gnu packages: Clean up synopses and descriptions.

* gnu/packages/admin.scm, gnu/packages/algebra.scm, gnu/packages/audio.scm,
  gnu/packages/backup.scm, gnu/packages/base.scm, gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm,
  gnu/packages/code.scm, gnu/packages/compression.scm,
  gnu/packages/databases.scm, gnu/packages/enchant.scm,
  gnu/packages/firmware.scm, gnu/packages/fonts.scm,
  gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm, gnu/packages/games.scm, gnu/packages/gd.scm,
  gnu/packages/gl.scm, gnu/packages/gnome.scm, gnu/packages/gsasl.scm,
  gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm, gnu/packages/gtk.scm, gnu/packages/guile.scm,
  gnu/packages/haskell.scm, gnu/packages/language.scm,
  gnu/packages/lesstif.scm, gnu/packages/libreoffice.scm,
  gnu/packages/linux.scm, gnu/packages/llvm.scm, gnu/packages/maths.scm,
  gnu/packages/mcrypt.scm, gnu/packages/mit-krb5.scm, gnu/packages/mp3.scm,
  gnu/packages/ncdu.scm, gnu/packages/networking.scm, gnu/packages/ntp.scm,
  gnu/packages/ocaml.scm, gnu/packages/openbox.scm, gnu/packages/pdf.scm,
  gnu/packages/perl.scm, gnu/packages/pretty-print.scm,
  gnu/packages/pulseaudio.scm, gnu/packages/python.scm,
  gnu/packages/rdesktop.scm, gnu/packages/rdf.scm, gnu/packages/ruby.scm,
  gnu/packages/slang.scm, gnu/packages/slim.scm, gnu/packages/telephony.scm,
  gnu/packages/tls.scm, gnu/packages/tmux.scm, gnu/packages/tre.scm,
  gnu/packages/unrtf.scm, gnu/packages/version-control.scm,
  gnu/packages/vpn.scm, gnu/packages/web.scm, gnu/packages/wget.scm,
  gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm, gnu/packages/xfce.scm, gnu/packages/xiph.scm:
  Fix typos.  Trim long lines.  Add missing periods in the end of sentences.
  Use double spaces between sentences.  Remove trailing whitespaces.

gnu/packages/admin.scm

@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ allow automatic login and starting any app.")
     (description
      "This package provides the /etc/services, /etc/protocols, and /etc/rpc
 files, which contain information about the IANA-assigned port, protocol, and
-ONC RPC numbers")
+ONC RPC numbers.")
     (home-page "http://packages.debian.org/sid/netbase")
     (license license:gpl2)))
 

gnu/packages/backup.scm

@@ -314,5 +314,5 @@ modification times, extended attributes, acls, and resource forks.  Also,
 rdiff-backup can operate in a bandwidth efficient manner over a pipe, like
 rsync.  Thus you can use rdiff-backup and ssh to securely back a hard drive up
 to a remote location, and only the differences will be transmitted.  Finally,
-rdiff-backup is easy to use and settings have sensical defaults.")
+rdiff-backup is easy to use and settings have sensible defaults.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))

gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     (description
      "Transmission is a BitTorrent client that comes with graphical,
 textual, and Web user interfaces.  Transmission also has a daemon for
-unattended operationg.  It supports local peer discovery, full encryption,
+unattended operations.  It supports local peer discovery, full encryption,
 DHT, µTP, PEX and Magnet Links.")
 
