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diff --git a/audio/bladeenc/DESCR b/audio/bladeenc/DESCR index 0860eded53d..2417a628322 100644 --- a/audio/bladeenc/DESCR +++ b/audio/bladeenc/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ BladeEnc is a program to generate MP3 files from WAV or AIFF sound files. - + Any number of WAV/AIFF-files can be specified on the commandline and you can even use wildcards to specify more than one file at the same time. For example will the command "BladeEnc *.wav" compress all WAV-files in the diff --git a/audio/flac2mp3/DESCR b/audio/flac2mp3/DESCR index d2275b10f35..6cb420627a7 100644 --- a/audio/flac2mp3/DESCR +++ b/audio/flac2mp3/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ With the cost of hard drive storage falling under $1 USD per GB, -storing audio in a lossless format is now inexpensive and practical. +storing audio in a lossless format is now inexpensive and practical. The FLAC codec is an OpenSource and Free software of very high quality. The FLAC format supports meta-info as ID3v1 tags or OGG comments. FLAC even has plugins for popular audio players such as @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ device. You will need LAME installed and in your $PATH. Using the script is simple: * cd /path/to/directory/with/FLACS - * flac2mp3 *flac + * flac2mp3 *flac After transcoding, you will have matching, tagged MP3 files in the same directory. Note: Only use this script on flac files that you diff --git a/audio/gramofile/DESCR b/audio/gramofile/DESCR index 68cbe874a5c..a525f180494 100644 --- a/audio/gramofile/DESCR +++ b/audio/gramofile/DESCR @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ GramoFile is able to record hours of CD quality music, split long sound files in separate tracks, and remove ticks and pops from recordings. It can be used for ripping audio from vinyl LPs. - + + Integrated sound recording and playback (with customized versions of brec(1) and bplay(1) by David Monro); + Handling of large sound files up to a few GB; @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ recordings. It can be used for ripping audio from vinyl LPs. + Nine filters (filter types, actually) are supplied, new ones can be added fairly easily; + Multiple filters can be used, in random order, in one single run - even - multiple instances of the same filter; + multiple instances of the same filter; + Most filters can be fine-tuned through a number of parameters (independent of each filter instance); + A large sound file containing an entire side of a gramophone record can diff --git a/audio/mad123/DESCR b/audio/mad123/DESCR index c501e98f2e7..0c6615422ca 100644 --- a/audio/mad123/DESCR +++ b/audio/mad123/DESCR @@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ apart from the command line MP3 player supplied with libmad (madplay): 6) CTRL-C behaves like it does for mpg123. 7) It can be installed setuid-root so it can adjust scheduling -priority to reduce its susceptiblity to jitter. +priority to reduce its susceptiblity to jitter. diff --git a/audio/p5-MP3-Tag/DESCR b/audio/p5-MP3-Tag/DESCR index 3625a9681a7..8603e63c2ea 100644 --- a/audio/p5-MP3-Tag/DESCR +++ b/audio/p5-MP3-Tag/DESCR @@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ man MP3::Tag::ID3v2 man MP3::Tag::ID3v2-Data More information about this project, new releases and so on, can -be found at: +be found at: http://tagged.sourceforge.net diff --git a/audio/portaudio/DESCR b/audio/portaudio/DESCR index 3efe5ca83f9..ea9b3c87917 100644 --- a/audio/portaudio/DESCR +++ b/audio/portaudio/DESCR @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ many platforms including Windows, Macintosh (8,9,X), Unix (OSS), SGI, and BeOS. PortAudio is intended to promote the exchange of audio synthesis software between developers on different platforms, and was recently selected as the audio component of a larger PortMusic project that includes -MIDI and sound file support. +MIDI and sound file support. PortAudio provides a very simple API for recording and/or playing sound using a simple callback function. Example programs are included that diff --git a/audio/py-musique/DESCR b/audio/py-musique/DESCR index 65455d76153..3e35185493a 100644 --- a/audio/py-musique/DESCR +++ b/audio/py-musique/DESCR @@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ Features: * Preview songs * Signup for an account * Buy songs - * Redownload songs that were bought with PyMusique + * Redownload songs that were bought with PyMusique diff --git a/audio/terminatorx/DESCR b/audio/terminatorx/DESCR index 73817de6189..19cd513e99d 100644 --- a/audio/terminatorx/DESCR +++ b/audio/terminatorx/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -terminatorX is a realtime audio synthesizer that allows you to "scratch" -on digitally sampled audio data (*.wav, *.au, *.ogg, *.mp3, etc.) the way -hiphop-DJs scratch on vinyl records. It features multiple turntables, -realtime effects (buit-in as well as LADSPA plugin effects), a sequencer +terminatorX is a realtime audio synthesizer that allows you to "scratch" +on digitally sampled audio data (*.wav, *.au, *.ogg, *.mp3, etc.) the way +hiphop-DJs scratch on vinyl records. It features multiple turntables, +realtime effects (buit-in as well as LADSPA plugin effects), a sequencer and MIDI interface - all accessible through an easy-to-use gtk+ GUI. diff --git a/audio/tfmxplay/DESCR b/audio/tfmxplay/DESCR index 1b0337f8c1b..7c3efe79d89 100644 --- a/audio/tfmxplay/DESCR +++ b/audio/tfmxplay/DESCR @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ developed by Chris Huelsbeck. It is rather unlike the various "Module" formats (Protracker et al.). Some of the few players for this format are: * the original TFMX editor (Amiga) - * EaglePlayer (Amiga) + * EaglePlayer (Amiga) * TFMX-Play and its numerous derivatives (originally ST, now Linux and Win32) * the SUN-Project PMS-player (DOS, used for the PC-Version of Turrican 2) diff --git a/audio/trm/DESCR b/audio/trm/DESCR index 016d5fb6b6d..13ae5bd6998 100644 --- a/audio/trm/DESCR +++ b/audio/trm/DESCR @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ The TRM Generator is a small test application that generates Relatable TRM acoustic fingerprints. This tool is mainly designed as a test/debugging tool for software developers, and is both an application and a developer library. The developer library provides developers with the functionality to generate -TRM ids from Wav, MP3, and Ogg Vorbis files. +TRM ids from Wav, MP3, and Ogg Vorbis files. diff --git a/audio/tunepimp/DESCR b/audio/tunepimp/DESCR index b74b836bce7..5941e266cba 100644 --- a/audio/tunepimp/DESCR +++ b/audio/tunepimp/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ The TunePimp library (also referred to as libtunepimp) is a development library geared towards developers who wish to create MusicBrainz enabled tagging -applications. +applications. diff --git a/audio/ubs/DESCR b/audio/ubs/DESCR index 93af32b2440..e9fa6c8c70a 100644 --- a/audio/ubs/DESCR +++ b/audio/ubs/DESCR @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -The Uninterrupted Broadcasting System (UBS) is a program designed to run the -operations of a radio station when a DJ isn't in house. This includes playing -station ID's, public service announcements, and songs. This program is +The Uninterrupted Broadcasting System (UBS) is a program designed to run the +operations of a radio station when a DJ isn't in house. This includes playing +station ID's, public service announcements, and songs. This program is similar in function (but not design nor implementation) to DRS 2006. -The UBS was not intended to be used for webcasting, but it could presumably -be adapted for this purpose. The intented audience of the UBS is smaller -college/high school/commercial radio stations which wish to do unattended +The UBS was not intended to be used for webcasting, but it could presumably +be adapted for this purpose. The intented audience of the UBS is smaller +college/high school/commercial radio stations which wish to do unattended broadcasting via a stable and reliable computer daemon. diff --git a/biology/genesplicer/DESCR b/biology/genesplicer/DESCR index c8999a5aeed..66eff425b00 100644 --- a/biology/genesplicer/DESCR +++ b/biology/genesplicer/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -GeneSplicer is a fast, flexible system for detecting splice sites in the -genomic DNA of various eukaryotes. The system has been trained and tested -successfully on Plasmodium falciparum (malaria), Arabidopsis thaliana, human, -Drosophila, and rice. +GeneSplicer is a fast, flexible system for detecting splice sites in the +genomic DNA of various eukaryotes. The system has been trained and tested +successfully on Plasmodium falciparum (malaria), Arabidopsis thaliana, human, +Drosophila, and rice. diff --git a/biology/glimmer/DESCR b/biology/glimmer/DESCR index f21dd550ce1..09f10348afc 100644 --- a/biology/glimmer/DESCR +++ b/biology/glimmer/DESCR @@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ genes in microbial DNA, especially the genomes of bacteria and archaea. Glimmer uses interpolated Markov models (IMMs) to identify the coding regions and distinguish them from noncoding DNA. The IMM approach uses a combination of Markov models from 1st through 8th-order, weighting each model according to -its predictive power. +its predictive power. diff --git a/biology/gp/DESCR b/biology/gp/DESCR index 0c7ef2fc23a..ef903861327 100644 --- a/biology/gp/DESCR +++ b/biology/gp/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -GP is a set of small utilities written in ANSI C to manipulate +GP is a set of small utilities written in ANSI C to manipulate DNA sequences in a Unix fashion, fit for combining within shell and cgi scripts. diff --git a/biology/hmmer/DESCR b/biology/hmmer/DESCR index 579feb85d30..c4a4c562c35 100644 --- a/biology/hmmer/DESCR +++ b/biology/hmmer/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -HMMER is an implementation of profile HMM methods for sensitive database -searches using multiple sequence alignments as queries. HMMER takes -multiple sequence alignment as input and builds statistical model -called "Hidden Markov Model" which can be used as a query into a -sequence database to find and/or align additional homologues of the +HMMER is an implementation of profile HMM methods for sensitive database +searches using multiple sequence alignments as queries. HMMER takes +multiple sequence alignment as input and builds statistical model +called "Hidden Markov Model" which can be used as a query into a +sequence database to find and/or align additional homologues of the sequence family. diff --git a/biology/mummer/DESCR b/biology/mummer/DESCR index d265928f73e..50c78e0e119 100644 --- a/biology/mummer/DESCR +++ b/biology/mummer/DESCR @@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ sequences containing millions of nucleotides whether in complete or draft form. MUMmer can also align incomplete genomes; it handles the 100s or 1000s of contigs from a shotgun sequencing project with ease, and will align them to another set of contigs or a genome using the NUCmer program included with the -system. +system. diff --git a/biology/pdbalign/DESCR b/biology/pdbalign/DESCR index 54c1751e372..fcaa0409356 100644 --- a/biology/pdbalign/DESCR +++ b/biology/pdbalign/DESCR @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -Given a GCG multiple sequence alignment file (a GCG MSF file), which a -includes a sequence of known structure, the program pdbalign maps the -sequence variability onto the known structure. The central premise is -of course, that for a closely related family of proteins (sequence ID -> 40%) the 3-D structures will not be significantly different.pdbdist -calculates the distance from each atom in the pdb file to each atom in -the ligand and records the minimum in the temperature field for that -atom record.distalign reads the output from pdbdist and also the -original GCG MSF file and produces an MSF file annotated with a -measure of sequence variability and the distance of the residue at -that position (of the sequence of known structure) from the ligand. +Given a GCG multiple sequence alignment file (a GCG MSF file), which a +includes a sequence of known structure, the program pdbalign maps the +sequence variability onto the known structure. The central premise is +of course, that for a closely related family of proteins (sequence ID +> 40%) the 3-D structures will not be significantly different.pdbdist +calculates the distance from each atom in the pdb file to each atom in +the ligand and records the minimum in the temperature field for that +atom record.distalign reads the output from pdbdist and also the +original GCG MSF file and produces an MSF file annotated with a +measure of sequence variability and the distance of the residue at +that position (of the sequence of known structure) from the ligand. diff --git a/biology/profit/DESCR b/biology/profit/DESCR index 6614adffd68..ceb2e2259fb 100644 --- a/biology/profit/DESCR +++ b/biology/profit/DESCR @@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ program for performing least squares fits of two protein structures. It performs a very simple and basic function, but allows as much flexibility as possible in performing this procedure. Thus one can specify subsets of atoms to be considered, specify zones to be fitted by number, sequence, or by -sequence alignment. +sequence alignment. diff --git a/cad/fastcap/DESCR b/cad/fastcap/DESCR index d1296144716..f8b6200ecb6 100644 --- a/cad/fastcap/DESCR +++ b/cad/fastcap/DESCR @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ FastCap is a three-dimensional capacitance extraction program. FastCap computes self and mutual capacitances between ideal -conductors of arbitrary shapes, orientations and sizes. +conductors of arbitrary shapes, orientations and sizes. The conductors can be embedded in a dielectric region composed of any number of constant-permittivity regions of any shape and size. diff --git a/cad/gerbv/DESCR b/cad/gerbv/DESCR index 3fe489b580b..8493e49e4d3 100644 --- a/cad/gerbv/DESCR +++ b/cad/gerbv/DESCR @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ Gerber Viewer (gerbv) is a viewer for Gerber files. Gerber files are generated from PCB CAD system and sent to PCB manufacturers as basis for the manufacturing process. -Additionally, gerbv can read and display NC drill files. +Additionally, gerbv can read and display NC drill files. diff --git a/cad/gnetman/DESCR b/cad/gnetman/DESCR index 3b3608ec273..b7608c39c1e 100644 --- a/cad/gnetman/DESCR +++ b/cad/gnetman/DESCR @@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ The long term goal of gnetman is far greater. Two projects under consideration include a schematic generator, and a technology mapping back-end for Icarus Verilog. Basically, gnetman is a netlist manipulation database well suited for low-level -manipulation of netlists. +manipulation of netlists. diff --git a/cad/gnucap/DESCR b/cad/gnucap/DESCR index ad5c4952593..802987f5e71 100644 --- a/cad/gnucap/DESCR +++ b/cad/gnucap/DESCR @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ design. Unlike Spice, the engine is designed to do true mixed-mode simulation. Most of the code is in place for future support of event driven analog simulation, and true multi-rate simulation. - + If you are tired of Spice and want a second opinion, you want to play with the circuit and want a simulator that is interactive, you want to study the source code and want something easier to diff --git a/cad/tnt-mmtl/DESCR b/cad/tnt-mmtl/DESCR index 78b26964a84..63ea4b7b3b6 100644 --- a/cad/tnt-mmtl/DESCR +++ b/cad/tnt-mmtl/DESCR @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ TNT-MMTL, the Multilayer Multiconductor Transmission Line 2-D and 2.5-D electromagnetic modeling tool suite, generates transmission parameters and SPICE models from descriptions of electronics interconnect -dimensions and materials properties. +dimensions and materials properties. MMTL programs and supporting libraries and documentation have been under development at the Mayo Clinic since the mid-1980s. The programs diff --git a/cad/verilog-current/DESCR b/cad/verilog-current/DESCR index be6aa3ca681..5b1676fc19a 100644 --- a/cad/verilog-current/DESCR +++ b/cad/verilog-current/DESCR @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ format. For batch simulation, the compiler can generate C++ code that is compiled and linked with a run time library (called "vvm") then executed as a command to run the simulation. For synthesis, the compiler generates netlists in the desired format. - + The compiler proper is intended to parse and elaborate design descriptions written to the IEEE standard IEEE Std 1364-1995. This is a fairly large and complex standard, so it will take some time for it to get there, but that's diff --git a/cad/verilog/DESCR b/cad/verilog/DESCR index a1f488afa95..b59d099759e 100644 --- a/cad/verilog/DESCR +++ b/cad/verilog/DESCR @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ format. For batch simulation, the compiler can generate C++ code that is compiled and linked with a run time library (called "vvm") then executed as a command to run the simulation. For synthesis, the compiler generates netlists in the desired format. - + The compiler proper is intended to parse and elaborate design descriptions written to the IEEE standard IEEE Std 1364-1995. This is a fairly large and complex standard, so it will take some time for it to get there, but that's diff --git a/cad/xchiplogo/DESCR b/cad/xchiplogo/DESCR index 938c8638ad9..6e97263bd1e 100644 --- a/cad/xchiplogo/DESCR +++ b/cad/xchiplogo/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Xchiplogo reads an ascii bitmap file, and converts it into a +Xchiplogo reads an ascii bitmap file, and converts it into a magic or cif file. It is a handy program for creating logos of text or graphics for putting on VLSI chips. At the moment it accepts the B&W dithered format of XV as the @@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ ting rid of many design rule errors that can be found in the bitmap file. It has a smoothing, before and after an error correction step. The error correction step is pretty simple ,don't expect miracles, but it works quite fine and spe- -cially for text gives a reasonable output. +cially for text gives a reasonable output. diff --git a/chat/amsn/DESCR b/chat/amsn/DESCR index 74ffb46444c..bdfbccf0bc3 100644 --- a/chat/amsn/DESCR +++ b/chat/amsn/DESCR @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Alvaro's Messenger, or Another MSN messenger clone is a modified and multilanguage version of Compu's Messenger (CCMSN). It's a Tcl/Tk script as was CCMSN and Tcl/Tk must be installed to run it. This means it is multiplatform and can run on any OS having Tcl/Tk installed (Linux, Windows, -Macintosh). +Macintosh). It's a clone of the original MSN Messenger, having the same look and feel. Some of it features are: diff --git a/chat/bnc/DESCR b/chat/bnc/DESCR index 4e542222303..5e8d01e36a2 100644 --- a/chat/bnc/DESCR +++ b/chat/bnc/DESCR @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ IRC Proxy Daemon that supports virtual hosting. BNC sports many important advances, including the following: - + RFC 1459 compatible. Vhost support. Vhost lists in configuration file, to be displayed on call. diff --git a/chat/bsflite/DESCR b/chat/bsflite/DESCR index 5e160111e0c..90fe6dc2fe3 100644 --- a/chat/bsflite/DESCR +++ b/chat/bsflite/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ From the BSFlite homepage: -BSFlite is a rather small and "minimalistic" client for AOL(R)'s Instant -Messenger(TM) service. Instead of having a full screen console interface, -BSFlite employs a command shell interface that allows your fingers to +BSFlite is a rather small and "minimalistic" client for AOL(R)'s Instant +Messenger(TM) service. Instead of having a full screen console interface, +BSFlite employs a command shell interface that allows your fingers to do all of the work without needlessly sifting through windows. diff --git a/chat/cgiirc/DESCR b/chat/cgiirc/DESCR index 90c1661b4b1..dc66d2b27a1 100644 --- a/chat/cgiirc/DESCR +++ b/chat/cgiirc/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -CGI:IRC is a Perl/CGI program that lets you access IRC from a web browser, it -is designed to be flexible and has many uses such as an IRC gateway for an IRC -network, a chat-room for a website or to access IRC when stuck behind a +CGI:IRC is a Perl/CGI program that lets you access IRC from a web browser, it +is designed to be flexible and has many uses such as an IRC gateway for an IRC +network, a chat-room for a website or to access IRC when stuck behind a restrictive firewall. diff --git a/chat/gtkyahoo/DESCR b/chat/gtkyahoo/DESCR index bba2590493a..71cb1e47e90 100644 --- a/chat/gtkyahoo/DESCR +++ b/chat/gtkyahoo/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ GTKYahoo is a GPL'd GTK+-based Yahoo! pager client for UNIX. GTKYahoo has a number of features not available in the Windows or Java versions of the pager, including an auto-reply (answering machine) feature and automatic -forwarding of incoming messages via email. +forwarding of incoming messages via email. diff --git a/chat/licq-gui-qt/DESCR b/chat/licq-gui-qt/DESCR index f3b52fc9aa6..e408a8be4a7 100644 --- a/chat/licq-gui-qt/DESCR +++ b/chat/licq-gui-qt/DESCR @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ Using licq is very straight-forward. To access any of the options, just right click on a user and select the relevant command, or double click on the user. A window will open containing a tab dialog with all the possible things to do. In this way you can read a new message, check user -info, and send a message all from the same window at the same time. +info, and send a message all from the same window at the same time. One key feature of licq is the network status window, which can be viewed by selecting "Show Network Window" under the "System" menu. This screen -will show you exactly what is occuring at the protocol level. +will show you exactly what is occuring at the protocol level. The menu option "<your alias>" will allow you to view your own settings and to check system messages. diff --git a/chat/weechat/DESCR b/chat/weechat/DESCR index 6fccbc69e85..655ae199c87 100644 --- a/chat/weechat/DESCR +++ b/chat/weechat/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a fast and light IRC -client. Everything can be done with a keyboard, and it is customizable +WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a fast and light IRC +client. Everything can be done with a keyboard, and it is customizable and extensible with scripts. diff --git a/comms/dl-ezkit/DESCR b/comms/dl-ezkit/DESCR index 34ab1ef8c3f..553e2651d50 100644 --- a/comms/dl-ezkit/DESCR +++ b/comms/dl-ezkit/DESCR @@ -1 +1 @@ -SHARC EZ-KIT downloader version 0.8.1 (c) 1998 PinPoint Corp. +SHARC EZ-KIT downloader version 0.8.1 (c) 1998 PinPoint Corp. diff --git a/comms/malsync/DESCR b/comms/malsync/DESCR index 3557a7563de..30c7ccdcdfd 100644 --- a/comms/malsync/DESCR +++ b/comms/malsync/DESCR @@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ AvantGo (www.avantgo.com) and Puma Technologies (www.pumatech.com) are the first two companies committing to producing servers which speak this protocol. This utility will allow a user to sync with multiple servers, simultaneously or separately. The AvantGo.com -service (www.avantgo.com) is