally asks when he sees the familiar world of Windows.
 
-Yet for newfriends who HECKIN' LOVE GNU/LINUX, for what ever reason, they do the same stuff, take a screencap of it and post it.
+Yet for newfriends who HECKIN' LOVE GNU/LINUX, for whatever reason, they do the same stuff, take a screencap of it and post it.
 
-This is only possible because even of those people use use GNU/Linux, even in a fancy tiling window manager, so many of them are still struggling to figure things out, so a couple htop windows and a silly file manager open and the brain degrades to a lower, confusion-induced operating level which makes it fawn at the mystery of it.
+This is only possible because even of those people who use GNU/Linux, even in a fancy tiling window manager, so many of them are still struggling to figure things out, so a couple htop windows and a silly file manager open and the brain degrades to a lower, confusion-induced operating level which makes it fawn at the mystery of it.
 
 I mean really---obviously I think tiling window managers are useful, that's what LARBS is about, but when you are *actually working on something* do you *ever* have more than three windows tiled on the same workspace at one time?
 

content/lf.md

@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ date: 2022-12-21T17:07:04-05:00
 ---
 
 lf is the file manager used in LARBS.
-It was original inspired by the program ranger, but unlike ranger, lf is written in Go instead of Python, so is significantly snappier and adds better features for interaction between different lf instances.
+It was originally inspired by the program ranger, but unlike ranger, lf is written in Go instead of Python, so is significantly snappier and adds better features for interaction between different lf instances.
 
 {{< img src="/pix/lf.png" class=normal caption="Note that lf uses ueberzug to produce previews of images, or here, a .pdf." >}}
 
 ## Running
 
-Run lf by pressing <kbd>super + r</kbd>, or type `lf` manually in the termianl.
+Run lf by pressing <kbd>super + r</kbd>, or type `lf` manually in the terminal.
 
 ## Bindings
 
-- <kbd>h</kbd>, <kbd>j</kbd>, <kbd>k</kbd> <kbd>l</kbd> (vim keys) to move around and enter directories and open files.
+- <kbd>h</kbd>, <kbd>j</kbd>, <kbd>k</kbd>, <kbd>l</kbd> (vim keys) to move around and enter directories and open files.
 - <kbd>g</kbd>, <kbd>G</kbd>, <kbd>ctrl-d</kbd>,  <kbd>ctrl-u</kbd> -- movement like in vim.
-- <kbd>w</kbd> -- drop into a terminal in the current directory. If you `exit` or press <kbd>ctrl-d</kbd> in the termianl, you will return to `lf`.
+- <kbd>w</kbd> -- drop into a terminal in the current directory. If you `exit` or press <kbd>ctrl-d</kbd> in the terminal, you will return to `lf`.
 - <kbd>ctrl-n</kbd> -- new directory.
 - <kbd>V</kbd> -- new file with `nvim`.
 - <kbd>space</kbd> -- select files:
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ This list is not necessarily exhaustive. See `man lf` and the lf configuration f
 
 ## lf's configuration files
 
-- `~/.confif/lf/lfrc` -- The main lf configuration.
-- `~/.config/lf/scope` -- The file that determines which commands generates previews for files.
+- `~/.config/lf/lfrc` -- The main lf configuration.
+- `~/.config/lf/scope` -- The file that determines which commands generate previews for files.
 
 The other files in the `~/.config/lf/` directory are run automatically when needed.
 

content/librewolf.md

@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ Press <kbd>super + w</kbd> or run `librewolf` in dmenu.
 ### Arkenfox's user.js
 
 With LARBS, [Arkenfox's user.js](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js) is installed by default.
-This is a set of default settings that set settings that increase user privacy and decrease the possibility of fingerprinting.
+This is a set of default settings that increase user privacy and decrease the possibility of fingerprinting.
 
 ### Other tweaks
 
 Other annoying Firefox features have been disabled, such as push notifications and the pocket.
 
-With any of these settings or the Arkenfox ones, they can be changed in `about:config`.
+Any of these settings, or the Arkenfox ones, can be changed in `about:config`.
 
 ### Add-ons
 

content/mpv.md

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ title: "mpv"
 date: 2023-01-17T11:39:29-05:00
 ---
 
-mpv is a video-player so simple, it really just shows the video.
-It is controlled by the keyboard and only shows even the progress bar and other interfaces when needed.
+mpv is a video player so simple, it really just shows the video.
+It is controlled by the keyboard and only shows the progress bar and other interfaces when needed.
 
 It is also used in LARBS to play single audio files if [mpd](/mpd) is not used.
 
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ Obviously you can run it from the command line by running `mpv filename.mp4`, et
 
 These are custom bindings for ease:
 
-- <kbd>h</kbd>/<kbd>l</kbd> -- jump back/foward 10 seconds.
-- <kbd>j</kbd>/<kbd>k</kbd> -- jump back/foward 60 seconds.
+- <kbd>h</kbd>/<kbd>l</kbd> -- jump back/forward 10 seconds.
+- <kbd>j</kbd>/<kbd>k</kbd> -- jump back/forward 60 seconds.
 - <kbd>space</kbd> -- toggle pause.
 - <kbd>S</kbd> -- toggle subtitles.
 - <kbd>o</kbd> --  briefly view progress bar and time.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ These are custom bindings for ease:
 ## Other
 
 - If you download films, I recommend installing the program `subdl`, which you can run on a movie file and it will automatically check online for subtitle files. Give it the `-i` option to choose from the closest matches if the first result is slightly off.
-- The LARBS binding <kbd>super + shift + P</kbd> will not only pause you music played in `mpd`, but also all audio/video instances of `mpv`.
+- The LARBS binding <kbd>super + shift + P</kbd> will not only pause your music playing in `mpd`, but also all audio/video instances of `mpv`.
 - Press <kbd>super + F11</kbd> to see your webcam. This uses an instance of `mpv` as well.
 
 GPLv2

content/ncmpcpp.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ For ncmpcpp to run, you should have [mpd](/mpd) set up and have audio files in y
 
 ## Bindings
 
-Firstly, ncmpcpp has many different screens accessible through the number keys <kbd>1</kbd> to <kbd>8</kbd>. The most important of these have also been mapped to mneumonic letter keys:
+Firstly, ncmpcpp has many different screens accessible through the number keys <kbd>1</kbd> to <kbd>8</kbd>. The most important of these have also been mapped to mnemonic letter keys:
 
 - <kbd>m</kbd> -- main music library (press key again to alternate album/album artist views).
 - <kbd>v</kbd> -- visualizer.