     ;; COPYING reads:

gnu/packages/compression.scm

@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ than gzip and 15 % smaller output than bzip2.")
     (arguments '(#:configure-flags '("--enable-shared")))
     (home-page "http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo")
     (synopsis
-     "Data compresion library suitable for real-time data de-/compression")
+     "Data compression library suitable for real-time data de-/compression")
     (description
      "LZO is a data compression library which is suitable for data
 de-/compression in real-time.  This means it favours speed over

gnu/packages/databases.scm

@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ While based on the concepts used by DBIx::Abstract, the concepts used have
 been modified to make the SQL easier to generate from Perl data structures.
 The underlying idea is for this module to do what you mean, based on the data
 structures you provide it, so that you don't have to modify your code every
-time your data changes")
+time your data changes.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-sql-splitstatement

gnu/packages/enchant.scm

@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ the dlopen() system call.
 Enchant steps in to provide uniformity and conformity on top of these libraries,
 and implement certain features that may be lacking in any individual provider
 library.  Everything should \"just work\" for any and every definition of \"just
-working.\"")
+working\".")
     (home-page "http://www.abisource.com/projects/enchant")
     (license lgpl2.1+)))

gnu/packages/firmware.scm

@@ -78,6 +78,6 @@
     (synopsis "Firmware for the Atheros AR7010 and AR9271 USB 802.11n NICs")
     (description
      "This is the firmware for the Qualcomm Atheros AR7010 and AR9271 USB
-802.11n NICs (aka. Wi-Fi USB dongles.)  It is used by the ath9k driver of
+802.11n NICs (aka Wi-Fi USB dongles).  It is used by the ath9k driver of
 Linux-libre.")
     (license (non-copyleft "http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:ClearBSD"))))

gnu/packages/fonts.scm

@@ -356,8 +356,7 @@ seven weights: ExtraLight, Light, Normal, Regular, Medium, Bold, and Heavy.
 And in several OpenType/CFF-based deployment configurations to accommodate
 various system requirements or limitations.  As the name suggests, Pan-CJK
 fonts are intended to support the characters necessary to render or display
-text in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
+text in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.")
-")
     (license license:asl2.0)))
 
 (define-public font-wqy-zenhei

gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ of a the system to know what users are logged in, and where.")
     (synopsis "Implementations of freedesktop.org standards in Python")
     (description
      "PyXDG is a collection of implementations of freedesktop.org standards in
-Python")
+Python.")
     (license license:lgpl2.0)))
 
 (define-public python2-pyxdg

gnu/packages/games.scm

@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ reference interpreter, using Glk API.")
     (synopsis "Z-machine interpreter")
     (description
      "Fizmo is a console-based Z-machine interpreter.  It is used to play
-interactive ficiton, also known as textadventures, which were implemented
+interactive fiction, also known as text adventures, which were implemented
 either by Infocom or created using the Inform compiler.")
     (license license:bsd-3)))
 

gnu/packages/gd.scm

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ you can create PNG images on the fly or modify existing files.")
      `(("perl-gd" ,perl-gd)
        ("perl-image-magick" ,perl-image-magick)))
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/GD-SecurityImage")
-    (synopsis "Security image generator.")
+    (synopsis "Security image generator")
     (description "This module provides a basic interface to create
 security (captcha) images.  The final output is the actual graphic data, the
 mime type of the graphic, and the created random string.  The module also has

gnu/packages/gl.scm

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ the X-Consortium license.")
     (description
      "FTGL is a font rendering library for OpenGL applications.  Supported
 rendering modes are: Bitmaps, Anti-aliased pixmaps, Texture maps, Outlines,
-Polygon meshes, and Extruded polygon meshes")
+Polygon meshes, and Extruded polygon meshes.")
     (license l:x11)))
 
 (define-public s2tc

gnu/packages/gnome.scm

@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ some form of information without getting in the user's way.")
 every application the chance to assume its own extensibility.  It also has a
 set of features including, but not limited to: multiple extension points; on
 demand (lazy) programming language support for C, Python and JS; simplicity of
-the API")
+the API.")
     (license license:lgpl2.0+)))
 
 (define-public gtkglext
@@ -1235,7 +1235,8 @@ creating interactive structured graphics.")
     (home-page "https://developer.gnome.org/libgnomeui/")
     (synopsis "Additional widgets for applications")
     (description "The libgnomeui library provides additional widgets for
-applications.  Many of the widgets from libgnomeui have already been ported to GTK+.")
+applications.  Many of the widgets from libgnomeui have already been
+ported to GTK+.")
     (license license:lgpl2.0+)))
 