the first such server. +service (www.avantgo.com) is the first such server. diff --git a/comms/snooper/DESCR b/comms/snooper/DESCR index 6820b9140ed..dbbe4238896 100644 --- a/comms/snooper/DESCR +++ b/comms/snooper/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Snooper is a tool for snooping communication between two devices that communicate with an RS232C serial line. - + For example, say you would like to snoop the following configuration partyA ---cableAB--- partyB where partyA is a computer and partyB is a computer/modem/digi-cam/whatever. diff --git a/converters/code2html/DESCR b/converters/code2html/DESCR index 30f59f87c46..79735812934 100644 --- a/converters/code2html/DESCR +++ b/converters/code2html/DESCR @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ code2html is a perlscript which converts a program source code to syntax highlighted HTML. It may be called from the command line or as a CGI script. It can also handle include commands in HTML files. Currently supports: Ada 95, C, C++, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Makefile, Pascal, Perl, SQL, AWK, M4, and -Groff. +Groff. diff --git a/converters/enriched2html/DESCR b/converters/enriched2html/DESCR index 08b194072b8..f920cfc4e88 100644 --- a/converters/enriched2html/DESCR +++ b/converters/enriched2html/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ To quote from the author, Brandon Long: - This program is based on the program in Appendix A of rfc1896. + This program is based on the program in Appendix A of rfc1896. It does as much as I can think of to convert text/enriched to text/html (since there are so many viewers for text/html). It is a hack. It is not perfect, and the html it generates is diff --git a/converters/p5-Unicode-String/DESCR b/converters/p5-Unicode-String/DESCR index 21737bf453f..7666078800f 100644 --- a/converters/p5-Unicode-String/DESCR +++ b/converters/p5-Unicode-String/DESCR @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ These are experimental modules to handle various Unicode issues. -They were made before perl included native UTF8 support. +They were made before perl included native UTF8 support. The current set of modules are: - + Unicode::String - represent strings of Unicode chars Unicode::CharName - look up character names Unicode::Map8 - mapping tables towards 8-bit char sets diff --git a/cross/icdprog/DESCR b/cross/icdprog/DESCR index c3848605969..7e9f4077c12 100644 --- a/cross/icdprog/DESCR +++ b/cross/icdprog/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ICDPROG is a simple command line programmer for Microchip PIC controllers, using the Microchip or Olimex ICD (in circuit debugger) as a programmer. -It was written by Geir Thomassen. +It was written by Geir Thomassen. The program is written for command line usage. diff --git a/databases/acid/DESCR b/databases/acid/DESCR index 997be1b33c2..140f9d48f06 100644 --- a/databases/acid/DESCR +++ b/databases/acid/DESCR @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -The Analysis Console for Intrusion Databases (ACID) is a PHP-based analysis -engine to search and process a database of security events generated by +The Analysis Console for Intrusion Databases (ACID) is a PHP-based analysis +engine to search and process a database of security events generated by various IDSes, firewalls, and network monitoring tools. -ACID has the ability to analyze a wide variety of events which are -post-processed into its database. Tools exist for the following formats: +ACID has the ability to analyze a wide variety of events which are +post-processed into its database. Tools exist for the following formats: - Snort - logsnorter diff --git a/databases/p5-DBI-Shell/DESCR b/databases/p5-DBI-Shell/DESCR index 9d935b1a617..2b20f4c9453 100644 --- a/databases/p5-DBI-Shell/DESCR +++ b/databases/p5-DBI-Shell/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ The DBI Shell, or dbish, is a command-line tool that allows you to run arbitrary SQL statements and diagnostics against databases without -needing to write a complete Perl program. +needing to write a complete Perl program. -- Programming the Perl DBI, chapter 8 diff --git a/databases/phpmyadmin/DESCR b/databases/phpmyadmin/DESCR index 2f514505690..a44da8557a9 100644 --- a/databases/phpmyadmin/DESCR +++ b/databases/phpmyadmin/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of +phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. Currently it can: - create and drop databases diff --git a/databases/phppgadmin/DESCR b/databases/phppgadmin/DESCR index fcb2628969e..ad80d70100d 100644 --- a/databases/phppgadmin/DESCR +++ b/databases/phppgadmin/DESCR @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Features include: - Dump table data in a variety of formats: SQL, COPY, XML, XHTML, CSV, Tabbed, pg_dump - Import SQL scripts, COPY data, XML, CSV and Tabbed -- Excellent language support: +- Excellent language support: * Available in 18 languages * No encoding conflicts. Edit Russian data using a Japanese interface! - Easy to install and configure diff --git a/databases/py-ZODB/DESCR b/databases/py-ZODB/DESCR index 54906d18f99..2be9d0234db 100644 --- a/databases/py-ZODB/DESCR +++ b/databases/py-ZODB/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -The ZODB package is a Python object persistence system. It provides the +The ZODB package is a Python object persistence system. It provides the Z Object Database separately from Zope so it can be used in non-Zope related Python applications to provide transparent object-oriented persistency. diff --git a/databases/sqlitemanager/DESCR b/databases/sqlitemanager/DESCR index 691fcf9be2b..db79290b84a 100644 --- a/databases/sqlitemanager/DESCR +++ b/databases/sqlitemanager/DESCR @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -Simple SQLite Manager is web front-end for managing SQLite databases. +Simple SQLite Manager is web front-end for managing SQLite databases. It requires PHP >= 5.0.0 to run. diff --git a/databases/tcl-gdbm/DESCR b/databases/tcl-gdbm/DESCR index f2f58aa3972..71fba5233a5 100644 --- a/databases/tcl-gdbm/DESCR +++ b/databases/tcl-gdbm/DESCR @@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ Christian Lindig <lindig@ips.cs.tu-bs.de> TU Braunschweig Institut fuer Programmiersprachen Abteilung Softwaretechnologie -D-38106 Braunschweig +D-38106 Braunschweig Germany diff --git a/devel/RTFM/DESCR b/devel/RTFM/DESCR index 763297b5777..44482409216 100644 --- a/devel/RTFM/DESCR +++ b/devel/RTFM/DESCR @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ tickets and resolve issues, RTFM lets you open, categorize and search for "articles." Like RT, RTFM lets your users contribute additional information to existing articles and makes sure that each article's full history is preserved for future inspection. RTFM makes it easy to quickly search the knowledge base -and find critical information. +and find critical information. Key Features: diff --git a/devel/SDLmm/DESCR b/devel/SDLmm/DESCR index d37c8bde65f..1386469e76f 100644 --- a/devel/SDLmm/DESCR +++ b/devel/SDLmm/DESCR @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -SDLmm is a C++ glue for SDL, or the Simple DirectMedia Layer, which is -a generic API that provides low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, -joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D framebuffer across multiple +SDLmm is a C++ glue for SDL, or the Simple DirectMedia Layer, which is +a generic API that provides low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, +joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D framebuffer across multiple platforms. SDLmm aims to stay as close as possible to the C API while taking advantage of native C++ features like object orientation. We will also aim at being -platform independent as much as possible. +platform independent as much as possible. diff --git a/devel/allegro/DESCR b/devel/allegro/DESCR index 7a6d8a2476c..7f2a7188bbe 100644 --- a/devel/allegro/DESCR +++ b/devel/allegro/DESCR @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -Allegro is a portable library mainly aimed at video game and multimedia -programming, originally started by Shawn Hargreaves for the DJGPP compiler +Allegro is a portable library mainly aimed at video game and multimedia +programming, originally started by Shawn Hargreaves for the DJGPP compiler in a mixture of C and assembler. -According to the Oxford Companion to Music, Allegro is the Italian for -"quick, lively, bright". It is also a recursive acronym which stands for +According to the Oxford Companion to Music, Allegro is the Italian for +"quick, lively, bright". It is also a recursive acronym which stands for "Allegro Low LEvel Game ROutines". Cross-platform support diff --git a/devel/cgdb/DESCR b/devel/cgdb/DESCR index 4296b99e4af..73f0087017f 100644 --- a/devel/cgdb/DESCR +++ b/devel/cgdb/DESCR @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -CGDB is a curses-based interface to the GNU Debugger (GDB). The goal of CGDB +CGDB is a curses-based interface to the GNU Debugger (GDB). The goal of CGDB is to be lightweight and responsive; not encumbered with unnecessary features. -The interface is designed to deliver the familiar GDB text interface, with a -split screen showing the source as it executes. The UI is modeled on the -classic Unix text editor, vi. Those familiar with vi should feel right at home +The interface is designed to deliver the familiar GDB text interface, with a +split screen showing the source as it executes. The UI is modeled on the +classic Unix text editor, vi. Those familiar with vi should feel right at home using CGDB. diff --git a/devel/devIL/DESCR b/devel/devIL/DESCR index 96993cef30e..f27045d6f1b 100644 --- a/devel/devIL/DESCR +++ b/devel/devIL/DESCR @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@ -Developer's Image Library (DevIL) is a programmer's library to develop -applications with very powerful image loading capabilities, yet is easy -for a developer to learn and use. Ultimate control of images is left to -the developer, so unnecessary conversions, etc. are not performed. DevIL -utilizes a simple, yet powerful, syntax. DevIL can load, save, convert, +Developer's Image Library (DevIL) is a programmer's library to develop +applications with very powerful image loading capabilities, yet is easy +for a developer to learn and use. Ultimate control of images is left to +the developer, so unnecessary conversions, etc. are not performed. DevIL +utilizes a simple, yet powerful, syntax. DevIL can load, save, convert, manipulate, filter and display a wide variety of image formats. -Currently, DevIL can load .bmp, .cut, .dds, .doom, .gif, .ico, .jpg, .lbm, -.mdl, .mng, .pal, .pbm, .pcd, .pcx, .pgm, .pic, .png, .ppm, .psd, .psp, +Currently, DevIL can load .bmp, .cut, .dds, .doom, .gif, .ico, .jpg, .lbm, +.mdl, .mng, .pal, .pbm, .pcd, .pcx, .pgm, .pic, .png, .ppm, .psd, .psp, .raw, .sgi, .tga and .tif files. -Formats supported for saving include .bmp, .dds, .h, .jpg, .pal, .pbm, +Formats supported for saving include .bmp, .dds, .h, .jpg, .pal, .pbm, .pcx, .pgm,.png, .ppm, .raw, .sgi, .tga and .tif. -DevIL currently supports the following APIs for display: OpenGL, Windows GDI, -SDL, DirectX and Allegro. Compilers that can compile DevIL or use it -include Djgpp, MSVC++, Linux gcc, Delphi, Visual Basic, Power Basic and +DevIL currently supports the following APIs for display: OpenGL, Windows GDI, +SDL, DirectX and Allegro. Compilers that can compile DevIL or use it +include Djgpp, MSVC++, Linux gcc, Delphi, Visual Basic, Power Basic and Dev-C++. diff --git a/devel/diffutils/DESCR b/devel/diffutils/DESCR index 7b6c9d6d932..5f6ac12c63c 100644 --- a/devel/diffutils/DESCR +++ b/devel/diffutils/DESCR @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ selectable by command line options. This set of differences is often called a "diff" or "patch". For files that are identical, `diff' normally produces no output; for binary (non-text) files, `diff' normally reports only that they are different. - + You can use the `cmp' command to show the offsets and line numbers where two files differ. `cmp' can also show all the characters that differ between the two files, side by side. diff --git a/devel/florist/DESCR b/devel/florist/DESCR index d42f794cb66..f089865646b 100644 --- a/devel/florist/DESCR +++ b/devel/florist/DESCR @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Florist is the FSU open-source implementaton of IEEE Standard 1003.5b-1996, the POSIX Ada binding, including real-time extensions. This software provides access to the UNIX operating -system services for application programs +system services for application programs written in the Ada programming language. Florist is written in Ada and requires an diff --git a/devel/gentle/DESCR b/devel/gentle/DESCR index 2d47fabf49a..e7cc67cff58 100644 --- a/devel/gentle/DESCR +++ b/devel/gentle/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Gentle is an integrated system for compiler writers. -Gentle supports the description of compilers at a very high level -and relieves users from the need to deal with implementation details. -It has been used in large industrial projects and for constructing various +Gentle is an integrated system for compiler writers. +Gentle supports the description of compilers at a very high level +and relieves users from the need to deal with implementation details. +It has been used in large industrial projects and for constructing various commercial products. diff --git a/devel/gnustep-objc/DESCR b/devel/gnustep-objc/DESCR index f2926a2e1f8..ae562987414 100644 --- a/devel/gnustep-objc/DESCR +++ b/devel/gnustep-objc/DESCR @@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ The runtime is modeled after the NeXT Objective C runtime. That is, most functions have semantics as it is known from the NeXT. The names, however, have changed. All runtime API functions have names of lowercase letters -and underscores as opposed to the `traditional' mixed case names. +and underscores as opposed to the `traditional' mixed case names. diff --git a/devel/intel2gas/DESCR b/devel/intel2gas/DESCR index 39a155d9f36..de6adbc0c5c 100644 --- a/devel/intel2gas/DESCR +++ b/devel/intel2gas/DESCR @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ -Intel2GAS is a converter that will convert assembler source files written for -NASM to files that can be assembled using the GNU Assembler (GAS), on the i386 -platform. It provides support for basic MMX instructions as well. +Intel2GAS is a converter that will convert assembler source files written for +NASM to files that can be assembled using the GNU Assembler (GAS), on the i386 +platform. It provides support for basic MMX instructions as well. -This converter was written for the Hermes project and is now released to the -general public. The code inside this converter is extremely flexible, you can -write a syntax file to convert between any two assembler languages on a good -day.. :) +This converter was written for the Hermes project and is now released to the +general public. The code inside this converter is extremely flexible, you can +write a syntax file to convert between any two assembler languages on a good +day.. :) -Features: +Features: Basic opcodes are done MMX/FPU support (converts all Hermes files :) -Preliminary Gas2Intel conversion +Preliminary Gas2Intel conversion Conversion from masm/tasm to gnu syntax diff --git a/devel/kdbg/DESCR b/devel/kdbg/DESCR index a1262ba7e9c..5c1aec35041 100644 --- a/devel/kdbg/DESCR +++ b/devel/kdbg/DESCR @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ KDbg is a graphical user interface to gdb, the GNU debugger. It provides an intuitive interface for setting breakpoints, inspecting variables, and stepping -through code. +through code. KDbg requires KDE, the K Desktop Environment, but you can of course debug any -program. +program. Features: o Inspection of variable values in a tree structure. diff --git a/devel/libidn/DESCR b/devel/libidn/DESCR index 6ef81b210cc..5cc7d75d2fc 100644 --- a/devel/libidn/DESCR +++ b/devel/libidn/DESCR @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ specifications defined by the IETF Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) working group. It is used to prepare internationalized strings (such as domain name labels, usernames, and passwords) in order to increase the likelihood that string input and string comparison work in ways that make -sense for typical users throughout the world. +sense for typical users throughout the world. The library contains a generic Stringprep implementation that does Unicode -3.2 NFKC normalization, mapping and prohibition of characters, and +3.2 NFKC normalization, mapping and prohibition of characters, and bidirectional character handling. Profiles for iSCSI, Kerberos 5, Nameprep, SASL, and XMPP are included. Punycode and ASCII Compatible Encoding (ACE) via IDNA are supported. diff --git a/devel/libjit/DESCR b/devel/libjit/DESCR index affef060662..39c94e78759 100644 --- a/devel/libjit/DESCR +++ b/devel/libjit/DESCR @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -The libjit library implements Just-In-Time compilation functionality. Unlike -other JIT's, this one is designed to be independent of any particular virtual -machine bytecode format or language. The hope is that Free Software projects -can get a leg-up on proprietry VM vendors by using this library rather than +The libjit library implements Just-In-Time compilation functionality. Unlike +other JIT's, this one is designed to be independent of any particular virtual +machine bytecode format or language. The hope is that Free Software projects +can get a leg-up on proprietry VM vendors by using this library rather than spending large amounts of time writing their own JIT from scratch. -This JIT is also designed to be portable to multiple archictures. If you run -libjit on a machine for which a native code generator is not yet available, -then libjit will fall back to interpreting the code. This way, you don't need +This JIT is also designed to be portable to multiple archictures. If you run +libjit on a machine for which a native code generator is not yet available, +then libjit will fall back to interpreting the code. This way, you don't need to write your own interpreter for your bytecode format if you don't want to. diff --git a/devel/libnet11/DESCR b/devel/libnet11/DESCR index 737fa21ba06..f5bebdf07bf 100644 --- a/devel/libnet11/DESCR +++ b/devel/libnet11/DESCR @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -Libnet is a high-level API (toolkit) allowing the application programmer to -construct and inject network packets. It provides a portable and simplified -interface for low-level network packet shaping, handling and injection. -Libnet hides much of the tedium of packet creation from the application -programmer such as multiplexing, buffer management, arcane packet header -information, byte-ordering, OS-dependent issues, and much more. Libnet -features portable packet creation interfaces at the IP layer and link layer, +Libnet is a high-level API (toolkit) allowing the application programmer to +construct and inject network packets. It provides a portable and simplified +interface for low-level network packet shaping, handling and injection. +Libnet hides much of the tedium of packet creation from the application +programmer such as multiplexing, buffer management, arcane packet header +information, byte-ordering, OS-dependent issues, and much more. Libnet +features portable packet creation interfaces at the IP layer and link layer, as well as a host of supplementary and complementary functionality. diff --git a/devel/libosip/DESCR b/devel/libosip/DESCR index 9ac342787a5..2f28402714d 100644 --- a/devel/libosip/DESCR +++ b/devel/libosip/DESCR @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ oSIP is an implementation of SIP. -The GNU oSIP library is written in C and get no dependencies except the -standard C library. oSIP is thread safe and will generally be used in a +The GNU oSIP library is written in C and get no dependencies except the +standard C library. oSIP is thread safe and will generally be used in a multi-threaded application. Nevertheless, this is optional. -oSIP is little in size and code and thus could be use to implement IP -soft-phone as well as embedded SIP software. oSIP is not limited to +oSIP is little in size and code and thus could be use to implement IP +soft-phone as well as embedded SIP software. oSIP is not limited to endpoint agents, and can also be used to implement "SIP proxy". -oSIP does not intend to provide a high layer API for controlling -"SIP Session" at this step. Instead, it currently provides an API for the -SIP message parser, SDP message parser, and library to handle +oSIP does not intend to provide a high layer API for controlling +"SIP Session" at this step. Instead, it currently provides an API for the +SIP message parser, SDP message parser, and library to handle "SIP transactions" as defined by the SIP document. diff --git a/devel/librfuncs/DESCR b/devel/librfuncs/DESCR index 03bcb387666..fd05aacb150 100644 --- a/devel/librfuncs/DESCR +++ b/devel/librfuncs/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Provides missing POSIX *_r functions: ttyname_r(), +Provides missing POSIX *_r functions: ttyname_r(), getenv_r() and strerror_r(). These are thread safe -versions of the corresponding functions without -the "_r". The package is implemented so that it +versions of the corresponding functions without +the "_r". The package is implemented so that it may be used simply by including its buildlink3.mk file. diff --git a/devel/mantis/DESCR b/devel/mantis/DESCR index 3f036e5b4b7..c3e51534b99 100644 --- a/devel/mantis/DESCR +++ b/devel/mantis/DESCR @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -Mantis is a web-based bugtracking system. It is written in the PHP scripting -language and requires the MySQL database and a webserver. Mantis has been -installed on Windows, MacOS, OS/2, and a variety of Unix operating systems. -Almost any web browser should be able to function as a client. It is released -under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). +Mantis is a web-based bugtracking system. It is written in the PHP scripting +language and requires the MySQL database and a webserver. Mantis has been +installed on Windows, MacOS, OS/2, and a variety of Unix operating systems. +Almost any web browser should be able to function as a client. It is released +under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). -Mantis is free to use and modify. It is free to redistribute as long as you -abide by the distribution terms of the GPL. +Mantis is free to use and modify. It is free to redistribute as long as you +abide by the distribution terms of the GPL. diff --git a/devel/memcached/DESCR b/devel/memcached/DESCR index 33f684a0765..45f7bbaae58 100644 --- a/devel/memcached/DESCR +++ b/devel/memcached/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching +memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load. diff --git a/devel/mph/DESCR b/devel/mph/DESCR index 0af1e7d8f99..ce60fc46485 100644 --- a/devel/mph/DESCR +++ b/devel/mph/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ The program mph tries to generate an order preserving minimal perfect -hashing (MPH) function for the set of keys, one per line, on stdin. +hashing (MPH) function for the set of keys, one per line, on stdin. Each key can be at most 4095 