creps@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (09/09/87)
/* Written 4:58 pm Sep 8, 1987 by creps@silver.UUCP in silver:rec.games.hack */ /* ---------- "Nethack Spelling Error Fixes" ---------- */ I've noticed a few spelling errors and typos in the nethack game while playing it, so I decided to run the whole thing through a spelling checker. First I fgrep'ed it to create a file containing all lines with the '"' character. Then I removed all lines that had " for an #include line. This left all lines with a string. I ran this file through a spelling checker and also searched manually for strings such as "your," which the checker would miss if it were supposed to be "you're." The list below is what I came up with. Note that some line numbers may be off by one or two lines in your copy of the files. The above is what I did for the .c and .h files. I proofed the data files without going through all of that, since they contain almost all text. --Steve Creps creps@silver.bacs.indiana.edu file:line misspelled word corrected word comments --------------- --------------- --------------- -------- data.base:26 opulant opulent data.base:150 venomenous venomous e do.c:332 You're Your do.c:348 You're Your do_name.c:141 Do_oname do_name c do_name.c:302 AEIOUaeio AEIOUaeiou d do_wear.c:174 manoeuvre maneuvre a do_wear.c:263 didnt didn't end.c:146 Yynq ynq b end.c:254 coloured colored a end.c:256 coloured colored a hack.c:612 accomodate accommodate help:39 opulant opulent makedefs.c:249 opulant opulent nethack.6:55 behaviour behavior a objects.h:300 aluminium aluminum a options.c:342 engame endgame options.c:344 engame endgame options.c:374 engame endgame potion.c:289 wierd weird pri.c:509 charteruse chartreuse read.c:482 misbehaviour misbehavior rumors.base:17 wouldnt wouldn't rumors.base:28 ringfinger ring finger rumors.base:29 recognised recognized a rumors.base:31 rumour rumor a rumors.base:81 Nitroglycerine nitroglycerin rumors.base:92 coloured colored a rumors.base:114 armour armor a rumors.base:171 cocatrice cockatrice rumors.base:194 feal feel rumors.base:314 rumour rumor a rumors.base:340 creditcards credit cards rumors.base:353 Sphynxes sphinxes rumors.base:367 excercising exercising rumors.base:399 paralyse paralyze a rumors.base:428 rumour rumor a rumors.base:443 Tranquillizers Tranquilizers rumors.base:493 rumour rumor a rumors.base:497 Sphynx Sphinx shk.c:211 opulant opulent sit.c:23 opulant opulent version.c:69 honoured honored a zap.c:21 missle missile Comments ---------- a: Changed from British English to American English. Those of you in Canada and the UK don't need to worry about these. b: Seems inconsistent to have Y but no N. Just removed the Y. c: This is just from an error message, so it probably won't come up anyway, but it looks like a typo to me. d: We have all vowels listed here in caps, but are missing the lower case u. It looks to me like it's just a typo. If anyway who knows this section of code better than I do disagrees, please let me know why the "u" is omitted. e: Unless "venomenous" is an archaic word meaning "venomous," this seems to be a typo. /* End of text from silver:ildKen Trsignim mn