 (define-public libglade
@@ -1821,7 +1822,7 @@ and objects.")
     (synopsis "High-level API for X Keyboard Extension")
     (description
      "LibXklavier is a library providing high-level API for X Keyboard
-Extension known as XKB.  This library is indended to support XFree86 and other
+Extension known as XKB.  This library is intended to support XFree86 and other
 commercial X servers.  It is useful for creating XKB-related software (layout
 indicators etc).")
     (license license:lgpl2.0+)))

gnu/packages/gsasl.scm

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (synopsis "Library that implements NTLM authentication")
    (description
-    "Libntlm is a library that implements NTLM authentication")
+    "Libntlm is a library that implements NTLM authentication.")
    (license license:lgpl2.1+)
    (home-page "http://www.nongnu.org/libntlm/")))
 

gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm

@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ arrays of data.")
     (description
      "GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling
 components.  The applications it supports range from simple Ogg/Vorbis
-playback, audio/video streaming to complex audio (mixing) and video
+playback, audio/video streaming to complex audio mixing and video
- (non-linear editing) processing.
+non-linear editing.
 
 Applications can take advantage of advances in codec and filter technology
 transparently.  Developers can add new codecs and filters by writing a
@@ -275,8 +275,7 @@ developers consider to have good quality code and correct functionality.")
        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
        ("python-wrapper" ,python-wrapper)))
     (home-page "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/")
-    (synopsis
+    (synopsis "GStreamer plugins from the \"ugly\" set")
-     "GStreamer plugins from the \"ugly\" set.")
     (description "GStreamer Ugly Plug-ins.  This set contains those plug-ins
 which the developers consider to have good quality code but that might pose
 distribution problems in some jurisdictions, e.g. due to patent threats.")

gnu/packages/gtk.scm

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ The cairo API provides operations similar to the drawing operators of
 PostScript and PDF.  Operations in cairo including stroking and filling cubic
 Bézier splines, transforming and compositing translucent images, and
 antialiased text rendering.  All drawing operations can be transformed by any
-affine transformation (scale, rotation, shear, etc.)")
+affine transformation (scale, rotation, shear, etc.).")
    (license license:lgpl2.1) ; or Mozilla Public License 1.1
    (home-page "http://cairographics.org/")))
 

gnu/packages/guile.scm

@@ -457,14 +457,14 @@ http:://json.org specification.  These are the main features:
     (inputs
      `(("guile" ,guile-2.0)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/ijp/minikanren")
-    (synopsis "miniKanren declarative logic system, packaged for Guile")
+    (synopsis "MiniKanren declarative logic system, packaged for Guile")
     (description
      "MiniKanren is a relational programming extension to the Scheme
 programming Language, written as a smaller version of Kanren suitable for
 pedagogical purposes.  It is featured in the book, The Reasoned Schemer,
 written by Dan Friedman, William Byrd, and Oleg Kiselyov.
 
-This is Ian Price's r6rs packaged version of miniKranen, which deviates
+This is Ian Price's r6rs packaged version of miniKanren, which deviates
 slightly from miniKanren mainline.
 
 See http://minikanren.org/ for more on miniKanren generally.")

gnu/packages/haskell.scm

@@ -837,8 +837,8 @@ mutable and immutable), with a powerful loop optimisation framework.")
      `(("ghc-parsec" ,ghc-parsec)))
     (home-page
      "https://github.com/haskell/network-uri")
-    (synopsis "Labrary for URI manipulation")
+    (synopsis "Library for URI manipulation")
-    (description "This package provides an URI manipulation inteface.  In
+    (description "This package provides an URI manipulation interface.  In
 'network-2.6' the 'Network.URI' module was split off from the 'network'
 package into this package.")
     (license bsd-3)))