characters long (see keys.h to increase this limit), and the keys must be unique. If mph terminates, it emits a language independent binary or text representation of the MPH diff --git a/devel/ode/DESCR b/devel/ode/DESCR index 4ba0270d4a6..4638135dd14 100644 --- a/devel/ode/DESCR +++ b/devel/ode/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -ODE is a free, industrial quality library for simulating articulated -rigid body dynamics - for example ground vehicles, legged creatures, -and moving objects in VR environments. It is fast, flexible, robust -and platform independent, with advanced joints, contact with friction, +ODE is a free, industrial quality library for simulating articulated +rigid body dynamics - for example ground vehicles, legged creatures, +and moving objects in VR environments. It is fast, flexible, robust +and platform independent, with advanced joints, contact with friction, and built-in collision detection. diff --git a/devel/ogre/DESCR b/devel/ogre/DESCR index d71eea384a9..38f571d3019 100644 --- a/devel/ogre/DESCR +++ b/devel/ogre/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -OGRE (Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine) is a scene-oriented, -flexible 3D engine written in C++ designed to make it easier and more -intuitive for developers to produce games and demos utilising 3D hardware. -The class library abstracts all the details of using the underlying system +OGRE (Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine) is a scene-oriented, +flexible 3D engine written in C++ designed to make it easier and more +intuitive for developers to produce games and demos utilising 3D hardware. +The class library abstracts all the details of using the underlying system libraries like Direct3D and OpenGL and provides an interface based on world objects and other intuitive classes. diff --git a/devel/p5-Cache-Cache/DESCR b/devel/p5-Cache-Cache/DESCR index f20915fe70c..7d9cc54b46b 100644 --- a/devel/p5-Cache-Cache/DESCR +++ b/devel/p5-Cache-Cache/DESCR @@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ abstraction of the filesystem or shared memory. The Cache package provides Cache::Cache, a generic interface for creating persistent data stores. This interface is implemented -by the Cache::MemoryCache, Cache::SharedMemoryCache, Cache::FileCache, -Cache::SizeAwareFileCache, Cache::SizeAwareMemoryCache, and -Cache::SizeAwareSharedMemoryCache classes. +by the Cache::MemoryCache, Cache::SharedMemoryCache, Cache::FileCache, +Cache::SizeAwareFileCache, Cache::SizeAwareMemoryCache, and +Cache::SizeAwareSharedMemoryCache classes. This work aggregates and extends the obsolete File::Cache and IPC::Cache projects. diff --git a/devel/py-InlineEgg/DESCR b/devel/py-InlineEgg/DESCR index 495398330aa..6507c5fad91 100644 --- a/devel/py-InlineEgg/DESCR +++ b/devel/py-InlineEgg/DESCR @@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ convenient classes for writing small assembly programs. Only that instead of having to remember confusing assembly mnemonics and requiring the developer to remember how to use complex tools like assemblers and linkers, everything is done the easy way: in Python. InlineEgg is oriented - but not limited - -to developing shellcode (sometimes called eggs) for use in exploits. +to developing shellcode (sometimes called eggs) for use in exploits. diff --git a/devel/py-TPG/DESCR b/devel/py-TPG/DESCR index f9566ed2f2f..69dfec2689d 100644 --- a/devel/py-TPG/DESCR +++ b/devel/py-TPG/DESCR @@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ syntax trees while parsing. The first application of TPG is TPG itself. The first (not released) version of TPG has been written by hand then was used to generate next versions. Now -TPG can generate itself. +TPG can generate itself. diff --git a/devel/rsltc/DESCR b/devel/rsltc/DESCR index 90b49662530..3d2ab769acc 100644 --- a/devel/rsltc/DESCR +++ b/devel/rsltc/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -rsltc provides type-checking, pretty-printing, generation of confidence -conditions, showing module dependencies, translation to Standard ML, to -C++, and to PVS, and translation to RSL from UML class diagrams. +rsltc provides type-checking, pretty-printing, generation of confidence +conditions, showing module dependencies, translation to Standard ML, to +C++, and to PVS, and translation to RSL from UML class diagrams. diff --git a/devel/scons/DESCR b/devel/scons/DESCR index c0eb125ac02..0a2045cbfb4 100644 --- a/devel/scons/DESCR +++ b/devel/scons/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ SCons is an Open Source software construction tool--that is, a build tool; -an improved substitute for the classic Make utility; a better way to build +an improved substitute for the classic Make utility; a better way to build software. diff --git a/devel/sfio/DESCR b/devel/sfio/DESCR index 1756231df33..292156226dc 100644 --- a/devel/sfio/DESCR +++ b/devel/sfio/DESCR @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Sfio is a portable library for managing I/O streams. It provides similar functionality to the ANSI C Standard I/O functions known collectively as Stdio. However, it has a distinct interface and is generally faster and more robust than most Stdio implementations. -(For backward compatibility, Sfio provides two Stdio emulation packages.) +(For backward compatibility, Sfio provides two Stdio emulation packages.) Sfio also introduces a number of new features and concepts beyond Stdio stream I/O processing: @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ Stdio stream I/O processing: + Robust handling of variable-sized records, and + Extensible printf/scanf-like formatting I/O operations. -The current distribution of Sfio is Sfio1998. The library handles 64-bit -streams on platforms that support 64-bit files. The formatting family of -functions (e.g., sfprintf() and sfscanf()) have been extended so that -applications can redefine the meanings of predefined patterns as well as +The current distribution of Sfio is Sfio1998. The library handles 64-bit +streams on platforms that support 64-bit files. The formatting family of +functions (e.g., sfprintf() and sfscanf()) have been extended so that +applications can redefine the meanings of predefined patterns as well as define new patterns. diff --git a/devel/treecc/DESCR b/devel/treecc/DESCR index 296621f40d1..de2bcd4e3af 100644 --- a/devel/treecc/DESCR +++ b/devel/treecc/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Treecc is a aspect-oriented programming tool that we wrote to assist in the -development of DotGNU Portable.NET's compiler, "cscc". It complements flex -and bison by providing support for abstract syntax tree creation and +Treecc is a aspect-oriented programming tool that we wrote to assist in the +development of DotGNU Portable.NET's compiler, "cscc". It complements flex +and bison by providing support for abstract syntax tree creation and manipulation. diff --git a/devel/wide/DESCR b/devel/wide/DESCR index 47c08ffbd8e..9f506f786c9 100644 --- a/devel/wide/DESCR +++ b/devel/wide/DESCR @@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ With WIDE you will be able to: and a novel textual (string) syntax developed exclusively for WIDE. 2. Compile and Run While Programs. 3. Debug Programs. - 4. Easily experiment with meta-programming ideas and concepts. + 4. Easily experiment with meta-programming ideas and concepts. diff --git a/editors/TeXmacs/DESCR b/editors/TeXmacs/DESCR index f0aa78183c8..a5437a3304d 100644 --- a/editors/TeXmacs/DESCR +++ b/editors/TeXmacs/DESCR @@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ documents via a wysiwyg (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) and user friendly interface. New styles may be created by the user. The program implements high-quality typesetting algorithms and TeX fonts, which help you to produce professionally looking documents. - + The high typesetting quality still goes through for automatically generated formulas, which makes TeXmacs suitable as an interface for computer algebra systems. TeXmacs also supports the Guile/Scheme extension language, so that you may customize the interface and write your own extensions to the editor. - + TeXmacs currently runs on PC's and PPC's under Gnu/linux (a >200MHz processor and >32Mb of memory are recommended) and on sun computers. Converters exist for TeX/LaTeX and they are under development for diff --git a/editors/conglomerate/DESCR b/editors/conglomerate/DESCR index 93ef8b1e2ae..95d343bc1e1 100644 --- a/editors/conglomerate/DESCR +++ b/editors/conglomerate/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Conglomerate is a project to create a complete structured information -authoring, management, archival, revision control and transformation system. -Conglomerate uses XML semantics and powerful graphical editing, coupled with -a centralised storage model and a flexible transformation language to create +authoring, management, archival, revision control and transformation system. +Conglomerate uses XML semantics and powerful graphical editing, coupled with +a centralised storage model and a flexible transformation language to create an environment which is easy to use, produces high-quality structured output and lets the user target several output media with a single source document. diff --git a/editors/elvis-x11/DESCR b/editors/elvis-x11/DESCR index 61bed61e878..1985b9faa03 100644 --- a/editors/elvis-x11/DESCR +++ b/editors/elvis-x11/DESCR @@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ a remarkable number of bells and whistles like: * Multiple files in multiple windows. * Browse modes for LaTeX (rather experimental), HTML and MAN pages. * Networking support (http and ftp). - * GUI frontends for some of its platforms. + * GUI frontends for some of its platforms. diff --git a/editors/elvis/DESCR b/editors/elvis/DESCR index 7afcc65053f..3d507ca003d 100644 --- a/editors/elvis/DESCR +++ b/editors/elvis/DESCR @@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ a remarkable number of bells and whistles like: * Multiple files in multiple windows. * Browse modes for LaTeX (rather experimental), HTML and MAN pages. * Networking support (http and ftp). - * GUI frontends for some of its platforms. + * GUI frontends for some of its platforms. diff --git a/editors/ted/DESCR b/editors/ted/DESCR index 9794fdf67b0..34618963253 100644 --- a/editors/ted/DESCR +++ b/editors/ted/DESCR @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Teds function is to be able to edit rich text documents on Unix/Linux in a wysiwyg way. Features --------- +-------- * Wysiwyg rich text editing. * Ted uses Microsoft RTF as its native file format. * In line bitmap pictures. diff --git a/editors/xwpe/DESCR b/editors/xwpe/DESCR index 10bc0f14130..d6ae7bc5fa8 100644 --- a/editors/xwpe/DESCR +++ b/editors/xwpe/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -xwpe is a programming environment for UNIX systems writen by Fred Kruse. -The user interface mimics the Borland C and Pascal family of products for +xwpe is a programming environment for UNIX systems writen by Fred Kruse. +The user interface mimics the Borland C and Pascal family of products for MS-DOS. From within xwpe you can edit, compile, and debug programs. diff --git a/emulators/aranym/DESCR b/emulators/aranym/DESCR index 0a4ede74a39..b89029e185a 100644 --- a/emulators/aranym/DESCR +++ b/emulators/aranym/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ ARAnyM is an acronym: Atari Running on Any Machine. It is a virtual machine software for running the Atari ST/TT/Falcon operating systems (TOS, FreeMiNT, -MagiC and others) and TOS/GEM applications on any kind of hardware - be it -an IBM clone (read it as "PC" :-), an Apple, an Unix server, a graphics +MagiC and others) and TOS/GEM applications on any kind of hardware - be it +an IBM clone (read it as "PC" :-), an Apple, an Unix server, a graphics workstation or even a portable computer. diff --git a/emulators/darwin_lib/DESCR b/emulators/darwin_lib/DESCR index 0efd36eac58..3565b372b3c 100644 --- a/emulators/darwin_lib/DESCR +++ b/emulators/darwin_lib/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ These libraries are part of the Darwin compatibility option for NetBSD/powerpc and NetBSD/i386. -The kernel options `EXEC_MACHO', `COMPAT_MACH' and `COMPAT_DARWIN' +The kernel options `EXEC_MACHO', `COMPAT_MACH' and `COMPAT_DARWIN' must be in your kernel config file for this to work. diff --git a/emulators/gcube/DESCR b/emulators/gcube/DESCR index c136b0759fc..d68cfb7c412 100644 --- a/emulators/gcube/DESCR +++ b/emulators/gcube/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -Gcube is an open source Nintendo GameCube(TM) emulator beeing developed +Gcube is an open source Nintendo GameCube(TM) emulator beeing developed by monk with the main purpose of running at least one commercial game fully emulated. diff --git a/emulators/openmsx/DESCR b/emulators/openmsx/DESCR index 2465310a3b1..28d8cd721cc 100644 --- a/emulators/openmsx/DESCR +++ b/emulators/openmsx/DESCR @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -openMSX, the open source MSX emulator that tries to achieve near-perfect +openMSX, the open source MSX emulator that tries to achieve near-perfect emulation by using a novel emulation model. Hardware emulated: o almost all MSX systems, except for some details. - o Different CPU clock speeds, including those for the Panasonic + o Different CPU clock speeds, including those for the Panasonic MSX2+ machines. - o Almost all known cartridge mapper types via autodetection or the + o Almost all known cartridge mapper types via autodetection or the included ROM database. o Many MSX storage (disk/SRAM) systems. o kanji JIS ROM 1 and 2. diff --git a/emulators/raine/DESCR b/emulators/raine/DESCR index 9595ad320b2..30fc5d7282f 100644 --- a/emulators/raine/DESCR +++ b/emulators/raine/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Raine is an emulator, it emulates some M68000 and M68020 arcade games and is -mainly focused on Taito and Jaleco games hardware. It started as an experiment -with the Rainbow Islands romset, dumped by Aracorn/Romlist. Raine can emulate +Raine is an emulator, it emulates some M68000 and M68020 arcade games and is +mainly focused on Taito and Jaleco games hardware. It started as an experiment +with the Rainbow Islands romset, dumped by Aracorn/Romlist. Raine can emulate many nice games now, including new additions from Cave and other companies. diff --git a/emulators/simulavr/DESCR b/emulators/simulavr/DESCR index 0e72a50ed5e..fb4f0c8c17b 100644 --- a/emulators/simulavr/DESCR +++ b/emulators/simulavr/DESCR @@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ remote target for gdb. When used in gdbserver mode, the simulator is used as a backend so that gdb can be used as a source level debugger for AVR programs. -Simulavr was written by Theodore A. Roth +Simulavr was written by Theodore A. Roth diff --git a/fonts/gucharmap/DESCR b/fonts/gucharmap/DESCR index cc88fce1d47..07f005492a1 100644 --- a/fonts/gucharmap/DESCR +++ b/fonts/gucharmap/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -gucharmap is a Unicode/ISO10646 character map and font viewer +gucharmap is a Unicode/ISO10646 character map and font viewer for GNOME 2 platform. It supports anti-aliased, scalable fonts and more. diff --git a/fonts/ja-kaname/DESCR b/fonts/ja-kaname/DESCR index 6648cf600c8..ea8aabf8242 100644 --- a/fonts/ja-kaname/DESCR +++ b/fonts/ja-kaname/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Kaname-cho font is an 12x12 dots bitmap font for Japanese. +Kaname-cho font is an 12x12 dots bitmap font for Japanese. This font was originally designed by Yuuji Ebihara for SX shell under SHARP X68000 personal computer. The conversion to BDF was done by tetsu diff --git a/fonts/ttf2pt1/DESCR b/fonts/ttf2pt1/DESCR index 30a50fe039b..fa36976708c 100644 --- a/fonts/ttf2pt1/DESCR +++ b/fonts/ttf2pt1/DESCR @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ TTF2PT1 is a modification of Andrew Weeks TTF2PFA True Type to Postscript Type 3 converter. Which will convert Most True Type Fonts to and Adobe Type 1 .pfa file. The files produced are in human readable form, which further needs to be encrypted with the t1utilities, to work with most -software requiring type 1 fonts. +software requiring type 1 fonts. diff --git a/games/battalion/DESCR b/games/battalion/DESCR index 9a200bd30c7..d4ebb1213bd 100644 --- a/games/battalion/DESCR +++ b/games/battalion/DESCR @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ contest from SGI, and was available on the Hot Mix 17 CDROM. Here is the description of battalion from the Silicon Graphics homepage in Japan. - + Battalion wa 'kaiju ga bakuhatsu, hakai' wo kuri-kaesu game desu. Battalion is a game where 'A monster blows up, destroys' repeats. ... pretty much says it all ... diff --git a/games/boson/DESCR b/games/boson/DESCR index 3a9c651f350..e866ea59818 100644 --- a/games/boson/DESCR +++ b/games/boson/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ Boson is an OpenGL real-time strategy game, with the feeling of Command&Conquer(tm) or StarCraft(tm) and OpenGL support. -It is designed to run on Unix computers, and is built on top of the +It is designed to run on Unix computers, and is built on top of the libkdegames, kde and Qt libraries. diff --git a/games/dd2/DESCR b/games/dd2/DESCR index 46085f1e935..fb4fe426f4b 100644 --- a/games/dd2/DESCR +++ b/games/dd2/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This is a little shot'em up arcade game for one or two players. It aims +This is a little shot'em up arcade game for one or two players. It aims to be an 'old school' arcade game with low resolution graphics, top-down scroll action, energy based gameplay and different weapons with several levels of power. diff --git a/games/galaxa/DESCR b/games/galaxa/DESCR index 9169a633218..68c18e1ead5 100644 --- a/games/galaxa/DESCR +++ b/games/galaxa/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ GalaXa is a space game based loosely on "Galaga," an arcade classic -released by NAMCO in the 1981. GalaXa is an X-Window game written in C. +released by NAMCO in the 1981. GalaXa is an X-Window game written in C. "You are a lone starfighter pilot battling the evil race of GalaXans, giant bug-like creatures who have been meanacing the diff --git a/games/neverball/DESCR b/games/neverball/DESCR index 3c2197f6875..efcfd9d41ba 100644 --- a/games/neverball/DESCR +++ b/games/neverball/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Tilt the floor to roll a ball through an obstacle course before time runs -out. Neverball is part puzzle game, part action game, and entirely a +Tilt the floor to roll a ball through an obstacle course before time runs +out. Neverball is part puzzle game, part action game, and entirely a test of skill. -Also found here is Neverputt, a hot-seat multiplayer miniature golf game +Also found here is Neverputt, a hot-seat multiplayer miniature golf game using the physics and graphics of Neverball. diff --git a/games/openmortal/DESCR b/games/openmortal/DESCR index 167f302c247..9244286076b 100644 --- a/games/openmortal/DESCR +++ b/games/openmortal/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Mortal Szombat is a parody of the popular coin-up game, Mortal Kombat. It -is currently playable (maybe even enjoyable), although it is still under -development. Only two-player game is supported, single-player games against -computer opponent is not planned yet. There are currently 9 playable +Mortal Szombat is a parody of the popular coin-up game, Mortal Kombat. It +is currently playable (maybe even enjoyable), although it is still under +development. Only two-player game is supported, single-player games against +computer opponent is not planned yet. There are currently 9 playable characters, and 8 more in the making! diff --git a/games/starfighter/DESCR b/games/starfighter/DESCR index 774c85f2d12..1ebf9db9e18 100644 --- a/games/starfighter/DESCR +++ b/games/starfighter/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Project: Starfighter is an old school 2D shoot 'em up. In the game you +Project: Starfighter is an old school 2D shoot 'em up. In the game you take on the role of a rebel pilot called Chris, who is attempting to overthrow a military corporation called Weapco. Weapco has seized control of the known universe and currently rules it with an iron fist. Chris can @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ with Chris attempting to escape a Weapco patrol that has intercepted him. Features: * 26 missions over 4 star systems - * Primary and Secondary Weapons + * Primary and Secondary Weapons (including a laser cannon and a charge weapon) * A weapon powerup system * Wingmates diff --git a/games/wesnoth/DESCR b/games/wesnoth/DESCR index 3cd7c982e5d..843a5274bff 100644 --- a/games/wesnoth/DESCR +++ b/games/wesnoth/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Battle for Wesnoth is a fantasy turn-based strategy game. -Battle for control of villages, using variety of units which -have advantages and disadvantages in different types of terrains -and against different types of attacks. Units gain experience and -advance levels, and are carried over from one scenario to the next. +Battle for control of villages, using variety of units which +have advantages and disadvantages in different types of terrains +and against different types of attacks. Units gain experience and +advance levels, and are carried over from one scenario to the next. diff --git a/geography/gpspoint/DESCR b/geography/gpspoint/DESCR index 2368d9f4e8f..6a8dd20afb8 100644 --- a/geography/gpspoint/DESCR +++ b/geography/gpspoint/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ This package provides a program and library to download and upload waypoints, routes, and tracks to and from your GPS device. Upload and download is possible via the GARMIN interface. Current position obtainable via the NMEA -Interface, supported by most GPS devices. +Interface, supported by most GPS devices. diff --git a/geography/gpsutils/DESCR b/geography/gpsutils/DESCR index 5e6bc6f7763..efc8821f540 100644 --- a/geography/gpsutils/DESCR +++ b/geography/gpsutils/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ The gpsutils package covers some small applications to capture and convert data from a Garmin GPS receiver. These are based on a included more general -GPS library (in C). +GPS library (in C). diff --git a/graphics/cairo/DESCR b/graphics/cairo/DESCR index 05b7d94278b..0cfd6c7d946 100644 --- a/graphics/cairo/DESCR +++ b/graphics/cairo/DESCR @@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ hardware acceleration when available (eg. through the X Render Extension). Cairo provides a stateful user-level API with capabilities similar to the PDF 1.4 imaging model. Cairo provides operations including stroking and filling Bezier cubic splines, transforming and compositing translucent images, and -antialiased text rendering. +antialiased text rendering. diff --git a/graphics/dx/DESCR b/graphics/dx/DESCR index 8ba2c3f14b4..07cf2873bf0 100644 --- a/graphics/dx/DESCR +++ b/graphics/dx/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Data Explorer is a system of tools and user interfaces for visualizing data. In general terms the visualization of data can be considered a 3-stage -process: +process: 1. Describing and importing data 2. Processing the data through a visualization program diff --git a/graphics/freeglut/DESCR b/graphics/freeglut/DESCR