gnu/packages/language.scm

@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ stemmer at http://snowball.sourceforge.net.")
        ("perl-text-unidecode" ,perl-text-unidecode)
        ("perl-namespace-clean" ,perl-namespace-clean)))
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/String-ToIdentifier-EN")
-    (synopsis "Convert strings to english program identifiers")
+    (synopsis "Convert strings to English program identifiers")
     (description "This module provides a utility method, \"to_identifier\" for
 converting an arbitrary string into a readable representation using the ASCII
 subset of \"\\w\" for use as an identifier in a computer program.  The intent
@@ -395,6 +395,6 @@ string can be easily inferred by a human just by reading the identifier.")
     (build-system perl-build-system)
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Text-German")
     (synopsis "German grundform reduction")
-    (description "This module is a rather incomplete implementaion of work
+    (description "This module is a rather incomplete implementation of work
 done by Gudrun Putze-Meier.")
     (license (package-license perl))))

gnu/packages/lesstif.scm

@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@
         ("libxt" ,libxt)))
     (home-page "http://lesstif.sourceforge.net/")
     (synopsis "Clone of the Motif toolkit for the X window system")
-    (description "Clone of the Motif toolkit for the X window system")
+    (description "Clone of the Motif toolkit for the X window system.")
     (license license:gpl2+))) ; some files are lgpl2.1+ or x11

gnu/packages/libreoffice.scm

@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ patterns, which are pre-processed by a perl script.")
     (synopsis "Thesaurus")
     (description "MyThes is a simple thesaurus that uses a structured text
 data file and an index file with binary search to look up words and phrases
-and to return information on pronunciations, meaningss and synonyms.")
+and to return information on pronunciations, meanings and synonyms.")
     (license (non-copyleft "file://COPYING"
                            "See COPYING in the distribution."))))
 

gnu/packages/linux.scm

@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ It has been modified to remove all non-free binary blobs.")
      "A *Free* project to implement OSF's RFC 86.0.
 Pluggable authentication modules are small shared object files that can
 be used through the PAM API to perform tasks, like authenticating a user
-at login.  Local and dynamic reconfiguration are its key features")
+at login.  Local and dynamic reconfiguration are its key features.")
     (license bsd-3)))
 
 
@@ -2058,10 +2058,10 @@ thanks to the use of namespaces.")
        #:phases (alist-delete 'configure %standard-phases)
        #:tests? #f))  ; no test suite
     (home-page "http://sourceforge.net/projects/hdparm/")
-    (synopsis "tune hard disk parameters for high performance")
+    (synopsis "Tune hard disk parameters for high performance")
     (description
      "Get/set device parameters for Linux SATA/IDE drives.  It's primary use
-is for enabling irq-unmasking and IDE multiplemode.")
+is for enabling irq-unmasking and IDE multiple-mode.")
     (license (non-copyleft "file://LICENSE.TXT"))))
 
 (define-public acpid
@@ -2164,7 +2164,7 @@ also contains the libsysfs library.")
     (home-page "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/cpufreq/")
     (synopsis "Utilities to get and set CPU frequency on Linux")
     (description
-     "The cpufrequtils suite contains utilities to retreive CPU frequency
+     "The cpufrequtils suite contains utilities to retrieve CPU frequency
 information, and set the CPU frequency if supported, using the cpufreq
 capabilities of the Linux kernel.")
     (license gpl2)))

gnu/packages/llvm.scm

@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@
     (home-page "http://www.llvm.org")
     (synopsis "Optimizing compiler infrastructure")
     (description
-     "LLVM is a compiler infrastructure designed for compile-time, link-time, runtime,
+     "LLVM is a compiler infrastructure designed for compile-time, link-time,
-and idle-time optimization of programs from arbitrary programming languages.
+runtime, and idle-time optimization of programs from arbitrary programming
-It currently supports compilation of C and C++ programs, using front-ends
+languages.  It currently supports compilation of C and C++ programs, using
-derived from GCC 4.0.1.  A new front-end for the C family of languages is in
+front-ends derived from GCC 4.0.1.  A new front-end for the C family of
-development.  The compiler infrastructure includes mirror sets of programming
+languages is in development.  The compiler infrastructure includes mirror sets
-tools as well as libraries with equivalent functionality.")
+of programming tools as well as libraries with equivalent functionality.")
     (license ncsa)))
 
 (define (clang-from-llvm llvm hash)

gnu/packages/maths.scm

@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ to BMP, JPEG or PNG image formats.")
     (description "Maxima is a system for the manipulation of symbolic and
 numerical expressions.  It yields high precision numeric results by using
 exact fractions, arbitrary precision integers, and variable precision floating
-point numbers")
+point numbers.")
     ;; Some files are lgpl2.1+. Some are gpl2+.  Some explicitly state gpl1+.
     ;; Others simply say "GNU General Public License" without stating a
     ;; version (which implicitly means gpl1+).
@@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@ constant parts of it.")
      "OpenLibm is an effort to have a high quality, portable, standalone C
 mathematical library (libm).  It can be used standalone in applications and
 programming language implementations.  The project was born out of a need to
-have a good libm for the Julia programming langage that worked consistently
+have a good libm for the Julia programming language that worked consistently
 across compilers and operating systems, and in 32-bit and 64-bit
 environments.")
     ;; See LICENSE.md for details.

gnu/packages/mcrypt.scm

@@ -107,5 +107,5 @@ Algorithms currently supplied are:
 CRC-32, CRC-32B, ALDER-32, MD-2, MD-4, MD-5, RIPEMD-128, RIPEMD-160,
 RIPEMD-256, RIPEMD-320, SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, HAVAL-128,
 HAVAL-160, HAVAL-192, HAVAL-256, TIGER, TIGER-128, TIGER-160, GOST, WHIRLPOOL,
-SNEFRU-128, SNEFRU-256")
+SNEFRU-128, SNEFRU-256.")
     (license gpl2+)))

gnu/packages/mit-krb5.scm

@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@
     (description
      "Massachusetts Institute of Technology implementation of Kerberos.
 Kerberos is a network authentication protocol designed to provide strong
-authentication for client/server applications by using secret-key cryptography.")
+authentication for client/server applications by using secret-key
+cryptography.")
     (license (non-copyleft "file://NOTICE"
                            "See NOTICE in the distribution."))
     (home-page "http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/")))

gnu/packages/mp3.scm

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ This package contains the library.")
    (synopsis "Library for reading ID3 tags")
    (description
     "Libid3tag is a library for reading ID3 tags, both ID3v1 and the various
-versions of ID3v2")
+versions of ID3v2.")
    (license license:gpl2+)
    (home-page "http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/")))
 
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ Speex, WavPack TrueAudio, WAV, AIFF, MP4 and ASF files.")
     (synopsis "MP3 technical info viewer and ID3 1.x tag editor")
     (description
      "MP3Info is a little utility used to read and modify the ID3 tags of MP3
-files.  MP3Info can also display various techincal aspects of an MP3 file
+files.  MP3Info can also display various technical aspects of an MP3 file
 including playing time, bit-rate, sampling frequency and other attributes in a
 pre-defined or user-specifiable output format.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ pre-defined or user-specifiable output format.")
              ("libmad" ,libmad)
              ("libogg" ,libogg)
              ("libltdl" ,libltdl)
-             ("libvorbid" ,libvorbis)
+             ("libvorbis" ,libvorbis)
              ("pcre" ,pcre)))
    (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ This package contains the library.")
               "106dnka56prlc9nsfh300f8841am2lmkwlzgl9lkr25mgnc35wwh"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (inputs `(("libmp3splt" ,libmp3splt)))
-   (synopsis "Utiliy for splitting mp3 and ogg vorbis files")
+   (synopsis "Utility for splitting mp3 and ogg vorbis files")
    (description
     "Mp3splt is a utility to split mp3 and ogg vorbis files selecting a begin
 and an end time position, without decoding.  For splitting an album, one may
@@ -444,5 +444,5 @@ format.")
     (synopsis "Audio player for Musepack-formatted files")
     (description
      "Mpc123 is a command-line player for files in the Musepack audio
-compression format (.mpc files.)")
+compression format (.mpc files).")
     (license license:gpl2+)))

gnu/packages/ncdu.scm

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (synopsis "Ncurses based disk usage analyzer")
    (description "A disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface, aimed to be
-run on a remote server where you don't have an entire gaphical setup, but have
+run on a remote server where you don't have an entire graphical setup, but have
 to do with a simple SSH connection. ncdu aims to be fast, simple and easy to
 use, and should be able to run in any minimal POSIX-like environment with
 ncurses installed.")