index 5480a9a94af..4aa00615fbe 100644 --- a/graphics/freeglut/DESCR +++ b/graphics/freeglut/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -freeglut is a completely OpenSourced alternative to the OpenGL -Utility Toolkit (GLUT) library. GLUT was originally written by -Mark Kilgard to support the sample programs in the second edition -OpenGL 'RedBook'. Since then, GLUT has been used in a wide variety -of practical applications because it is simple, universally available +freeglut is a completely OpenSourced alternative to the OpenGL +Utility Toolkit (GLUT) library. GLUT was originally written by +Mark Kilgard to support the sample programs in the second edition +OpenGL 'RedBook'. Since then, GLUT has been used in a wide variety +of practical applications because it is simple, universally available and highly portable. diff --git a/graphics/gphoto/DESCR b/graphics/gphoto/DESCR index 1408bdf8fe9..70cb4196a2e 100644 --- a/graphics/gphoto/DESCR +++ b/graphics/gphoto/DESCR @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ different digital camera models, or from the local harddrive. gPhoto has a basic command line interface, which is handy, if you want to set up a web camera, and use gphoto in a -script, e.g. with Perl/PHP. +script, e.g. with Perl/PHP. gPhoto sports a new HTML engine, that let's you create your gallery "themes" (HTML with special tags), and publish images to the web. A directory browse mode has also been implemented. -gPhoto supports a wide array of digital camera models. +gPhoto supports a wide array of digital camera models. Visit http://www.gphoto.org/cameras.html for an updated list. diff --git a/graphics/mayavi/DESCR b/graphics/mayavi/DESCR index 74ae434632d..e5217aa220b 100644 --- a/graphics/mayavi/DESCR +++ b/graphics/mayavi/DESCR @@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ Python and uses the amazing Visualization Toolkit (VTK) for the graphics. It provides a GUI written using Tkinter. MayaVi is free and distributed under the conditions of the BSD license. It is also cross platform and should run on any platform where both Python and VTK are available (which is almost any -*nix, Mac OSX or Windows). +*nix, Mac OSX or Windows). diff --git a/graphics/openexr/DESCR b/graphics/openexr/DESCR index 8aa7fceea86..5574b9693d1 100644 --- a/graphics/openexr/DESCR +++ b/graphics/openexr/DESCR @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ OpenEXR is a high dynamic-range (HDR) image file format developed by -Industrial Light & Magic for use in computer imaging applications. +Industrial Light & Magic for use in computer imaging applications. OpenEXR is used by ILM on all motion pictures currently in production. The first movies to employ OpenEXR were Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, Men in Black II, Gangs of New York, and Signs. Since then, OpenEXR has become -ILM's main image file format. +ILM's main image file format. -OpenEXR's features include: +OpenEXR's features include: * Higher dynamic range and color precision than existing 8- and 10-bit image - file formats. + file formats. * Support for 16-bit floating-point, 32-bit floating-point, and 32-bit integer pixels. The 16-bit floating-point format, called "half", is compatible with the half data type in NVIDIA's Cg graphics language and is supported - natively on their new GeForce FX and Quadro FX 3D graphics solutions. + natively on their new GeForce FX and Quadro FX 3D graphics solutions. * Multiple lossless image compression algorithms. Some of the included codecs - can achieve 2:1 lossless compression ratios on images with film grain. + can achieve 2:1 lossless compression ratios on images with film grain. * Extensibility. New compression codecs and image types can easily be added by extending the C++ classes included in the OpenEXR software distribution. New image attributes (strings, vectors, integers, etc.) can be added to diff --git a/graphics/p5-Image-Info/DESCR b/graphics/p5-Image-Info/DESCR index 9565899d04d..7fd904a2749 100644 --- a/graphics/p5-Image-Info/DESCR +++ b/graphics/p5-Image-Info/DESCR @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ This Perl extension allows you to extract meta information from various types of image files. In this release the following file formats are supported: - + JPEG (plain JFIF and Exif) - PNG - GIF + PNG + GIF PBM/PGM/PPM - SVG - XBM/XPM + SVG + XBM/XPM BMP/DIB/RLE diff --git a/ham/linpsk/DESCR b/ham/linpsk/DESCR index 7fefaa62ece..ab2ee733cc7 100644 --- a/ham/linpsk/DESCR +++ b/ham/linpsk/DESCR @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ LinPSK is a PSK31 program based on WinPSK 1.0 -Main features are: +Main features are: - * support for BPSK, QPSK, MFSK16 and RTTY + * support for BPSK, QPSK, MFSK16 and RTTY * simultaneuos decoding of up to four channels. * mixed digital signal reception * trigger channels on receiving a predefined ASCII string patterns diff --git a/ham/xdx/DESCR b/ham/xdx/DESCR index c1172930aec..5e75a2ee5be 100644 --- a/ham/xdx/DESCR +++ b/ham/xdx/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Amateur Radio TCP/IP DX-cluster client. A DX Cluster is a means for +Amateur Radio TCP/IP DX-cluster client. A DX Cluster is a means for Amateur (Ham) Radio operators to tell each other, in realtime, about DX stations (other interesting or rare Amateur Radio stations all over the world). Users who are connected to a DX Cluster are capable of diff --git a/inputmethod/ja-freewnn-dict/DESCR b/inputmethod/ja-freewnn-dict/DESCR index 46da9600b81..e43cfbe2dbd 100644 --- a/inputmethod/ja-freewnn-dict/DESCR +++ b/inputmethod/ja-freewnn-dict/DESCR @@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ This distribution contains Version 1.10 of Wnn Japanese/Chinese/Korean Input System. Wnn is a network-extensible Kana-to-Kanji conversion system and was jointly developed and released by the Software Research Group of Kyoto University Research Institute for Mathematical Science, OMRON -Corporation and Astec, Inc. +Corporation and Astec, Inc. diff --git a/inputmethod/ja-freewnn-lib/DESCR b/inputmethod/ja-freewnn-lib/DESCR index 263409b305c..fa73f5d53bf 100644 --- a/inputmethod/ja-freewnn-lib/DESCR +++ b/inputmethod/ja-freewnn-lib/DESCR @@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ This distribution contains Version 1.10 of Wnn Japanese/Chinese/Korean Input System. Wnn is a network-extensible Kana-to-Kanji conversion system and was jointly developed and released by the Software Research Group of Kyoto University Research Institute for Mathematical Science, OMRON -Corporation and Astec, Inc. +Corporation and Astec, Inc. diff --git a/inputmethod/ja-freewnn-server-bin/DESCR b/inputmethod/ja-freewnn-server-bin/DESCR index 46da9600b81..e43cfbe2dbd 100644 --- a/inputmethod/ja-freewnn-server-bin/DESCR +++ b/inputmethod/ja-freewnn-server-bin/DESCR @@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ This distribution contains Version 1.10 of Wnn Japanese/Chinese/Korean Input System. Wnn is a network-extensible Kana-to-Kanji conversion system and was jointly developed and released by the Software Research Group of Kyoto University Research Institute for Mathematical Science, OMRON -Corporation and Astec, Inc. +Corporation and Astec, Inc. diff --git a/inputmethod/ja-freewnn-server/DESCR b/inputmethod/ja-freewnn-server/DESCR index 46da9600b81..e43cfbe2dbd 100644 --- a/inputmethod/ja-freewnn-server/DESCR +++ b/inputmethod/ja-freewnn-server/DESCR @@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ This distribution contains Version 1.10 of Wnn Japanese/Chinese/Korean Input System. Wnn is a network-extensible Kana-to-Kanji conversion system and was jointly developed and released by the Software Research Group of Kyoto University Research Institute for Mathematical Science, OMRON -Corporation and Astec, Inc. +Corporation and Astec, Inc. diff --git a/inputmethod/nabi/DESCR b/inputmethod/nabi/DESCR index 080335495b2..5975db1c301 100644 --- a/inputmethod/nabi/DESCR +++ b/inputmethod/nabi/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ Nabi is an X Input Method for Korean. It works with any applications -that have support for the XIM protocol built in. Although Nabi needs +that have support for the XIM protocol built in. Although Nabi needs GTK+2 to run, it can be docked into the KDE panel as well as the GNOME one. diff --git a/lang/SmartEiffel/DESCR b/lang/SmartEiffel/DESCR index 24249d91ec5..447c81c39b3 100644 --- a/lang/SmartEiffel/DESCR +++ b/lang/SmartEiffel/DESCR @@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ DOS, OS2, WINDOWS NT/95/2000, Macintosh, NeXT, Amiga, AmigaDE/Elate, BeOS, QNX, VMS, etc. Actually, SmartEiffel should run on any platform for which an ANSI C compiler exists. -The current distribution includes an Eiffel to C compiler, an Eiffel to -Java bytecode compiler, a debugger, a documentation tool, a pretty printer -and various other tools. +The current distribution includes an Eiffel to C compiler, an Eiffel to +Java bytecode compiler, a debugger, a documentation tool, a pretty printer +and various other tools. diff --git a/lang/brandybasic/DESCR b/lang/brandybasic/DESCR index fb9f8acd2e9..7f4eda8ee33 100644 --- a/lang/brandybasic/DESCR +++ b/lang/brandybasic/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Brandy implements Basic V, the dialect of Basic that Acorn Computers +Brandy implements Basic V, the dialect of Basic that Acorn Computers supplied with their ranges of desktop computers that use the ARM -processor such as the Archimedes and RiscPC. Basic V is an extended +processor such as the Archimedes and RiscPC. Basic V is an extended version of BBC Basic. This was the Basic used on the BBC Micro that Acorn made during the early 1980s. diff --git a/lang/bwbasic/DESCR b/lang/bwbasic/DESCR index d4c9f3edc41..9d118d2b3d0 100644 --- a/lang/bwbasic/DESCR +++ b/lang/bwbasic/DESCR @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ seeks to be as portable as possible. Originally written by Ted A. Campbell, and released under the GPL. It was posted to comp.sources.misc, volume 40. It was hosted for a while at -ftp.eng.umd.edu. +ftp.eng.umd.edu. Patched by Jon B. Volkoff. Version 2.20 was released 25 November 1995 diff --git a/lang/gcc34-ada/DESCR b/lang/gcc34-ada/DESCR index f91e31bc4b7..b999a7d4422 100644 --- a/lang/gcc34-ada/DESCR +++ b/lang/gcc34-ada/DESCR @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ This is the Ada compiler from the gcc 3.4 compiler suite. This package has a test target. For testing (only), this package requires dejagnu. As part of the tests, acats -(the Ada compiler validation suite) is run. +(the Ada compiler validation suite) is run. diff --git a/lang/opencobol/DESCR b/lang/opencobol/DESCR index 3971d35ac67..b98d867bd4b 100644 --- a/lang/opencobol/DESCR +++ b/lang/opencobol/DESCR @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -OpenCOBOL is an open-source COBOL compiler, which translates COBOL +OpenCOBOL is an open-source COBOL compiler, which translates COBOL programs to C code and compiles it using GCC. diff --git a/lang/pnetlib/DESCR b/lang/pnetlib/DESCR index dc9e5d53de9..783280d8f2d 100644 --- a/lang/pnetlib/DESCR +++ b/lang/pnetlib/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ This distribution contains an implementation of the C# library, for use with .NET-capable runtime engines and applications. Originally designed -for DotGNU Portable.NET, this library can be used by other .NET development +for DotGNU Portable.NET, this library can be used by other .NET development effort also. diff --git a/lang/py-psyco/DESCR b/lang/py-psyco/DESCR index 9304fd92ce7..aad3a6b877d 100644 --- a/lang/py-psyco/DESCR +++ b/lang/py-psyco/DESCR @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ What you can do with it In short: run your existing Python software much faster, with no change in your source. -Think of Psyco as a kind of just-in-time (JIT) compiler, a little bit like +Think of Psyco as a kind of just-in-time (JIT) compiler, a little bit like Java's, that emit machine code on the fly instead of interpreting your Python program step by step. The result is that your unmodified Python programs run faster. @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Benefits unmodified source code, just a dynamically loadable C extension module. Drawbacks -Psyco currently uses quite a lot of memory. It only runs on Intel +Psyco currently uses quite a lot of memory. It only runs on Intel 386-compatible processors (under any OS) right now. There are some subtle semantic differences (i.e. bugs) with the way Python works; they should not be apparent in most programs. diff --git a/lang/py-pyrex/DESCR b/lang/py-pyrex/DESCR index 1641997528d..5d60cf2006d 100644 --- a/lang/py-pyrex/DESCR +++ b/lang/py-pyrex/DESCR @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ Pyrex lets you write Python-like code that mixes Python and C data types -any way you want, and compiles it into a C extension for Python. +any way you want, and compiles it into a C extension for Python. diff --git a/lang/sablevm/DESCR b/lang/sablevm/DESCR index ddc2063df85..f890d91247e 100644 --- a/lang/sablevm/DESCR +++ b/lang/sablevm/DESCR @@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ SableVM implements many innovative techniques, including: * Bidirectional object layout. * Spinlock-free thin locks. * Sparse interface vtables. -* Low-cost maps for precise garbage collection. +* Low-cost maps for precise garbage collection. diff --git a/lang/sather/DESCR b/lang/sather/DESCR index 755f3afd953..2243aee91bb 100644 --- a/lang/sather/DESCR +++ b/lang/sather/DESCR @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ languages. One way of placing it in the "space of languages" is to say that it attempts to be as efficient as C, C++, or Fortran, as elegant and safe as Eiffel or CLU, and to support higher-order functions as well as Common Lisp, Scheme, or Smalltalk. - + Sather has garbage collection, statically-checked strong typing, multiple inheritance, separate implementation and type inheritance, parameterized classes, dynamic dispatch, iteration abstraction, diff --git a/lang/scm/DESCR b/lang/scm/DESCR index 1785b44651c..aa27a152544 100644 --- a/lang/scm/DESCR +++ b/lang/scm/DESCR @@ -2,22 +2,22 @@ Scm is a portable R5RS Scheme implementation written in C. * Support for SICP, R2RS, R3RS, and R5RS scheme code. * Is fully documented in TeXinfo form, allowing documentation to be generated in info, TeX, html, nroff, and troff formats. - * Supports inexact real and complex numbers, 30 bit immediate integers + * Supports inexact real and complex numbers, 30 bit immediate integers and large precision integers. - * Many Common Lisp functions: logand, logor, logxor, lognot, ash, - logcount, integer-length, bit-extract, defmacro, macroexpand, - macroexpand1, gentemp, defvar, force-output, software-type, - get-decoded-time, get-internal-run-time, get-internal-real-time, + * Many Common Lisp functions: logand, logor, logxor, lognot, ash, + logcount, integer-length, bit-extract, defmacro, macroexpand, + macroexpand1, gentemp, defvar, force-output, software-type, + get-decoded-time, get-internal-run-time, get-internal-real-time, delete-file, rename-file, copy-tree, acons, and eval. - * Char-code-limit, most-positive-fixnum, most-negative-fixnum, and - internal-time-units-per-second constants. *Features* and + * Char-code-limit, most-positive-fixnum, most-negative-fixnum, and + internal-time-units-per-second constants. *Features* and *load-pathname* variables. - * Arrays and bit-vectors. String ports and software emulation ports. + * Arrays and bit-vectors. String ports and software emulation ports. I/O extensions providing ANSI C and POSIX.1 facilities. * Interfaces to standard libraries * Available add-on packages including an interactive debugger, database, X-window graphics, BGI graphics, Motif, and Open-Windows packages. * A compiler (HOBBIT) and dynamic linking of compiled modules. - * User definable responses to interrupts and errors, - Process-syncronization primitives. Setable levels of monitoring - and timing information printed interactively (the verbose function). + * User definable responses to interrupts and errors, + Process-syncronization primitives. Setable levels of monitoring + and timing information printed interactively (the verbose function). diff --git a/lang/sr-examples/DESCR b/lang/sr-examples/DESCR index 235267f1bb3..6688b20227d 100644 --- a/lang/sr-examples/DESCR +++ b/lang/sr-examples/DESCR @@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ SR is described in "The SR Programming Language: Concurrency in Practice" by Gregory R. Andrews and Ronald A. Olsson (Benjamin/Cummings, 1993, ISBN 0-8053-0088-0). Information about concurrent programming in general can be found in "Concurrent Programming: Principles and Practice" by Gregory R. -Andrews (Benjamin/Cummings, 1991, ISBN 0-8053-0086-4). +Andrews (Benjamin/Cummings, 1991, ISBN 0-8053-0086-4). diff --git a/lang/swi-prolog-lite/DESCR b/lang/swi-prolog-lite/DESCR index b3175be1758..b22e0f8115d 100644 --- a/lang/swi-prolog-lite/DESCR +++ b/lang/swi-prolog-lite/DESCR @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ and shares many features with Quintus and SICStus Prolog, including a compatible module system. Very fast compiler, garbage collection (also on atoms), fast and powerful C/C++ interface, autoloading, GNU-readline interface. SWI-Prolog supports architectures with 32-bit -or greater (64-bit) word-length. +or greater (64-bit) word-length. This is the core package, packages are available in the swi-prolog-packages package. diff --git a/lang/swi-prolog/DESCR b/lang/swi-prolog/DESCR index ed3bd14c7c9..963bdc621cb 100644 --- a/lang/swi-prolog/DESCR +++ b/lang/swi-prolog/DESCR @@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ and shares many features with Quintus and SICStus Prolog, including a compatible module system. Very fast compiler, garbage collection (also on atoms), fast and powerful C/C++ interface, autoloading, GNU-readline interface. SWI-Prolog supports architectures with 32-bit -or greater (64-bit) word-length. +or greater (64-bit) word-length. This is a meta-package that pulls in the interpreter and packages. diff --git a/lang/utilisp/DESCR b/lang/utilisp/DESCR index 745148b77e7..01c2234bc49 100644 --- a/lang/utilisp/DESCR +++ b/lang/utilisp/DESCR @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ The UtiLisp32 is a new implementation of UtiLisp for Unix system. The original UtiLisp (University of Tokyo Interactive LISt Processor) system was designed for highly interactive programming and -debugging of sophisticated programs on mainframes. - -The new UtiLisp system is a transportation of the original UtiLisp. +debugging of sophisticated programs on mainframes. + +The new UtiLisp system is a transportation of the original UtiLisp. UtiLisp32 is for Unix 4.2 bsd machines whose CPU's have 32 bit address bus. It is now available on MC68010, MC68020 and Vaxen. This new UtiLisp is called "Unix UtiLisp" or simply "UtiLisp". diff --git a/mail/clamsmtp/DESCR b/mail/clamsmtp/DESCR index 7de892e04bf..506b710076a 100644 --- a/mail/clamsmtp/DESCR +++ b/mail/clamsmtp/DESCR @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -ClamSMTP is an SMTP filter that allows you to check for viruses using -the ClamAV anti-virus software. It accepts SMTP connections and -forwards the SMTP commands and responses to another SMTP server. The +ClamSMTP is an SMTP filter that allows you to check for viruses using +the ClamAV anti-virus software. It accepts SMTP connections and +forwards the SMTP commands and responses to another SMTP server. The 'DATA' email body is intercepted and scanned before forwarding. -ClamSMTP aims to be lightweight, reliable, and simple rather than have -a myriad of options. It's written in C without major dependencies. -If you need more options then you could use something big like AMaViS +ClamSMTP aims to be lightweight, reliable, and simple rather than have +a myriad of options. It's written in C without major dependencies. +If you need more options then you could use something big like AMaViS which is written in PERL and can do almost anything. diff --git a/mail/columba/DESCR b/mail/columba/DESCR index 2c8083dfc93..773822b293c 100644 --- a/mail/columba/DESCR +++ b/mail/columba/DESCR @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -Columba is an Email Client written in Java, featuring a user-friendly +Columba is an Email Client written in Java, featuring a user-friendly graphical interface with wizards and internationalization support. diff --git a/mail/dspam/DESCR b/mail/dspam/DESCR index 2c99d446174..351e3acaa43 100644 --- a/mail/dspam/DESCR +++ b/mail/dspam/DESCR @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ DSPAM (as in De-Spam) is an extremely scalable, open-source statistical hybrid -anti-spam filter. While most commercial solutions only provide a mere 95% -accuracy (1 error in 20), a majority of DSPAM users frequently see between -99.95% (1 error in 2000) all the way up to 99.991% (2 errors in 22,786). +anti-spam filter. While most commercial solutions only provide a mere 95% +accuracy (1 error in 20), a majority of DSPAM users frequently see between +99.95% (1 error in 2000) all the way up to 99.991% (2 errors in 22,786). DSPAM is currently effective as both a server-side agent for UNIX email servers -and a developer's library for mail clients, other anti-spam tools, and similar -projects requiring drop-in spam filtering. DSPAM has been implemented on many -large and small scale systems with the largest systems being reported at about +and a developer's library for mail clients, other anti-spam tools, and similar +projects requiring drop-in spam filtering. DSPAM has been implemented on many +large and small scale systems with the largest systems being reported at about 125,000 mailboxes. diff --git a/mail/gld/DESCR b/mail/gld/DESCR index b5c0661823b..c985e23b2e8 100644 --- a/mail/gld/DESCR +++ b/mail/gld/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Gld is a standalone greylisting server for Postfix SMTP, it listens on a TCP port and use MySQL for storing data. -The server supports whitelists based on sender,sender_domain -and client_ip, it supports also light greylisting and DNS white +The server supports whitelists based on sender,sender_domain +and client_ip, it supports also light greylisting and DNS white lists. diff --git a/mail/gmime/DESCR b/mail/gmime/DESCR index d8cd45b223f..9238064afd0 100644 --- a/mail/gmime/DESCR +++ b/mail/gmime/DESCR @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ following RFCs: * 0822: Standard for the Format of Arpa Internet Text Messages * 1521: MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part One: - Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the Format of + Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the Format of Internet Message Bodies - * 1847: Security Multiparts for MIME: Multipart/Signed and + * 1847: Security Multiparts for MIME: Multipart/Signed and Multipart/Encrypted * 1864: The Content-MD5 Header Field (Obsoletes rfc1544) * 2015: MIME Security with Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) diff --git a/mail/ja-squirrelmail/DESCR b/mail/ja-squirrelmail/DESCR index 7108fe01ca3..26167c2535b 100644 --- a/mail/ja-squirrelmail/DESCR +++ b/mail/ja-squirrelmail/DESCR @@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ pages render in pure HTML 4.0 (with no Javascript) for maximum compatibility across browsers. It has very few requirements and is very easy to configure and install. SquirrelMail has a all the functionality you would want from an email client, including strong MIME support, address books, and folder -manipulation. +manipulation. diff --git a/mail/jchkmail/DESCR b/mail/jchkmail/DESCR index d8a67f0d3b1..9bb95856f66 100644 --- a/mail/jchkmail/DESCR +++ b/mail/jchkmail/DESCR @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -J-chkmail is a mail filtering software using the API milter of sendmail +J-chkmail is a mail filtering software using the API milter of sendmail (versions 8.12.0 and later). Yet another filter... -j-chkmail intends to be a scalable integrated solution to fight against +j-chkmail intends to be a scalable integrated solution to fight against virus and spam. -In both cases, the main idea of j-chkmail is to avoid content filtering, -but to do behavior filtering. +In both cases, the main idea of j-chkmail is to avoid content filtering, +but to do behavior filtering. diff --git a/mail/libetpan/DESCR b/mail/libetpan/DESCR index 35b8c3dcf96..4e375157982 100644 --- a/mail/libetpan/DESCR +++ b/mail/libetpan/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -The purpose of this mail library is to provide a portable, efficient -middleware for different kinds of mail access. When using the drivers -interface, the interface is the same for all kinds of mail access, +The purpose of this mail library is to provide a portable, efficient +middleware for different kinds of mail access. When using the drivers +interface, the interface is the same for all kinds of mail access, remote and local mailboxes. Current implemented drivers are mbox, MH, maildir, POP3, IMAP4rev1 diff --git a/mail/majordomo/DESCR b/mail/majordomo/DESCR index 668491ad039..60fb193e006 100644 --- a/mail/majordomo/DESCR +++ b/mail/majordomo/DESCR @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Majordomo is a program which automates the management of Internet handle all aspects of list maintainance. Once a list is set up, virtually all operations can be performed remotely, requiring no intervention upon the postmaster of the list site. - + _majordomo - n: a person who speaks, makes arrangements, or takes charge for another. From latin "major domus" - "master of the house". _ diff --git a/mail/mess822/DESCR b/mail/mess822/DESCR index 319e75eb0da..faf5fd91a02 100644 --- a/mail/mess822/DESCR +++ b/mail/mess822/DESCR @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ package contains several applications that work with qmail: * 822header, 822field, 822date, and 822received extract various pieces of information from a mail message. -* 822print converts a message into an easier-to-read format. +* 822print converts a message into an easier-to-read format. mess822 supports the full complexity of RFC 822 address lists, including address groups, source routes, spaces around dots, etc. diff --git a/mail/milter-greylist/DESCR b/mail/milter-greylist/DESCR index e487f046525..ef605eba442 100644 --- a/mail/milter-greylist/DESCR +++ b/mail/milter-greylist/DESCR @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Grey listing is a wonderful spam filtering technique, which uses a behavior trick: spammers never resend a message when they get a temporary error, whereas real MTA do. The idea is to refuse any mail on first attempt, and accept it after some time has elapsed. - + milter-greylist is a stand-alone milter written in C that implement -grey listing. It has been reported as efficient and easy to setup +grey listing. It has been reported as efficient and easy to setup by a large number of system administrators. diff --git a/mail/p5-Email-Valid/DESCR b/mail/p5-Email-Valid/DESCR index 2661e40ff0d..3c9afd9f307 100644 --- a/mail/p5-Email-Valid/DESCR +++ b/mail/p5-Email-Valid/DESCR @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ This module determines whether an email address is well-formed, and -optionally, whether a mail host exists for the domain. +optionally, whether a mail host exists for the domain. diff --git a/mail/pear-Mail_Mime/DESCR b/mail/pear-Mail_Mime/DESCR index 4af119cd85b..c11c603e774 100644 --- a/mail/pear-Mail_Mime/DESCR +++ b/mail/pear-Mail_Mime/DESCR @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Provides classes to deal with creation and manipulation of mime messages: * mime.php: Create mime email, with html, attachments, embedded images etc. * mimePart.php: Advanced method of creating mime messages. * mimeDecode.php - Decodes mime messages to a usable structure. - * xmail.dtd: An XML DTD to acompany the getXML() method of the + * xmail.dtd: An XML DTD to acompany the getXML() method of the decoding class. - * xmail.xsl: An XSLT stylesheet to transform the output of the + * xmail.xsl: An XSLT stylesheet to transform the output of the getXML() method back to an email diff --git a/mail/pfqueue/DESCR b/mail/pfqueue/DESCR index b1fba3762fc..6b0985b99d7 100644 --- a/mail/pfqueue/DESCR +++ b/mail/pfqueue/DESCR @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -pfqueue is an effort to give postqueue/mailq/postsuper a console -(ncurses) interface: it won't add any particular functionality to -those provided with postfix itself, but will hopefully make them to +pfqueue is an effort to give postqueue/mailq/postsuper a console +(ncurses) interface: it won't add any particular functionality to +those provided with postfix itself, but will hopefully make them to use. -It's a real-time queue scanner, that show per-queue lists of existing +It's a real-time queue scanner, that show per-queue lists of existing messages; the messages can be deleted, put on hold or released -Just for example, it may be useful to inspect a traffic jam at a given -time, to see what is falling into and unexpectedly crowding you deferred +Just for example, it may be useful to inspect a traffic jam at a given +time, to see what is falling into and unexpectedly crowding you deferred queue diff --git a/mail/pine/DESCR b/mail/pine/DESCR index f32e3e1c766..1183c77b054 100644 --- a/mail/pine/DESCR +++ b/mail/pine/DESCR @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ Pine is a tool for reading, sending, and managing electronic messages. It was designed specifically with novice computer users in mind, but can be tailored to accommodate the needs of "power users" as well. Pine uses Internet message protocols (e.g. RFC-822, SMTP, MIME, IMAP, NNTP) and -runs on Unix and PCs. +runs on Unix and PCs. diff --git a/mail/sma/DESCR b/mail/sma/DESCR index 8e3bb525b62..d89a1a48c9a 100644 --- a/mail/sma/DESCR +++ b/mail/sma/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -sma - Sendmail log analyser +sma - Sendmail log analyser sma is a very fast sendmail log analyzer and outputs -standard ascii or html report files. +standard ascii or html report files. Requires access to mail logs in /var/logs. diff --git a/mail/squirrelmail/DESCR b/mail/squirrelmail/DESCR index 3de77332a9c..fd192e718df 100644 --- a/mail/squirrelmail/DESCR +++ b/mail/squirrelmail/DESCR @@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ pages render in pure HTML 4.0 (with no Javascript) for maximum compatibility across browsers. It has very few requirements and is very easy to configure and install. SquirrelMail has a all the functionality you would want from an email client, including strong MIME support, address books, and folder -manipulation. +manipulation. diff --git a/math/abs/DESCR b/math/abs/DESCR index c627a21b1c3..3775d65b286 100644 --- a/math/abs/DESCR +++ b/math/abs/DESCR @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ under NetBSD, Linux, and Aix. Basic functions are: * macro language a la Visual Basic Programming language with the same syntax as Microsoft Visual Basic. - + * XY, pie and bar charts * Printing of selected areas to files diff --git a/math/py-fpconst/DESCR b/math/py-fpconst/DESCR index 5cd2145c1ee..67ec1056257 100644 --- a/math/py-fpconst/DESCR +++ b/math/py-fpconst/DESCR @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ This python module implements constants and functions for working with IEEE754 double-precision special values. It provides constants for Not-a-Number (NaN), Positive Infinity (Inf), and Negative Infinity (-Inf), as well as functions to -test for these values. +test for these values. The code is implemented in pure python by taking advantage of the 'struct' standard module. Care has been taken to generate proper results on both big-endian and little-endian machines. Some efficiency could be gained by -translating the core routines into C. +translating the core routines into C. diff --git a/math/yorick/DESCR b/math/yorick/DESCR index 4c901cb3f69..34409bd184e 100644 --- a/math/yorick/DESCR +++ b/math/yorick/DESCR @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ includes tools to assist making animated and simple 3D graphs. Yorick's binary file package can read or write floating point formats foreign to the machine where Yorick is running. - + A library of functions written in the Yorick language, including Bessel, gamma, and related functions, multiple key sorting, spline, rational function, and least squares fitting, and routines to read and diff --git a/mbone/beacon/DESCR b/mbone/beacon/DESCR index 38d47291dec..a963b1a85a7 100644 --- a/mbone/beacon/DESCR +++ b/mbone/beacon/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -The NLANR/DAST Multicast Beacon is a multicast diagnostic tool written -in Perl which uses the RTP protocol (RFC3550) to provide useful statistics -and diagnostic information about a given multicast group's connectivity +The NLANR/DAST Multicast Beacon is a multicast diagnostic tool written +in Perl which uses the RTP protocol (RFC3550) to provide useful statistics +and diagnostic information about a given multicast group's connectivity characteristics. diff --git a/mbone/mdd/DESCR b/mbone/mdd/DESCR index 899a6112096..c6b00ef825d 100644 --- a/mbone/mdd/DESCR +++ b/mbone/mdd/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -mdd stands for multicast data dump. It was designed for distributing +mdd stands for multicast data dump. It was designed for distributing a file using multicast. The primary goal was to replicate a hard disk image on all the workstations of a computer room at the same time. @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The protocol used is rather simple and will not make any effort to avoid flooding your network. IGMP-snooping enabled switches are advised. WARNING: this tool is designed to operate on a private LAN where no -congestion occurs. It has no rate limiting feature, which makes it +congestion occurs. It has no rate limiting feature, which makes it unsuitable for use on the Internet. Do not try to use it outside of a private LAN, it will attempt to eat all your bandwidth to flood the multicast group you send data to. diff --git a/mbone/rtptools/DESCR b/mbone/rtptools/DESCR index 32e4e3f1065..a6f65f65720 100644 --- a/mbone/rtptools/DESCR +++ b/mbone/rtptools/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ The rtptools distribution consists of a number of small applications that -can be used for processing RTP data: +can be used for processing RTP data: rtpdump: parse and print RTP packets, generating output files suitable for rtpplay and rtpsend. diff --git a/mbone/sapserver/DESCR b/mbone/sapserver/DESCR index b7b9d8acdb6..62b8a27332d 100644 --- a/mbone/sapserver/DESCR +++ b/mbone/sapserver/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -sapserver is a SAP announcement server. Use it to advertise your sessions -on the MBone. It was originally developped by the VideoLan Project to +sapserver is a SAP announcement server. Use it to advertise your sessions +on the MBone. It was originally developped by the VideoLan Project to be used with the VLS streaming server. diff --git a/misc/Addresses/DESCR b/misc/Addresses/DESCR index 0500b82376a..03e6ee17f5b 100644 --- a/misc/Addresses/DESCR +++ b/misc/Addresses/DESCR @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ Addresses for GNUstep is a versatile address book application for managing contact information. It stores addresses, phone numbers, -pictures, instant messaging information, email, homepages and whatever. +pictures, instant messaging information, email, homepages and whatever. Addresses is also a framework that allows access to the addresses database in a way that is sourcecode-compatible with Apple's AddressBook.framework. It also contains a view framework to facilitate the -construction of applications that use the contact database. +construction of applications that use the contact database. Addresses is currently being used by Ludovic Marcotte's GNUMail application. It uses and requires GNUstep. diff --git a/misc/bsdiff/DESCR b/misc/bsdiff/DESCR index dbd52d88937..7fdd6021b3d 100644 --- a/misc/bsdiff/DESCR +++ b/misc/bsdiff/DESCR @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ routinely produces binary patches 50-80% smaller than those produced by Xdelta, and 15% smaller than those produced by .RTPatch (a $2750/seat commercial patch tool). -If n is the size of the old file and m is the size of the new file, bsdiff -runs in O((n+m) log n) time; on a 200MHz Pentium Pro, building a binary -patch for a 4MB file takes about 90 seconds. bspatch runs in O(n+m) time; +If n is the size of the old file and m is the size of the new file, bsdiff +runs in O((n+m) log n) time; on a 200MHz Pentium Pro, building a binary +patch for a 4MB file takes about 90 seconds. bspatch runs in O(n+m) time; on the same machine, applying that patch takes about two seconds. diff --git a/misc/cstream/DESCR b/misc/cstream/DESCR index 2aacffa6bf3..94fc2351b8f 100644 --- a/misc/cstream/DESCR +++ b/misc/cstream/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ cstream is a general-purpose stream-handling tool like UNIX' dd, usually used in commandline-constructed pipes. - + Featues: Sane commandline switch syntax. Exact throughput limiting, on the incoming side. Timing variance in diff --git a/misc/dvorakng/DESCR b/misc/dvorakng/DESCR index 6d324815643..ee821662a4a 100644 --- a/misc/dvorakng/DESCR +++ b/misc/dvorakng/DESCR @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ DvorakNG is a curses based Dvorak typing tutor. It's heavily based on -Dvorak7min, but adds many improvements like a progress information database. +Dvorak7min, but adds many improvements like a progress information database. diff --git a/misc/figlet/DESCR b/misc/figlet/DESCR index 675da07ad00..19efff55bde 100644 --- a/misc/figlet/DESCR +++ b/misc/figlet/DESCR @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ Figlet is a program that creates large ASCII art characters out of ordinary screen characters - _ _ _ _ _ _ - | (_) | _____ | |_| |__ (_)___ - | | | |/ / _ \ | __| '_ \| / __| + _ _ _ _ _ _ + | (_) | _____ | |_| |__ (_)___ + | | | |/ / _ \ | __| '_ \| / __| | | | < __/ | |_| | | | \__ \_ |_|_|_|\_\___| \__|_| |_|_|___(_) diff --git a/misc/gxmame/DESCR b/misc/gxmame/DESCR index 01a36f2c920..41dfa3da6c4 100644 --- a/misc/gxmame/DESCR +++ b/misc/gxmame/DESCR @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -GXMame is a frontend for XMame using the GTK library, the goal is to provide -the same GUI than mame32. For the moment it will just have the same gui, the -final goal is to be able to share config files with Mame32k (or any version -of mame32 that write config files instead of saving data into windows -registry) allowing dual booter to have the same environment (favorite, +GXMame is a frontend for XMame using the GTK library, the goal is to provide +the same GUI than mame32. For the moment it will just have the same gui, the +final goal is to be able to share config files with Mame32k (or any version +of mame32 that write config files instead of saving data into windows +registry) allowing dual booter to have the same environment (favorite, timeplayed, last game selected, gui preference...) under windows and unix-like systems. diff --git a/misc/p5-Business-CreditCard/DESCR b/misc/p5-Business-CreditCard/DESCR index dca81005c11..c7b77051ceb 100644 --- a/misc/p5-Business-CreditCard/DESCR +++ b/misc/p5-Business-CreditCard/DESCR @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ of the card given the preceding digits. With a 16-digit card, you provide the first 15 digits; the subroutine returns the sixteenth. This module does not tell you whether the number is on an actual card, -only whether it might conceivably be on a real card. +only whether it might conceivably be on a real card. These subroutines will also work if you provide the arguments as numbers instead of strings, e.g. validate(5276440065421319). diff --git a/misc/stellarium/DESCR b/misc/stellarium/DESCR index fa9db84bb7b..6c583131e7d 100644 --- a/misc/stellarium/DESCR +++ b/misc/stellarium/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ Stellarium is a free software. It renders 3D photo-realistic skies in real time. With stellarium, you really see what you can see with your eyes, -binoculars or a small telescope. +binoculars or a small telescope. diff --git a/multimedia/acidrip/DESCR b/multimedia/acidrip/DESCR index 72fbe217eb4..d72b2f9e01e 100644 --- a/multimedia/acidrip/DESCR +++ b/multimedia/acidrip/DESCR @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -AcidRip is a Gtk2::Perl application for ripping and encoding DVD's. It -neatly wraps MPlayer and MEncoder, which I think is pretty handy, seeing -as MPlayer is by far the best bit of video playing kit around for *nix. -As well as creating a simple Graphical Interface for those scared of -getting down and dirty with MEncoders command line interface, It also +AcidRip is a Gtk2::Perl application for ripping and encoding DVD's. It +neatly wraps MPlayer and MEncoder, which I think is pretty handy, seeing +as MPlayer is by far the best bit of video playing kit around for *nix. +As well as creating a simple Graphical Interface for those scared of +getting down and dirty with MEncoders command line interface, It also automates the process in a number of ways: * Parses DVD into contents tree diff --git a/multimedia/avidemux/DESCR b/multimedia/avidemux/DESCR index 40b12bc3acb..b2a82f28758 100644 --- a/multimedia/avidemux/DESCR +++ b/multimedia/avidemux/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Avidemux is a graphical tool to edit video. It can open AVI, MPEG, Nuppelvideo and BMPs. Most common codecs are supported (M-JPEG, MPEG, DivX, Xvid, huffyuv, WMA, etc.) thanks to libavcodec. Video can be edited, cut, appended, filtered -(resize/crop/denoise), and re-encoded to either AVI (DivX/Xvid) or MPEG 1/2. +(resize/crop/denoise), and re-encoded to either AVI (DivX/Xvid) or MPEG 1/2. Note that this package does not support DivX. diff --git a/multimedia/libdvbpsi/DESCR b/multimedia/libdvbpsi/DESCR index 5f01027c662..8597bdb5ba0 100644 --- a/multimedia/libdvbpsi/DESCR +++ b/multimedia/libdvbpsi/DESCR @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ libdvbpsi is a simple library designed for decoding and generation of MPEG TS -and DVB PSI tables. +and DVB PSI tables. Current features - Program Association Table (PAT), decoder and generator. - Program Map Table (PMT), decoder and generator. - All MPEG 2 descriptors, decoders and generators. + Program Association Table (PAT), decoder and generator. + Program Map Table (PMT), decoder and generator. + All MPEG 2 descriptors, decoders and generators. The libdvbpsi is part of the VideoLAN project, a full MPEG2 client/server solution. The libdvbpsi can also be used with extra diff --git a/multimedia/lsdvd/DESCR b/multimedia/lsdvd/DESCR index 40582a899c9..f909b5c79fb 100644 --- a/multimedia/lsdvd/DESCR +++ b/multimedia/lsdvd/DESCR @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ lsdvd will tell you the following: * The name of the disc * The number of tracks * The length, format, and aspect of each track -* The format, language, number of channels, contents, etc. of each audio +* The format, language, number of channels, contents, etc. of each audio track * The language and contents of each subtitle * The longest track diff --git a/multimedia/mkvtoolnix/DESCR b/multimedia/mkvtoolnix/DESCR index 44aa8bacf21..e38b55d687a 100644 --- a/multimedia/mkvtoolnix/DESCR +++ b/multimedia/mkvtoolnix/DESCR @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ MKVtoolnix is a set of tools to create, alter and inspect Matroska files. With these tools one can get information about (mkvinfo) Matroska files, extract tracks/data from (mkvextract) Matroska files and create (mkvmerge) -Matroska files from other media files. +Matroska files from other media files. diff --git a/multimedia/mmg/DESCR b/multimedia/mmg/DESCR index 81e9bfd8735..f7280b530e7 100644 --- a/multimedia/mmg/DESCR +++ b/multimedia/mmg/DESCR @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ mmg is a GUI for mkvmerge from MKVtoolnix. mkvmerge is a tool to create -Matroska files from other media files. +Matroska files from other media files. diff --git a/multimedia/xawtv/DESCR b/multimedia/xawtv/DESCR index fa16d771298..7f8ea2f0c15 100644 --- a/multimedia/xawtv/DESCR +++ b/multimedia/xawtv/DESCR @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ bktr driver too). The main component of the suite is xawtv itself, which is a X11 application to watch the TV. The package includes the following main utilities: -* xawtv: a nice X11 application for watching TV. +* xawtv: a nice X11 application for watching TV. * v4lctl: a command line tool to set video4linux parameters. * streamer: a command line tool for capturing still images and AVI videos - (with sound). -* radio: a simple, curses-based radio app. + (with sound). +* radio: a simple, curses-based radio app. * webcam: captures images and uploads them with FTP to a Web-Server in an - endless loop. + endless loop. diff --git a/net/IglooFTP/DESCR b/net/IglooFTP/DESCR index 28bf0b0337b..7647805c4b9 100644 --- a/net/IglooFTP/DESCR +++ b/net/IglooFTP/DESCR @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Already available features are : Intuitive user friendly interface, graphical configurability, toolbar, fast-connect bar, graphical directories browser, tree hierarchical site manager with site groups, user profile -management, local and remote prompt command, +management, local and remote prompt command, directories creation/deletion, recursive downloads/uploads delete/move/chmod, file transfert resume, resolution of symbolic links, support of passive and non-passive data diff --git a/net/arla/DESCR b/net/arla/DESCR index 80be2110d67..1f2b5a125e7 100644 --- a/net/arla/DESCR +++ b/net/arla/DESCR @@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ o A cache manager (arlad) that works both in user-level mode and with o Some simple programs (amon, fs, klog, tokens, vos, udebug, and pts). -o An experimental AFS server called milko. +o An experimental AFS server called milko. diff --git a/net/citrix_ica/DESCR b/net/citrix_ica/DESCR index fd9a6800940..6b93c58eaa1 100644 --- a/net/citrix_ica/DESCR +++ b/net/citrix_ica/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Client for the Citrix(R) / Microsoft Windows Terminal Server. +Client for the Citrix(R) / Microsoft Windows Terminal Server. Citrix(R) MetaFrame(TM) is thin-client/server system software for Microsoft's Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. diff --git a/net/giftcurs/DESCR b/net/giftcurs/DESCR index 4f222a14b73..2f43de4a270 100644 --- a/net/giftcurs/DESCR +++ b/net/giftcurs/DESCR @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -giFTcurs