gnu/packages/ntp.scm

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
                        (("test-decodenetnum\\$\\(EXEEXT\\) ") ""))
                      #t)))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
-   (synopsis "Real time clock synchonization system")
+   (synopsis "Real time clock synchronization system")
    (description "NTP is a system designed to synchronize the clocks of
 computers over a network.")
    (license (l:x11-style

gnu/packages/ocaml.scm

@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ It is developed using Objective Caml and Camlp5.")
                       (zero? (apply system* "make" "install-doc"
                                     make-flags)))))))
     (home-page "http://proofgeneral.inf.ed.ac.uk/")
-    (description "Generic front-end for proof assistants based on Emacs")
+    (synopsis "Generic front-end for proof assistants based on Emacs")
-    (synopsis
+    (description
      "Proof General is a major mode to turn Emacs into an interactive proof
 assistant to write formal mathematical proofs using a variety of theorem
 provers.")

gnu/packages/openbox.scm

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     (synopsis "Box style window manager")
     (description
      "Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with
-extensive standars support.  The *box visual style is well known for its
+extensive standards support.  The *box visual style is well known for its
 minimalistic appearance.  Openbox uses the *box visual style, while providing
 a greater number of options for theme developers than previous *box
 implementations.")

gnu/packages/pdf.scm

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
         %standard-phases)))
    (synopsis "Viewer for PDF files based on the Motif toolkit")
    (description
-    "Xpdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files")
+    "Xpdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.")
    (license license:gpl3) ; or gpl2, but not gpl2+
    (home-page "http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/")))
 

gnu/packages/perl.scm

@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ the Class::C3 method resolution order.")
     (description "Class::Data::Inheritable is for creating accessor/mutators
 to class data.  That is, if you want to store something about your class as a
 whole (instead of about a single object).  This data is then inherited by your
-subclasses and can be overriden.")
+subclasses and can be overridden.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-class-date
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ names, not Class::Name.  For that, this module provides \"load_class
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Class-Load-XS")
     (synopsis "XS implementation of parts of Class::Load")
     (description "This module provides an XS implementation for portions of
-Class::Load")
+Class::Load.")
     (license artistic2.0)))
 