is a cursed frontend to the giFT daemon and has been described +giFTcurs is a cursed frontend to the giFT daemon and has been described as "seriously slick". diff --git a/net/gnetcat/DESCR b/net/gnetcat/DESCR index 634aa9c3a20..b999f8a2de0 100644 --- a/net/gnetcat/DESCR +++ b/net/gnetcat/DESCR @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol. -It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can be used directly -or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a -feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, since it can create -almost any kind of connection you would need and has several interesting +It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can be used directly +or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a +feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, since it can create +almost any kind of connection you would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities. diff --git a/net/hobbitmon/DESCR b/net/hobbitmon/DESCR index 0727d1486cf..a6c77f86cde 100644 --- a/net/hobbitmon/DESCR +++ b/net/hobbitmon/DESCR @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -Hobbit is the successor to the bbgen toolkit, which +Hobbit is the successor to the bbgen toolkit, which has been available as an add-on to Big Brother since late 2002. The name change was decided upon when Hobbit acquired enough functionality to be a stand-alone product. The tools that formed -the bbgen toolkit are still present in Hobbit and are quite +the bbgen toolkit are still present in Hobbit and are quite important for it, so if you have used bbgen before, Hobbit will seem quite familiar. diff --git a/net/iftop/DESCR b/net/iftop/DESCR index 8247cafeac4..61f5f5609a7 100644 --- a/net/iftop/DESCR +++ b/net/iftop/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -iftop does for network usage what top(1) does for CPU usage. It listens to -network traffic on a named interface and displays a table of current +iftop does for network usage what top(1) does for CPU usage. It listens to +network traffic on a named interface and displays a table of current bandwidth usage by pairs of hosts. diff --git a/net/llnlxdir/DESCR b/net/llnlxdir/DESCR index a3dae56b9a6..35c77f32f40 100644 --- a/net/llnlxdir/DESCR +++ b/net/llnlxdir/DESCR @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -LLNL XDIR manages files in a heterogeneous network. -It provides a graphical user interface for drag-and-drop -file transfer and for direct manipulation of local and -remote directories. LLNL XDIR has the ability to view -information in four different formats, including -hierarchical and iconic views. Based on UNIX, the C +LLNL XDIR manages files in a heterogeneous network. +It provides a graphical user interface for drag-and-drop +file transfer and for direct manipulation of local and +remote directories. LLNL XDIR has the ability to view +information in four different formats, including +hierarchical and iconic views. Based on UNIX, the C programming language, OSF/Motif, and the file transfer protocol FTP, LLNL XDIR is highly portable. diff --git a/net/llnlxftp/DESCR b/net/llnlxftp/DESCR index 0c0a4f4246b..14fe42873c7 100644 --- a/net/llnlxftp/DESCR +++ b/net/llnlxftp/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -LLNL XFTP enables scientists and engineers to easily transfer and -manage their files in an increasingly distributed computing -environment. Based on industry standards, such as the +LLNL XFTP enables scientists and engineers to easily transfer and +manage their files in an increasingly distributed computing +environment. Based on industry standards, such as the X Window System and the UNIX operating system, LLNL XFTP can execute on a wide variety of computing platforms. diff --git a/net/mrt/DESCR b/net/mrt/DESCR index 24af34b47ac..7ddd24f99cd 100644 --- a/net/mrt/DESCR +++ b/net/mrt/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: DESCR,v 1.2 2003/05/06 17:42:12 jmmv Exp $ +$Id: DESCR,v 1.3 2005/05/23 08:26:12 rillig Exp $ This distribution of the Multi-threaded Routing Toolkit includes routing daemons, programming libraries and Internet @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ statistics/performance measurement tools. The work is supported by National Science Foundation grants (NCR-9710176 and NCR-9318902), and a gift from Intel Corporation. - + Documentation and an installation guide for the MRT toolkit is available online at - http://www.merit.edu/~mrt/mrt_doc + http://www.merit.edu/~mrt/mrt_doc Send email to mrt-support@merit.edu for assistence/bugs/comments. diff --git a/net/openntpd/DESCR b/net/openntpd/DESCR index 3988ae168b7..9126bd99ea1 100644 --- a/net/openntpd/DESCR +++ b/net/openntpd/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ OpenNTPd is a free implementation of the Network Time Protocol. It provides the ability to sync the local clock to remote NTP servers and -can act as NTP server itself, redistributing the local clock. +can act as NTP server itself, redistributing the local clock. OpenNTPd is primarily developed by Henning Brauer and Alexander Guy as part of the OpenBSD Project. The portable version is made by Darren Tucker. diff --git a/net/p5-INET6/DESCR b/net/p5-INET6/DESCR index 642c02b1d1e..c725812a56d 100644 --- a/net/p5-INET6/DESCR +++ b/net/p5-INET6/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -IO::Socket::INET6 provides an object interface to creating and using sockets -in either AF_INET or AF_INET6 domains. It is built upon the IO::Socket +IO::Socket::INET6 provides an object interface to creating and using sockets +in either AF_INET or AF_INET6 domains. It is built upon the IO::Socket interface and inherits all the methods defined by IO::Socket. diff --git a/net/p5-Net-XWhois/DESCR b/net/p5-Net-XWhois/DESCR index 303aeb24d8c..b67370733e6 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-XWhois/DESCR +++ b/net/p5-Net-XWhois/DESCR @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -The Net::XWhois class provides a generic client framework for doing +The Net::XWhois class provides a generic client framework for doing Whois queries and parsing server response. diff --git a/net/p5-Net/DESCR b/net/p5-Net/DESCR index 30d3563c640..70bf18c605d 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net/DESCR +++ b/net/p5-Net/DESCR @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Net::FTP - FTP Client class Net::Time - time and daytime network client interface Net::NNTP - NNTP Client class Net::POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1081) -Net::Cmd - Network Command class (as used by FTP, SMTP etc) +Net::Cmd - Network Command class (as used by FTP, SMTP etc) Net::SMTP - Simple Mail transfer Protocol Client Net::Domain - Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name and domain Net::Netrc - OO interface to users netrc file diff --git a/net/packit/DESCR b/net/packit/DESCR index 22e2ed39219..553a6b4fdca 100644 --- a/net/packit/DESCR +++ b/net/packit/DESCR @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -Packit (Packet toolkit) is a network auditing tool. Its value is derived -from its ability to customize, inject, monitor, and manipulate IP traffic. -By allowing you to define (spoof) nearly all TCP, UDP, ICMP, IP, ARP, RARP, -and Ethernet header options, Packit can be useful in testing firewalls, -intrusion detection/prevention systems, port scanning, simulating network -traffic, and general TCP/IP auditing. Packit is also an excellent tool for -learning TCP/IP. +Packit (Packet toolkit) is a network auditing tool. Its value is derived +from its ability to customize, inject, monitor, and manipulate IP traffic. +By allowing you to define (spoof) nearly all TCP, UDP, ICMP, IP, ARP, RARP, +and Ethernet header options, Packit can be useful in testing firewalls, +intrusion detection/prevention systems, port scanning, simulating network +traffic, and general TCP/IP auditing. Packit is also an excellent tool for +learning TCP/IP. diff --git a/net/py-adns/DESCR b/net/py-adns/DESCR index 28110a20fa4..7a28d81018e 100644 --- a/net/py-adns/DESCR +++ b/net/py-adns/DESCR @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -The adns module provides an interface to the GNU adns asynchronous DNS +The adns module provides an interface to the GNU adns asynchronous DNS resolver library. diff --git a/net/ripe-whois-tools/DESCR b/net/ripe-whois-tools/DESCR index adf717e9f3a..2833334fd7e 100644 --- a/net/ripe-whois-tools/DESCR +++ b/net/ripe-whois-tools/DESCR @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ database. It contains the following programs: The updating mechanism is too powerfull (for now) to allow the general public to use this mechanism. The server is protected by means of an accesslist. - + - cryptpw Calculate a crypted password with given password and salt. This password can then be used in the 'auth:' field of maintainer diff --git a/net/tinc/DESCR b/net/tinc/DESCR index 422e73deee8..3ad750b08f5 100644 --- a/net/tinc/DESCR +++ b/net/tinc/DESCR @@ -1,24 +1,24 @@ -tinc is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon that uses tunnelling and +tinc is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon that uses tunnelling and encryption to create a secure private network between hosts on the Internet. -Because the VPN appears to the IP level network code as a normal network -device, there is no need to adapt any existing software. This allows VPN +Because the VPN appears to the IP level network code as a normal network +device, there is no need to adapt any existing software. This allows VPN sites to share information with each other over the Internet without exposing any information to others. In addition, tinc has the following features: o Encryption, authentication and compression All traffic is optionally compressed using zlib or LZO, and OpenSSL is used to encrypt the traffic and protect it from alteration with message - authentication codes and sequence numbers. + authentication codes and sequence numbers. o Automatic full mesh routing Regardless of how you set up the tinc daemons to connect to each other, VPN traffic is always (if possible) sent directly to the - destination, without going through intermediate hops. + destination, without going through intermediate hops. o Easily expand your VPN When you want to add nodes to your VPN, all you have to do is add an extra configuration file, there is no need to start new daemons or create and configure new devices or network interfaces. o Ability to bridge ethernet segments - You can link multiple ethernet segments together to work like a single + You can link multiple ethernet segments together to work like a single segment, allowing you to run applications and games that normally only work - on a LAN over the Internet. + on a LAN over the Internet. diff --git a/net/tsclient/DESCR b/net/tsclient/DESCR index 3d4013ea902..4b703dcd0e5 100644 --- a/net/tsclient/DESCR +++ b/net/tsclient/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Tsclient is a frontend for rdesktop -Features: +Features: * GTK+-2.0 * GNOME panel applet to quickly launch saved rdp files diff --git a/net/ucarp/DESCR b/net/ucarp/DESCR index 327c3866d65..6f060182519 100644 --- a/net/ucarp/DESCR +++ b/net/ucarp/DESCR @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -UCARP allows a pair of hosts to share common virtual IP addresses in order to -provide automatic failover. It is a portable userland implementation of the -secure and patent-free Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP, OpenBSD's +UCARP allows a pair of hosts to share common virtual IP addresses in order to +provide automatic failover. It is a portable userland implementation of the +secure and patent-free Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP, OpenBSD's alternative to the VRRP). -Strong points of the CARP protocol are : very low overhead, cryptographically -signed messages, interoperability between different operating systems and no -need for any dedicated extra network link between redundant hosts. +Strong points of the CARP protocol are : very low overhead, cryptographically +signed messages, interoperability between different operating systems and no +need for any dedicated extra network link between redundant hosts. diff --git a/net/wap-utils/DESCR b/net/wap-utils/DESCR index e06a1873cd3..f592668bb0c 100644 --- a/net/wap-utils/DESCR +++ b/net/wap-utils/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Wireless LAN access point utilities for UNIX to configure and monitor Wireless Access Points using the SNMP protocol. Utilities probably work with all Access Points based on -Atmel chipset and may also configure APs with +Atmel chipset and may also configure APs with IEEE 802.11 MIB and NWN DOT11EXT MIB support, such as Compex WP11. diff --git a/net/wimon/DESCR b/net/wimon/DESCR index 1587a5b4199..4a76a9edfda 100644 --- a/net/wimon/DESCR +++ b/net/wimon/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -wimon is a curses tool that shows a real-time graph of your wireless +wimon is a curses tool that shows a real-time graph of your wireless connection status. It is based on Bill Paul's wiconfig. It runs on NetBSD, FreeBSD and OpenBSD. diff --git a/news/newsx/DESCR b/news/newsx/DESCR index e837cb67db1..88990e94666 100644 --- a/news/newsx/DESCR +++ b/news/newsx/DESCR @@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ Newsx is also well suited for large spools with normal feeds, being used for pulling newsgroups from specific NNTP servers that are not distributed in the usual manner. Since newsx obeys the normal news spool configuration file and requires little or no specific configuration, the administrative burden should -be minimized. +be minimized. diff --git a/news/nget/DESCR b/news/nget/DESCR index 80cb755d823..6e02eb58125 100644 --- a/news/nget/DESCR +++ b/news/nget/DESCR @@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ features: # of parts req, date, age, messageid, and references. * Search for newsgroups based on their names and/or descriptions * Automatic handling of PAR and PAR2 files retrieves only as many - recovery files as necessary to repair any missing/damaged files. + recovery files as necessary to repair any missing/damaged files. diff --git a/news/suck/DESCR b/news/suck/DESCR index 192a5a8a9a5..b900c58772c 100644 --- a/news/suck/DESCR +++ b/news/suck/DESCR @@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ The suck/rpost combination allows you to run your own INN/CNEWS site, controlling where you get your news, and where you post outgoing articles. Suck/rpost use only standard NNTP commands that are used by your favorite news reader (tin, xvnews, strn) such as POST and ARTICLE. If you can use tin -or xvnews against a NNTP site, than you can use Suck/Rpost. +or xvnews against a NNTP site, than you can use Suck/Rpost. diff --git a/parallel/sge/DESCR b/parallel/sge/DESCR index caa9c458fe3..f5cc832b451 100644 --- a/parallel/sge/DESCR +++ b/parallel/sge/DESCR @@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ to facilitate the adoption of distributed computing solutions. Sponsored by Sun Microsystems and hosted by CollabNet, the Grid Engine project provides enabling distributed resource management software for wide ranging requirements from compute -farms to grid computing. +farms to grid computing. diff --git a/print/foomatic-gswrapper/DESCR b/print/foomatic-gswrapper/DESCR index a31dbeb683e..78203df28c2 100644 --- a/print/foomatic-gswrapper/DESCR +++ b/print/foomatic-gswrapper/DESCR @@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ makes debugging much easier by letting you see Ghostscript error messsages. The wrapper is required if you print jobs from the Windows PostScript driver (which writes jobs that generate advisory output that causes trouble under plain Ghostscript). Some other software may produce such jobs; the -wrapper is probably a good idea in general. +wrapper is probably a good idea in general. diff --git a/print/latex-mk/DESCR b/print/latex-mk/DESCR index 6b0650303a3..4c51267d0e3 100644 --- a/print/latex-mk/DESCR +++ b/print/latex-mk/DESCR @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Latex-Mk is a set of makefile fragments and shell scripts designed to assist in the management of LaTeX documents. The user creates a simple Makefile which sets up a few simple variables and then -includes the latex.mk fragment at the end. +includes the latex.mk fragment at the end. LaTeX-Mk provides easy targets such as 'view', 'pdf', 'print', and 'clean'. Additional features such as multiple top level diff --git a/print/stylewriter/DESCR b/print/stylewriter/DESCR index 4ee67e00650..cf773e65aea 100644 --- a/print/stylewriter/DESCR +++ b/print/stylewriter/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ This is an Apple StyleWriter driver for un*x. It was developed on NetBSD-mac68k, and has been reported to work on NetBSD-i386, -linux-pmac, mklinux-ppc, and linux-x86. +linux-pmac, mklinux-ppc, and linux-x86. Supported printers include: diff --git a/print/texfamily-share/DESCR b/print/texfamily-share/DESCR index af879dce089..4fd7aa31e99 100644 --- a/print/texfamily-share/DESCR +++ b/print/texfamily-share/DESCR @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ NetBSD verion of this package contains several programs: 1. Programs included with original TeXfamily - NTT JTeX 1.9.1 (Japanese TeX) - MuLTeX 0.8.1 (Multi-Lingual TeX) - + 2. Tools for JTex/MuLTeX (available from TeXfamily's site) - dvi2ps-3.2j (dvi2ps with Japanese support) - jmakeindex (indexing tool with Japanese support) diff --git a/print/texfamily/DESCR b/print/texfamily/DESCR index 90b27c20629..c5b757380fb 100644 --- a/print/texfamily/DESCR +++ b/print/texfamily/DESCR @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ NetBSD version of this package contains several programs: 1. Programs included with original TeXfamily - NTT JTeX 1.9.1 (Japanese TeX) - MuLTeX 0.8.1 (Multi-Lingual TeX) - + 2. Tools for JTex/MuLTeX (available from TeXfamily's site) - dvi2ps-3.2j (dvi2ps with Japanese support) - jmakeindex (indexing tool with Japanese support) diff --git a/security/fragroute/DESCR b/security/fragroute/DESCR index c2c207bc762..e2a62527b37 100644 --- a/security/fragroute/DESCR +++ b/security/fragroute/DESCR @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ "Fragroute intercepts, modifies, and rewrites egress traffic destined for a specified host, implementing most of the attacks described in the Secure Networks "Insertion, Evasion, and Denial of Service: Eluding -Network Intrusion Detection" paper of January 1998. +Network Intrusion Detection" paper of January 1998. It features a simple ruleset language to delay, duplicate, drop, fragment, overlap, print, reorder, segment, source-route, or otherwise monkey with all outbound packets destined for a target host, with -minimal support for randomized or probabilistic behaviour. +minimal support for randomized or probabilistic behaviour. This tool was written in good faith to aid in the testing of network intrusion detection systems, firewalls, and basic TCP/IP stack diff --git a/security/gnupg-devel/DESCR b/security/gnupg-devel/DESCR index f237079bc26..ce17a2141fc 100644 --- a/security/gnupg-devel/DESCR +++ b/security/gnupg-devel/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ GnuPG 1.9 is the future version of GnuPG; it is based on the gnupg-1.3 code and the previous newpg package. It will eventually lead to a GnuPG 2.0 release. This pagkage provides several utilities that are used -by mail clients, such as Kmail and Balsa, to provide OpenPGP/MIME +by mail clients, such as Kmail and Balsa, to provide OpenPGP/MIME and SMIME support. diff --git a/security/gsasl/DESCR b/security/gsasl/DESCR index a92fef6cfd3..0a140ac6dd7 100644 --- a/security/gsasl/DESCR +++ b/security/gsasl/DESCR @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -GNU SASL is an implementation of the Simple Authentication and Security Layer -framework and a few common SASL mechanisms. SASL is used by network servers -(e.g., IMAP, SMTP) to request authentication from clients, and in clients to +GNU SASL is an implementation of the Simple Authentication and Security Layer +framework and a few common SASL mechanisms. SASL is used by network servers +(e.g., IMAP, SMTP) to request authentication from clients, and in clients to authenticate against servers. -GNU SASL contains a library (`libgsasl'), a command line utility (`gsasl') -to access the library from the shell, and a manual. The library includes -support for the SASL framework (with authentication functions and application -data privacy and integrity functions) and at least partial support for the -CRAM-MD5, EXTERNAL, GSSAPI, ANONYMOUS, PLAIN, SECURID, DIGEST-MD5, LOGIN, +GNU SASL contains a library (`libgsasl'), a command line utility (`gsasl') +to access the library from the shell, and a manual. The library includes +support for the SASL framework (with authentication functions and application +data privacy and integrity functions) and at least partial support for the +CRAM-MD5, EXTERNAL, GSSAPI, ANONYMOUS, PLAIN, SECURID, DIGEST-MD5, LOGIN, NTLM and KERBEROS_V5 mechanisms. diff --git a/security/ipsec-tools/DESCR b/security/ipsec-tools/DESCR index 0d8c9d69c33..84c3fd08045 100644 --- a/security/ipsec-tools/DESCR +++ b/security/ipsec-tools/DESCR @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ racoon speaks IKE (ISAKMP/Oakley) key management protocol, to establish IPsec security association with other hosts. This is based on KAME racoon, with some enhancements such as -NAT-Traversal (needs kernel support), hybrid authentication, +NAT-Traversal (needs kernel support), hybrid authentication, ISAKMP mode config, RADIUS support, IKE fragmentation and others. Ipsec-tools' racoon is able to act as a VPN server for the diff --git a/security/kth-krb4/DESCR b/security/kth-krb4/DESCR index 4f169fbf337..f8bf6e81c04 100644 --- a/security/kth-krb4/DESCR +++ b/security/kth-krb4/DESCR @@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ version. The DES library has been updated with his 3.23 version and numerous patches collected over the years have been applied to both the kerberos and DES sources, most notably the CMU patches for extended lifetimes that AFS uses. There is also support for AFS built into most -programs. +programs. diff --git a/security/libdes/DESCR b/security/libdes/DESCR index 9177657ca94..b27ce26bf87 100644 --- a/security/libdes/DESCR +++ b/security/libdes/DESCR @@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ this one around. Plus, it compiles easily on PCs with djgpp. I've renamed all the installed files to be libdes, libdes.h, etc., to avoid conflicts with other packages. -NetBSD package by: John Refling <refling@comet.lbl.gov> +NetBSD package by: John Refling <refling@comet.lbl.gov> diff --git a/security/libtasn1/DESCR b/security/libtasn1/DESCR index bddba4bc595..f21ea7ebe2b 100644 --- a/security/libtasn1/DESCR +++ b/security/libtasn1/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ libtasn1 library was developed for ASN1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One) -structures management. +structures management. The main features of this library are: - on-line ASN1 structure management that does @@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ The main features of this library are: - off-line ASN1 structure management with C code file generation containing an array; - DER (Distinguish Encoding Rules) encoding; -- no limits for INTEGER and ENUMERATED values +- no limits for INTEGER and ENUMERATED values diff --git a/security/msf/DESCR b/security/msf/DESCR index 539b51e59bb..bc25443a1ac 100644 --- a/security/msf/DESCR +++ b/security/msf/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -The Metasploit Framework is an advanced open-source platform for developing, -testing, and using exploit code. This release includes 18 exploits and 27 -payloads; many of these exploits are either the only ones publicly available -or just much more reliable than anything else out there. The Framework will -run on any modern system that has a working Perl interpreter, the Windows +The Metasploit Framework is an advanced open-source platform for developing, +testing, and using exploit code. This release includes 18 exploits and 27 +payloads; many of these exploits are either the only ones publicly available +or just much more reliable than anything else out there. The Framework will +run on any modern system that has a working Perl interpreter, the Windows installer includes a slimmed-down version of the Cygwin environment. diff --git a/security/nikto/DESCR b/security/nikto/DESCR index d4d214bc703..a2ab535673c 100644 --- a/security/nikto/DESCR +++ b/security/nikto/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Nikto is a web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web -servers for multiple items, including over 2200 potentially dangerous -files/CGIs, versions on over 140 servers, and problems on over 210 servers. -Scan items and plugins are frequently updated and can be automatically +Nikto is a web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web +servers for multiple items, including over 2200 potentially dangerous +files/CGIs, versions on over 140 servers, and problems on over 210 servers. +Scan items and plugins are frequently updated and can be automatically updated (if desired). diff --git a/security/p0f/DESCR b/security/p0f/DESCR index 82463ac1c9f..492598e302f 100644 --- a/security/p0f/DESCR +++ b/security/p0f/DESCR @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ -P0f v2 is a versatile passive OS fingerprinting tool. P0f can identify the -operating system on: +P0f v2 is a versatile passive OS fingerprinting tool. P0f can identify the +operating system on: - machines that connect to your box (SYN mode), - machines you connect to (SYN+ACK mode), - machine you cannot connect to (RST+ mode), -- machines whose communications you can observe. +- machines whose communications you can observe. -P0f can also do many other tricks, and can detect or measure the following: +P0f can also do many other tricks, and can detect or measure the following: - firewall presence or masquerading (useful for policy enforcement), - presence of a load balancer setup, - the distance to the remote system and its uptime, -- other guy's network hookup (DSL, OC3, avian carriers) and his ISP. +- other guy's network hookup (DSL, OC3, avian carriers) and his ISP. diff --git a/security/p5-Crypt-OpenSSL-DSA/DESCR b/security/p5-Crypt-OpenSSL-DSA/DESCR index a10ca9f6477..a1494859448 100644 --- a/security/p5-Crypt-OpenSSL-DSA/DESCR +++ b/security/p5-Crypt-OpenSSL-DSA/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ Crypt::OpenSSL::DSA implements the DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm) signature verification system. -It is a thin XS wrapper to the DSA functions contained in the +It is a thin XS wrapper to the DSA functions contained in the OpenSSL crypto library. diff --git a/security/pyca/DESCR b/security/pyca/DESCR index 87fbdbc5818..5c5d39bc8e2 100644 --- a/security/pyca/DESCR +++ b/security/pyca/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -pyCA tries to make it easier for people to set up and run a organizational -certificate authority which fulfills the need for a fairly secure -certification processing. The package also tries to reduce administrative -tasks and user's frustration by providing a comfortable web interface to -users contacting the certificate authority. +pyCA tries to make it easier for people to set up and run a organizational +certificate authority which fulfills the need for a fairly secure +certification processing. The package also tries to reduce administrative +tasks and user's frustration by providing a comfortable web interface to +users contacting the certificate authority. diff --git a/security/scanssh/DESCR b/security/scanssh/DESCR index c32df45e146..593e7734fa1 100644 --- a/security/scanssh/DESCR +++ b/security/scanssh/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -ScanSSH supports scanning a list of addresses and networks for open proxies, -SSH protocol servers, Web and SMTP servers. Where possible ScanSSH, displays -the version number of the running services. ScanSSH protocol scanner supports -random selection of IP addresses from large network ranges and is useful for -gathering statistics on the deployment of SSH protocol servers in a company +ScanSSH supports scanning a list of addresses and networks for open proxies, +SSH protocol servers, Web and SMTP servers. Where possible ScanSSH, displays +the version number of the running services. ScanSSH protocol scanner supports +random selection of IP addresses from large network ranges and is useful for +gathering statistics on the deployment of SSH protocol servers in a company or the Internet as whole. diff --git a/security/steghide/DESCR b/security/steghide/DESCR index 30f33506709..a400f79c17c 100644 --- a/security/steghide/DESCR +++ b/security/steghide/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Steghide is a steganography program that is able to hide -data in various kinds of image- and audio-files. The color- -respectively sample-frequencies are not changed thus making the +Steghide is a steganography program that is able to hide +data in various kinds of image- and audio-files. The color- +respectively sample-frequencies are not changed thus making the embedding resistant against first-order statistical tests. Features: * compression of embedded data diff --git a/security/tinyca/DESCR b/security/tinyca/DESCR index 2dcb82caf8b..9c5f814aac1 100644 --- a/security/tinyca/DESCR +++ b/security/tinyca/DESCR @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -TinyCA is a simple graphical userinterface written in Perl/Gtk to manage a +TinyCA is a simple graphical userinterface written in Perl/Gtk to manage a small CA (Certification Authority). TinyCA works as a frontend for openssl. diff --git a/security/xmlsec1/DESCR b/security/xmlsec1/DESCR index 5e3048118c9..76fb053f63f 100644 --- a/security/xmlsec1/DESCR +++ b/security/xmlsec1/DESCR @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ XMLSec library provides C based implementation for major XML Security standards: - * XML Signature Syntax and Processing + * XML Signature Syntax and Processing http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core * XML Encryption Syntax and Processing - http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlenc-core/ + http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlenc-core/ XMLSec is based on well known LibXML (http://xmlsoft.org), LibXSLT (http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT) and OpenSSL (http://www.openssl.org) libraries. diff --git a/shells/bash2-doc/DESCR b/shells/bash2-doc/DESCR index 805fdd95e7d..e38238ed44c 100644 --- a/shells/bash2-doc/DESCR +++ b/shells/bash2-doc/DESCR @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh). It is intended to conform to the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.2 Shell and Tools standard. - + It offers functional improvements over sh for both programming and interactive use; these include command line editing, unlimited size command history, job control, shell functions and aliases, indexed diff --git a/shells/bash2/DESCR b/shells/bash2/DESCR index 5dd431ceb2f..6fe03e3d230 100644 --- a/shells/bash2/DESCR +++ b/shells/bash2/DESCR @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh). It is intended to conform to the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.2 Shell and Tools standard. - + It offers functional improvements over sh for both programming and interactive use; these include command line editing, unlimited size command history, job control, shell functions and aliases, indexed diff --git a/sysutils/amanda-client/DESCR b/sysutils/amanda-client/DESCR index 5ead5bbac60..4f447837124 100644 --- a/sysutils/amanda-client/DESCR +++ b/sysutils/amanda-client/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ This is a release of Amanda, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver. Amanda is a backup system designed to archive many computers on a network to a single large-capacity -tape drive. +tape drive. diff --git a/sysutils/amanda-common/DESCR b/sysutils/amanda-common/DESCR index 5ead5bbac60..4f447837124 100644 --- a/sysutils/amanda-common/DESCR +++ b/sysutils/amanda-common/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ This is a release of Amanda, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver. Amanda is a backup system designed to archive many computers on a network to a single large-capacity -tape drive. +tape drive. diff --git a/sysutils/amanda-plot/DESCR b/sysutils/amanda-plot/DESCR index 5ead5bbac60..4f447837124 100644 --- a/sysutils/amanda-plot/DESCR +++ b/sysutils/amanda-plot/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ This is a release of Amanda, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver. Amanda is a backup system designed to archive many computers on a network to a single large-capacity -tape drive. +tape drive. diff --git a/sysutils/amanda-server/DESCR b/sysutils/amanda-server/DESCR index 5ead5bbac60..4f447837124 100644 --- a/sysutils/amanda-server/DESCR +++ b/sysutils/amanda-server/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ This is a release of Amanda, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver. Amanda is a backup system designed to archive many computers on a network to a single large-capacity -tape drive. +tape drive. diff --git a/sysutils/amanda/DESCR b/sysutils/amanda/DESCR index 5ead5bbac60..4f447837124 100644 --- a/sysutils/amanda/DESCR +++ b/sysutils/amanda/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ This is a release of Amanda, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver. Amanda is a backup system designed to archive many computers on a network to a single large-capacity -tape drive. +tape drive. diff --git a/sysutils/fsv/DESCR b/sysutils/fsv/DESCR index a9bc5cb58b5..7729199722b 100644 --- a/sysutils/fsv/DESCR +++ b/sysutils/fsv/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -fsv (pronounced eff-ess-vee) is a file system visualizer in cyberspace. -It lays out files and directories in three dimensions, geometrically -representing the file system hierarchy to allow visual overview and -analysis. fsv can visualize a modest home directory, a workstation's -hard drive, or any arbitrarily large collection of files, limited only +fsv (pronounced eff-ess-vee) is a file system visualizer in cyberspace. +It lays out files and directories in three dimensions, geometrically +representing the file system hierarchy to allow visual overview and +analysis. fsv can visualize a modest home directory, a workstation's +hard drive, or any arbitrarily large collection of files, limited only by the host computer's memory and graphics hardware. diff --git a/sysutils/fsviewer/DESCR b/sysutils/fsviewer/DESCR index 1f67fcddcaa..bba7e053317 100644 --- a/sysutils/fsviewer/DESCR +++ b/sysutils/fsviewer/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ FSViewer is a NeXT FileViewer lookalike for Window Maker. Viewing is currently supported via browser mode and list mode. It has been written in C using the -WINGs library. +WINGs library. diff --git a/sysutils/mklivecd/DESCR b/sysutils/mklivecd/DESCR index 443b078322c..3d37ade7d7f 100644 --- a/sysutils/mklivecd/DESCR +++ b/sysutils/mklivecd/DESCR @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -mklivecd is a simple shell script that allows you to build a custom +mklivecd is a simple shell script that allows you to build a custom NetBSD LiveCD on i386-based machines. diff --git a/sysutils/pftop/DESCR b/sysutils/pftop/DESCR index bce4a9d4cbc..d07eeeb4869 100644 --- a/sysutils/pftop/DESCR +++ b/sysutils/pftop/DESCR @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ Pftop is a small, curses-based utility for real-time display of -active states and rule statistics for PF, the packet filter from OpenBSD. +active states and rule statistics for PF, the packet filter from OpenBSD. diff --git a/sysutils/socket/DESCR b/sysutils/socket/DESCR index fd0f0412102..31c14db3f11 100644 --- a/sysutils/socket/DESCR +++ b/sysutils/socket/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This is the README file for Socket-1.1. +This is the README file for Socket-1.1. What is it? diff --git a/sysutils/tob/DESCR b/sysutils/tob/DESCR index fa389bba530..3ae42bbdd08 100644 --- a/sysutils/tob/DESCR +++ b/sysutils/tob/DESCR @@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ tob supports full backups, differential backups (of the files which were changed since the last full backup), and incremental backups (of files changed since any previous backups). It lets you determine the size of the backup before actually making it, maintain listings of -made backups, make remote backups and possibly more. +made backups, make remote backups and possibly more. diff --git a/textproc/eperl/DESCR b/textproc/eperl/DESCR index 7d245d66666..ffbb853b65e 100644 --- a/textproc/eperl/DESCR +++ b/textproc/eperl/DESCR @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ePerl -- Embedded Perl 5 Language ePerl interprets an ASCII file bristled with Perl 5 program statements by -evaluating the Perl 5 code while passing through the plain ASCII data. +evaluating the Perl 5 code while passing through the plain ASCII data. It can operate in various ways: As a stand-alone Unix filter or integrated Perl 5 module for general file generation tasks and as a powerful Webserver scripting language for dynamic HTML page programming. diff --git a/textproc/expatobjc/DESCR b/textproc/expatobjc/DESCR index 3cdec8e4074..554255c4b11 100644 --- a/textproc/expatobjc/DESCR +++ b/textproc/expatobjc/DESCR @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ To use it, make a subclass of the XMLParser object that will override any or all of the following methods based on what parts of the XML parser document you want to read and analyze: -startElement - for element start tags +startElement - for element start tags endElement - for element end tags characters - for PCDATA stuff processingInstruction - for XML processing instructions diff --git a/textproc/gdome2/DESCR b/textproc/gdome2/DESCR index 1175aab21df..a79353ffebd 100644 --- a/textproc/gdome2/DESCR +++ b/textproc/gdome2/DESCR @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ software which takes a parsed XML or HTML document and makes it available for processing via the DOM interfaces. A browser contains a host implementation, for example. -Here some key points about libgdome: +Here some key points about libgdome: * Libgdome is a DOM level2 Implementation. * Libgdome supports "Core" and "XML" modules (DOM level2 Core Recommendation). * Libgdome supports "Events" and "MutationEvents" modules (DOM level2 Events diff --git a/textproc/gocr/DESCR b/textproc/gocr/DESCR index 307e0ac2a92..cea5f69adb9 100644 --- a/textproc/gocr/DESCR +++ b/textproc/gocr/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -GOCR is an optical character recognition program, released under the GNU -General Public License. It reads images in many formats (pnm, pbm, pgm, ppm, +GOCR is an optical character recognition program, released under the GNU +General Public License. It reads images in many formats (pnm, pbm, pgm, ppm, some pcx and tga image files (or PNM from stdin); if PNM-tools installed and running linux-like system you can also use pnm.gz, pnm.bz2, png, jpg, tiff, gif, bmp and others) and outputs a text file. You do not have to train the diff --git a/textproc/hevea/DESCR b/textproc/hevea/DESCR index 1357ef54f0c..da8e900af55 100644 --- a/textproc/hevea/DESCR +++ b/textproc/hevea/DESCR @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ HEVEA understands LaTeX macro definitions. Simple user style files are understood with little or no modifications. Furthermore, HEVEA customization is done by writing LaTeX code. - + HEVEA is written in Objective Caml, as many lexers. It is quite fast and flexible. Using HEVEA it is possible to translate large documents such as manuals, books, etc. very quickly. All documents are diff --git a/textproc/libcroco/DESCR b/textproc/libcroco/DESCR index 903ca84a77d..9acdd91037b 100644 --- a/textproc/libcroco/DESCR +++ b/textproc/libcroco/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -The Libcroco project is an effort to build a generic Cascading Style Sheet -(CSS) parsing and manipulation toolkit that can be used by GNOME applications +The Libcroco project is an effort to build a generic Cascading Style Sheet +(CSS) parsing and manipulation toolkit that can be used by GNOME applications in need of CSS support. diff --git a/textproc/p5-Cz-Cstools/DESCR b/textproc/p5-Cz-Cstools/DESCR index fe1f28028f5..af1b91e30bc 100644 --- a/textproc/p5-Cz-Cstools/DESCR +++ b/textproc/p5-Cz-Cstools/DESCR @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ This package includes modules that are useful when dealing with Czech (and Slovak) texts in Perl. - + Module Cz::Cstocs: Implements object for various charset encodings, used for the Czech language -- either as objects, or as direct conversion functions. One of the charsets is tex for things like \v{c}. - + Program cstocs: This version of popular charset reencoding utility uses the above mentioned module to convert text between various charsets. - + Module Cz::Sort: Sorts according to Czech sorting conventions, regardless on locale setting. Exports functions czcmp and czsort which can be used in similar way as as diff --git a/textproc/p5-Data-FormValidator/DESCR b/textproc/p5-Data-FormValidator/DESCR index e619d8cb4a3..4f7aef5560c 100644 --- a/textproc/p5-Data-FormValidator/DESCR +++ b/textproc/p5-Data-FormValidator/DESCR @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -Data::FormValidator's main aim is to make input validation expressible in a +Data::FormValidator's main aim is to make input validation expressible in a simple format. -Data::FormValidator lets you define profiles which declare the required and +Data::FormValidator lets you define profiles which declare the required and optional fields and any constraints they might have. -The results are provided as an object which makes it easy to handle missing +The results are provided as an object which makes it easy to handle missing and invalid results, return error messages about which constraints failed, or process the resulting valid data. diff --git a/textproc/p5-Text-Tabs+Wrap/DESCR b/textproc/p5-Text-Tabs+Wrap/DESCR index f7a6f19a135..10339917bad 100644 --- a/textproc/p5-Text-Tabs+Wrap/DESCR +++ b/textproc/p5-Text-Tabs+Wrap/DESCR @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Text::Tabs performs the same job that the unix expand(1) and unexpand(1) commands do: adding or removing tabs from a document. -Text::Wrap::wrap() will reformat lines into paragraphs. All it does is +Text::Wrap::wrap() will reformat lines into paragraphs. All it does is break up long lines, it will not join short lines together. Text::Fill::fill() will reformat blocks of text into paragraphs. It diff --git a/textproc/p5-XML-LibXML-Iterator/DESCR b/textproc/p5-XML-LibXML-Iterator/DESCR index 57f3719cf7a..0e908b48a22 100644 --- a/textproc/p5-XML-LibXML-Iterator/DESCR +++ b/textproc/p5-XML-LibXML-Iterator/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ XML::LibXML::Iterator implements the iterator part of the DOM -Traversal and Range specification. This class allows to iterate +Traversal and Range specification. This class allows to iterate through a DOM as it is done through an ordinary array. diff --git a/textproc/py-SimpleParse/DESCR b/textproc/py-SimpleParse/DESCR index 60b74cad0b0..8b4c4b28df2 100644 --- a/textproc/py-SimpleParse/DESCR +++ b/textproc/py-SimpleParse/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -SimpleParse is a BSD-licensed Python package providing a simple parser -generator for use with the mxTextTools text-tagging engine. SimpleParse -allows you to generate tagging tables for use with the text-tagging engine +SimpleParse is a BSD-licensed Python package providing a simple parser +generator for use with the mxTextTools text-tagging engine. SimpleParse +allows you to generate tagging tables for use with the text-tagging engine directly from your EBNF grammar. diff --git a/textproc/py-textile/DESCR b/textproc/py-textile/DESCR index 90426d75306..a48a56fcbb7 100644 --- a/textproc/py-textile/DESCR +++ b/textproc/py-textile/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ Textile is a XHTML generator using a simple markup developed by Dean Allen. -This is a Python port with support for code validation, itex to MathML +This is a Python port with support for code validation, itex to MathML translation, Python code coloring and much more. diff --git a/textproc/sablotron/DESCR b/textproc/sablotron/DESCR index b0a8c28bd81..41ef1ffc0e5 100644 --- a/textproc/sablotron/DESCR +++ b/textproc/sablotron/DESCR @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Sablotron is a fast, compact and portable XML toolkit implementing XSLT, DOM and XPath. Sablotron is an open project whose goal is to create a lightweight, reliable and fast XML library processor conforming to the W3C -specification, which is available for public and can be used as a base -for multi-platform XML applications. +specification, which is available for public and can be used as a base +for multi-platform XML applications. The original creator of Sablotron is Ginger Alliance Ltd., Czech Republic. diff --git a/textproc/tei/DESCR b/textproc/tei/DESCR index 8ec3cd7ca67..0beb2c7390e 100644 --- a/textproc/tei/DESCR +++ b/textproc/tei/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ The DTD of the Text Encoding Initiative allows encoding of a wide range -of document types in the domain of humanities. If focuses on, but is not +of document types in the domain of humanities. If focuses on, but is not restricted to, the needs of the scholarly research and education community. diff --git a/time/cal/DESCR b/time/cal/DESCR index f23cb396990..e2c4d5d57c4 100644 --- a/time/cal/DESCR +++ b/time/cal/DESCR @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Features: older than the current day. Next month's appointments are shown if there is room to do so. Multiple appointment data files may also be specified on the commandline. - + * You can specify your own appointment and color definition files on the commandline, or use the defaults. diff --git a/time/jday/DESCR b/time/jday/DESCR index 2592b07d5a7..a53609090e1 100644 --- a/time/jday/DESCR +++ b/time/jday/DESCR @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Utilities to convert between calendar dates and Julian dates: j2d - Julian date to calendar date dbd - calculate days between dates -Quite useful in timing situations where you need elapsed time between +Quite useful in timing situations where you need elapsed time between dates. This package also includes a library 'libjday.a' for incorporating diff --git a/time/p5-Time/DESCR b/time/p5-Time/DESCR index ee4fe562302..d951532ecfe 100644 --- a/time/p5-Time/DESCR +++ b/time/p5-Time/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This package contains the following perl5 modules: +This package contains the following perl5 modules: Time::CTime.pm ctime, strftime, and asctime Time::JulianDay.pm Julian Day conversions diff --git a/wm/3ddesktop/DESCR b/wm/3ddesktop/DESCR index 77d9c8ffac3..9d8645a8ee2 100644 --- a/wm/3ddesktop/DESCR +++ b/wm/3ddesktop/DESCR @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -3D-Desktop is an OpenGL program for switching virtual desktops in a seamless -3-dimensional manner on unix. The current desktop is mapped into a fullscreen -3D environment where you may choose other screens. Several different +3D-Desktop is an OpenGL program for switching virtual desktops in a seamless +3-dimensional manner on unix. The current desktop is mapped into a fullscreen +3D environment where you may choose other screens. Several different visualization modes are available. -The transition from working desktop to fullscreen 3D environment is seamless. -In other words when the pager activates you see your current desktop appear -to zoom out to a point in space where you can see your other virtual desktops -allowing you to select another. The best way to understand is to try it out -and get the full effect! +The transition from working desktop to fullscreen 3D environment is seamless. +In other words when the pager activates you see your current desktop appear +to zoom out to a point in space where you can see your other virtual desktops +allowing you to select another. The best way to understand is to try it out +and get the full effect! diff --git a/wm/openbox/DESCR b/wm/openbox/DESCR index 80de380b0b3..11fd6f96a76 100644 --- a/wm/openbox/DESCR +++ b/wm/openbox/DESCR @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ Openbox is a standards compliant, fast, light-weight, extensible window -manager. +manager. Openbox works with your applications, and makes your desktop easier to manage. This is because the approach to its development was the opposite of what seems to be the general case for window managers. Openbox was written first to comply with standards and to work properly. Only when -that was in place did the team turn to the visual interface. +that was in place did the team turn to the visual interface. diff --git a/wm/skippy/DESCR b/wm/skippy/DESCR index a30ac3bd604..33ed90e5895 100644 --- a/wm/skippy/DESCR +++ b/wm/skippy/DESCR @@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ it'll let you pick a window using a mouse or a keyboard. It is pretty similar to a tool made by Apple, called Expose - http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/expose/ - + Skippy depends on a NetWM compliant window-manager. diff --git a/wm/wmctrl/DESCR b/wm/wmctrl/DESCR index 063af4c05b3..bc9ecbc9e1b 100644 --- a/wm/wmctrl/DESCR +++ b/wm/wmctrl/DESCR @@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ full-screen, always-above or sticky, and activate, close, move, resize, maximize and minimize them. The command line access makes it easy to automate these tasks and execute them -from any application that is able to run a command in response to some event. +from any application that is able to run a command in response to some event. diff --git a/wm/wmi/DESCR b/wm/wmi/DESCR index 4e7dd9a93fa..bb4d93917ef 100644 --- a/wm/wmi/DESCR +++ b/wm/wmi/DESCR @@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ Standard Template Library (STL) and the X11 Library (XLib). WMI is highly customizable: it is designed with keyboard users in mind. Each action (e.g. resizing the frame, creating a new workspace, launching an app, note that WMI provides hundreds of actions) can be bind to a shortcut. So say -good-bye to the rodent :) +good-bye to the rodent :) diff --git a/www/SpeedyCGI/DESCR b/www/SpeedyCGI/DESCR index 5570bd1308c..393758e7258 100644 --- a/www/SpeedyCGI/DESCR +++ b/www/SpeedyCGI/DESCR @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -SpeedyCGI is a way to run perl scripts persistently, which can make them run -much more quickly. A script can be made to to run persistently by changing -the interpreter line at the top of the script from: +SpeedyCGI is a way to run perl scripts persistently, which can make them run +much more quickly. A script can be made to to run persistently by changing +the interpreter line at the top of the script from: #!${LOCALBASE}/bin/perl -to +to #!${LOCALBASE}/bin/speedy -After the script is initially run, instead of exiting, the perl interpreter -is kept running. During subsequent runs, this interpreter is used to handle -new executions instead of starting a new perl interpreter each time. A very -fast frontend program, written in C, is executed for each request. This fast -frontend then contacts the persistent Perl process, which is usually already -running, to do the work and return the results. +After the script is initially run, instead of exiting, the perl interpreter +is kept running. During subsequent runs, this interpreter is used to handle +new executions instead of starting a new perl interpreter each time. A very +fast frontend program, written in C, is executed for each request. This fast +frontend then contacts the persistent Perl process, which is usually already +running, to do the work and return the results. diff --git a/www/ap-auth-radius/DESCR b/www/ap-auth-radius/DESCR index e2ccbc14798..9e3de3c37e2 100644 --- a/www/ap-auth-radius/DESCR +++ b/www/ap-auth-radius/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -mod_auth_radius.c allows HTTP authentication to be checked against a +mod_auth_radius.c allows HTTP authentication to be checked against a RADIUS server. If you check valuable passwords such as the ones you use for dial-up, don't forget to use SSL. diff --git a/www/ap-perl/DESCR b/www/ap-perl/DESCR index 9b8afdbaf58..00e074d618f 100644 --- a/www/ap-perl/DESCR +++ b/www/ap-perl/DESCR @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ linking the Perl runtime library into the server and providing an object oriented Perl interface to the server's C language API. These pieces are seamlessly glued together by the `mod_perl' server -plugin, making it is possible to write Apache modules entirely in Perl. +plugin, making it is possible to write Apache modules entirely in Perl. In addition, the persistent interpreter embedded in the server avoids the overhead of starting an external interpreter program and the additional Perl start-up (compile) time. diff --git a/www/ap2-chroot/DESCR b/www/ap2-chroot/DESCR index 7786748fc72..00e57e86b0c 100644 --- a/www/ap2-chroot/DESCR +++ b/www/ap2-chroot/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ mod_chroot makes running Apache in a secure chroot environment easy. -You don't need to create a special directory hierarchy containing +You don't need to create a special directory hierarchy containing /dev, /lib, /etc... mod_chroot allows you to run Apache in a chroot jail with no additional files. -The chroot() system call is performed at the end of startup procedure - when +The chroot() system call is performed at the end of startup procedure - when all libraries are loaded and log files open. diff --git a/www/ap2-perl/DESCR b/www/ap2-perl/DESCR index 9b8afdbaf58..00e074d618f 100644 --- a/www/ap2-perl/DESCR +++ b/www/ap2-perl/DESCR @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ linking the Perl runtime library into the server and providing an object oriented Perl interface to the server's C language API. These pieces are seamlessly glued together by the `mod_perl' server -plugin, making it is possible to write Apache modules entirely in Perl. +plugin, making it is possible to write Apache modules entirely in Perl. In addition, the persistent interpreter embedded in the server avoids the overhead of starting an external interpreter program and the additional Perl start-up (compile) time. diff --git a/www/ap2-transform/DESCR b/www/ap2-transform/DESCR index a45773570b5..d6388f5d1df 100644 --- a/www/ap2-transform/DESCR +++ b/www/ap2-transform/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -mod_transform is a filter module that allows Apache 2.0 to do dynamic XSL -Transformations on either static XML documents, or XML documents generated +mod_transform is a filter module that allows Apache 2.0 to do dynamic XSL +Transformations on either static XML documents, or XML documents generated from another Apache module or CGI program. diff --git a/www/bannerfilter/DESCR b/www/bannerfilter/DESCR index 68c298bc77f..81e9aed2c78 100644 --- a/www/bannerfilter/DESCR +++ b/www/bannerfilter/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ This script blocks advertising banners on the Web. -Unlike most other similar solutions, BannerFilter does more than simply -block advertising graphics. It also blocks advertising frames on a few +Unlike most other similar solutions, BannerFilter does more than simply +block advertising graphics. It also blocks advertising frames on a few sites, and automatically closes pop-up windows. diff --git a/www/drivel/DESCR b/www/drivel/DESCR index ad754f50401..fae47c59832 100644 --- a/www/drivel/DESCR +++ b/www/drivel/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ Drivel is a LiveJournal client for the GNOME Desktop. Its purpose is to retain a simple and elegant design while providing the same level of functionality as the offical LiveJournal clients. Drivel also integrates -tightly with the GNOME Desktop technologies. +tightly with the GNOME Desktop technologies. diff --git a/www/galeon/DESCR b/www/galeon/DESCR index 984aeb8f9fb..37f44f0e3ce 100644 --- a/www/galeon/DESCR +++ b/www/galeon/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Galeon is a GNOME Web browser based on gecko (the mozilla rendering engine). +Galeon is a GNOME Web browser based on gecko (the mozilla rendering engine). It's fast, it has a light interface, and it is fully standards-compliant. This version uses GNOME 2, and is a development branch built against diff --git a/www/htmldoc-x11/DESCR b/www/htmldoc-x11/DESCR index d96fc6307c5..8b9510da39d 100644 --- a/www/htmldoc-x11/DESCR +++ b/www/htmldoc-x11/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ HTMLDOC is a program that generates indexed HTML, Adobe(R) PostScriptTM, and PDF files from HTML "source" files that you create using your favorite HTML editor. HTMLDOC includes a simple GUI interface to manage your HTML files and -automatically (re)generate files for viewing and printing. +automatically (re)generate files for viewing and printing. diff --git a/www/netscape7/DESCR b/www/netscape7/DESCR index 4bf0c785e2d..68911b45898 100644 --- a/www/netscape7/DESCR +++ b/www/netscape7/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ The Netscape browser, mail client, newsgroup reader, web page editor, instant -messenger, ICQ client and address book organizer. This is the commercially +messenger, ICQ client and address book organizer. This is the commercially distributed version from Netscape. A freely available version of the Netscape browser is available in pkgsrc as 'mozilla'. diff --git a/www/p5-Apache-ePerl/DESCR b/www/p5-Apache-ePerl/DESCR index 7d245d66666..ffbb853b65e 100644 --- a/www/p5-Apache-ePerl/DESCR +++ b/www/p5-Apache-ePerl/DESCR @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ePerl -- Embedded Perl 5 Language ePerl interprets an ASCII file bristled with Perl 5 program statements by -evaluating the Perl 5 code while passing through the plain ASCII data. +evaluating the Perl 5 code while passing through the plain ASCII data. It can operate in various ways: As a stand-alone Unix filter or integrated Perl 5 module for general file generation tasks and as a powerful Webserver scripting language for dynamic HTML page programming. diff --git a/www/p5-CGI-Kwiki/DESCR b/www/p5-CGI-Kwiki/DESCR index 3720e6cc7e5..9823d53bf9f 100644 --- a/www/p5-CGI-Kwiki/DESCR +++ b/www/p5-CGI-Kwiki/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ A Wiki is a website that allows its users to add pages, and edit any -existing pages. +existing pages. You can create a new kwiki website with a single command. The module has no prerequisite modules, except the ones that ship with Perl. diff --git a/www/p5-HTML-LinkExtractor/DESCR b/www/p5-HTML-LinkExtractor/DESCR index 94d07cf9637..a430225cc5e 100644 --- a/www/p5-HTML-LinkExtractor/DESCR +++ b/www/p5-HTML-LinkExtractor/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -HTML::LinkExtractor is used for extracting links from HTML. It is very -similar to HTML::LinkExtor, except that besides getting the URL, you also +HTML::LinkExtractor is used for extracting links from HTML. It is very +similar to HTML::LinkExtor, except that besides getting the URL, you also get the link-text. diff --git a/www/p5-libwww/DESCR b/www/p5-libwww/DESCR index b32705ca0d9..7100fcf540c 100644 --- a/www/p5-libwww/DESCR +++ b/www/p5-libwww/DESCR @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ provide classes and functions that allow you to write WWW clients, thus libwww-perl said to be a WWW client library. The library also contain modules that are of more general - use. + use. The main architecture of the library is object oriented. The user agent, requests sent and responses received from the WWW server are all represented by objects. This makes a simple and powerful interface to these services. The interface should be easy to extend and customize for your - needs. + needs. diff --git a/www/pear-HTML_Common/DESCR b/www/pear-HTML_Common/DESCR index debc2b44ce7..a72bda2d2d7 100644 --- a/www/pear-HTML_Common/DESCR +++ b/www/pear-HTML_Common/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -The PEAR::HTML_Common PHP package provides methods for html code display and +The PEAR::HTML_Common PHP package provides methods for html code display and attributes handling. * Methods to set, remove, update html attributes. * Handles comments in HTML code. diff --git a/www/php-eaccelerator/DESCR b/www/php-eaccelerator/DESCR index 02c672e0852..2b913ef84dc 100644 --- a/www/php-eaccelerator/DESCR +++ b/www/php-eaccelerator/DESCR @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ uses some optimizations to speed up execution of PHP scripts. eAccelerator typically reduces server load and increases the speed of your PHP code by 1-10 times. -eAccelerator is a fork of TurckMMCache +eAccelerator is a fork of TurckMMCache ( http://sourceforge.net/project/turckmm-cache/ by Dmitry Stogov ) eAccelerator stores compiled PHP scripts in shared memory and diff --git a/www/php4-apc/DESCR b/www/php4-apc/DESCR index ebebe58d1e1..8e84d7569f8 100644 --- a/www/php4-apc/DESCR +++ b/www/php4-apc/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ APC is the Alternative PHP Cache, which provides a way of boosting the performance of PHP on heavily-loaded sites by allowing scripts to be cached in a compiled state, so that the overhead of parsing and compiling can be -almost completely eliminated. +almost completely eliminated. diff --git a/www/websvn/DESCR b/www/websvn/DESCR index 8000fae810d..e5170b1ef01 100644 --- a/www/websvn/DESCR +++ b/www/websvn/DESCR @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ WebSVN offers a view onto your subversion repositories that's been designed to -reflect the Subversion methodology. You can view the log of any file or -directory and see a list of all the files changed, added or deleted in any -given revision. You can also view the differences between 2 versions of a +reflect the Subversion methodology. You can view the log of any file or +directory and see a list of all the files changed, added or deleted in any +given revision. You can also view the differences between 2 versions of a file so as to see exactly what was changed in a particular revision. WebSVN offers the following features: @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ WebSVN offers the following features: * Log message searching * Colourisation of file listings * Fast browsing thanks to internal caching feature - * Apache MultiViews support + * Apache MultiViews support -Since it's written using PHP, WebSVN is also very portable and easy to +Since it's written using PHP, WebSVN is also very portable and easy to install. diff --git a/x11/devilspie/DESCR b/x11/devilspie/DESCR index 14d43cf42c5..a71a6e755b5 100644 --- a/x11/devilspie/DESCR +++ b/x11/devilspie/DESCR @@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ Devil's Pie can be configured to detect windows as they are created, and match the window to a set of rules. If the window matches the rules, it can perform a series of actions on that window. For example, I make all windows created by X-Chat appear on all workspaces, and the main Gkrellm1 window does not appear -in the pager or task list. +in the pager or task list. diff --git a/x11/gnome-session/DESCR b/x11/gnome-session/DESCR index d220f84c9df..fc093a46cfd 100644 --- a/x11/gnome-session/DESCR +++ b/x11/gnome-session/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ gnome2-session provides the following components: * The GNOME session manager. * The GNOME session manager configuration program and several other - session management related utilities. + session management related utilities. * The GNOME session manager proxy, which handles basic session management for applications that do not support XSM. diff --git a/x11/gnopernicus/DESCR b/x11/gnopernicus/DESCR index de289874494..9897ffd2755 100644 --- a/x11/gnopernicus/DESCR +++ b/x11/gnopernicus/DESCR @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -Gnopernicus provides Assistive Technologies (AT) for blind and visually +Gnopernicus provides Assistive Technologies (AT) for blind and visually impaired persons through modules for text-to-speech, braille, etc. diff --git a/x11/kmessage/DESCR b/x11/kmessage/DESCR index 48f0c0556de..72c69d7454c 100644 --- a/x11/kmessage/DESCR +++ b/x11/kmessage/DESCR @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ KMessage is an xmessage clone: it displays a message (specified as a parameter, read from a file or piped to standard input) and group of buttons in a dialog -and returns a value based on the selected button. +and returns a value based on the selected button. -Features: +Features: an option to center the dialog on the desktop or to position the upper-left corner of the dialog near the mouse pointer; the option to output the button which was clicked to standard output; and diff --git a/x11/lablgtk2/DESCR b/x11/lablgtk2/DESCR index 32d4291d6a4..1019dbaf6ef 100644 --- a/x11/lablgtk2/DESCR +++ b/x11/lablgtk2/DESCR @@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ support for GTK+ from 2.0 to 2.6. It uses the rich type system of Objective Caml 3 to provide a strongly typed, yet very comfortable, object-oriented interface to GTK+. This is not that -easy if you know the dynamic typing approach taken by GTK+. +easy if you know the dynamic typing approach taken by GTK+. diff --git a/x11/multi-aterm/DESCR b/x11/multi-aterm/DESCR index 187766ddab4..239ada08c1e 100644 --- a/x11/multi-aterm/DESCR +++ b/x11/multi-aterm/DESCR @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -multi-aterm is a multi-terminal for the X Windows system based on aterm that +multi-aterm is a multi-terminal for the X Windows system based on aterm that provides tabbed functionality without requiring KDE or GNOME. diff --git a/x11/qwspritefield/DESCR b/x11/qwspritefield/DESCR index aa2e668ba44..5f8329a9817 100644 --- a/x11/qwspritefield/DESCR +++ b/x11/qwspritefield/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ This is my QwSpriteField class set for implementing efficiently redrawn -sprites in the Qt GUI Toolkit. +sprites in the Qt GUI Toolkit. This directory contains all the sources for the QwSpriteField class set. @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ A trivial example is given in example.cpp The sprite subdirectory is graphics for the example program. It is pregenerated, but if you have POVRAY 3.0 you can experiment with that -too. +too. This software is licensed under the LGPL. In essence, this means that you can use it in any application, but if you modify it, you must diff --git a/x11/xpad/DESCR b/x11/xpad/DESCR index ea2ba12ae3e..31f616ab593 100644 --- a/x11/xpad/DESCR +++ b/x11/xpad/DESCR @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ -xpad is a sticky notes application written using GTK+ 2.0 that strives to -be simple, fault-tolerant, and customizable. xpad consists of independent -pad windows; each is basically a text box in which notes can be written. -Despite being called xpad, all that is needed to run or compile it is the -GTK+ 2.0 libraries. Here is a list of major features in the current xpad +xpad is a sticky notes application written using GTK+ 2.0 that strives to +be simple, fault-tolerant, and customizable. xpad consists of independent +pad windows; each is basically a text box in which notes can be written. +Despite being called xpad, all that is needed to run or compile it is the +GTK+ 2.0 libraries. Here is a list of major features in the current xpad stable release: * GTK+ 2.0 powered text view. - * Fault tolerant. All information is kept on the hard drive, not memory. - So if power is lost or your computer freezes, there is little lost + * Fault tolerant. All information is kept on the hard drive, not memory. + So if power is lost or your computer freezes, there is little lost information. - * xpad is very customizable. The color scheme (text, background, and window - borders) and the font can be changed. These settings can be applied to - one pad or set as the default for future pads. Want window decorations or + * xpad is very customizable. The color scheme (text, background, and window + borders) and the font can be changed. These settings can be applied to + one pad or set as the default for future pads. Want window decorations or not? Your choice. - * A customizable toolbar puts the most frequently used commands at your + * A customizable toolbar puts the most frequently used commands at your fingertips. * Support for the X session management protocol. * Support for the www.freedesktop.org system tray proposal. diff --git a/x11/xview-clients/DESCR b/x11/xview-clients/DESCR index 1c9b424a9f3..2c44b327c08 100644 --- a/x11/xview-clients/DESCR +++ b/x11/xview-clients/DESCR @@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ appearance and functionality of XView applications follow the OPEN LOOK Graphical User Interface (GUI) specification. This package contains the olwm window manager, which is a ICCCM-compliant -window that adheres to the OPEN LOOK (TM) user interface. +window that adheres to the OPEN LOOK (TM) user interface. The complete list of XView clients contained in this package are: - clock An XView clock application. + clock An XView clock application. cmdtool An XView terminal emulator. olwm The OPENLOOK window manager. olwmslave 'helper' program for olwm. diff --git a/x11/zenity/DESCR b/x11/zenity/DESCR index 34a2188c060..10f80b26537 100644 --- a/x11/zenity/DESCR +++ b/x11/zenity/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ This is zenity - a rewrite of gdialog, the GNOME port of dialog which allows you to display dialog boxes from the commandline -and shell scripts. If you understand, things are just as they +and shell scripts. If you understand, things are just as they are. If you don't understand, things are just as they are. |