 (define-public perl-class-methodmaker
@@ -758,11 +758,11 @@ write accessor methods for your objects that perform standard tasks.")
        ("perl-test-requires" ,perl-test-requires)))
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Class-Method-Modifiers")
     (synopsis "Moose-like method modifiers")
-    (description "Class::Method::Modifiers provides three modifiers: before,
+    (description "Class::Method::Modifiers provides three modifiers: 'before',
-around, and after.  before and after are run just before and after the method
+'around', and 'after'.  'before' and 'after' are run just before and after the
-they modify, but can not really affect that original method.  around is run in
+method they modify, but can not really affect that original method.  'around'
-place of the original method, with a hook to easily call that original
+is run in place of the original method, with a hook to easily call that
-method.")
+original method.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-class-singleton
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ necessary later on.")
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Data-Tumbler")
     (synopsis "Dynamic generation of nested combinations of variants")
     (description "Data::Tumbler - Dynamic generation of nested combinations of
-variants")
+variants.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-data-visitor
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ or \"every day\".  You can also create more complicated recurrences, such as
        ("perl-datetime-format-strptime" ,perl-datetime-format-strptime)
        ("perl-params-validate" ,perl-params-validate)))
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/DateTime-Format-Builder")
-    (synopsis "Create DateTime parser classes and objects.")
+    (synopsis "Create DateTime parser classes and objects")
     (description "DateTime::Format::Builder creates DateTime parsers.  Many
 string formats of dates and times are simple and just require a basic regular
 expression to extract the relevant information.  Builder provides a simple way
@@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ in various parts of the CPAN ecosystem.")
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-HomeDir")
     (synopsis "Find your home and other directories on any platform")
     (description "File::HomeDir is a module for locating the directories that
-are \"owned\" by a user (typicaly your user) and to solve the various issues
+are \"owned\" by a user (typically your user) and to solve the various issues
 that arise trying to find them consistently across a wide variety of
 platforms.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
@@ -2463,7 +2463,7 @@ inc directory within a distribution and are used by Makefile.PL or Build.PL.")
     (synopsis "Utilities for interactive I/O")
     (description "This module provides three utility subroutines that make it
 easier to develop interactive applications: is_interactive(), interactive(),
-and busy()")
+and busy().")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-io-string
@@ -2548,7 +2548,7 @@ pseudo ttys.")
                      ;; it, so disable it.
                      (delete-file "t/win32_compile.t"))))))
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/IPC-Run")
-    (synopsis "system() and background procs w/ piping, redirs, ptys")
+    (synopsis "Run system() and background procs w/ piping, redirs, ptys")
     (description "IPC::Run allows you run and interact with child processes
 using files, pipes, and pseudo-ttys.  Both system()-style and scripted usages
 are supported and may be mixed.  Likewise, functional and OO API styles are
@@ -2567,7 +2567,7 @@ both supported and may be mixed.")
                (base32
                 "0r9m8q78bg7yycpixd7738jm40yz71p2q7inm766kzsw3g6c709x"))))
     (build-system perl-build-system)
-    (synopsis "Run a subprocess with input/ouput redirection")
+    (synopsis "Run a subprocess with input/output redirection")
     (description
      "The IPC::Run3 module allows you to run a subprocess and redirect stdin,
 stdout, and/or stderr to files and perl data structures.  It aims to satisfy
@@ -3391,8 +3391,8 @@ accessor, while set methods are prefixed with \"_set_\".")
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/MooseX-StrictConstructor")
     (synopsis "Strict object constructors for Moose")
     (description "Simply loading this module makes your constructors
-\"strict\". If your constructor is called with an attribute init argument that
+\"strict\".  If your constructor is called with an attribute init argument
-your class does not declare, then it calls Moose->throw_error(). ")
+that your class does not declare, then it calls Moose->throw_error().")
     (license artistic2.0)))
 
 (define-public perl-moosex-traits-pluggable
@@ -3420,7 +3420,7 @@ your class does not declare, then it calls Moose->throw_error(). ")
      "http://search.cpan.org/dist/MooseX-Traits-Pluggable")
     (synopsis "Trait loading and resolution for Moose")
     (description "Adds support on top of MooseX::Traits for class precedence
-search for traits and some extra attributes")
+search for traits and some extra attributes.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-moosex-types
@@ -4144,7 +4144,7 @@ of Perl objects without duplicates for scalars and references.")
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Set-Scalar")
     (synopsis "Set operations for Perl")
     (description "The first priority of Set::Scalar is to be a convenient
-interface to sets (as in: unordered colletions of Perl scalars.)  While not
+interface to sets (as in: unordered collections of Perl scalars).  While not
 designed to be slow or big, neither has it been designed to be fast or
 compact.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
@@ -4249,7 +4249,7 @@ CamelCase and back again.")
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/String-RewritePrefix")
     (synopsis "Rewrite strings based on a set of known prefixes")
     (description "This module allows you to rewrite strings based on a set of
-known pprefixes.")
+known prefixes.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-sub-exporter
@@ -4730,7 +4730,7 @@ structures without getting caught in an infinite loop.")
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-Differences")
     (synopsis "Test strings and data structures and show differences")
     (description "This module exports three test functions and four diff-style
-functions")
+functions.")
     ;; See LICENSE section of Test/Differences.pm, which reads "... GNU public
     ;; license, any version, ..."
     (license gpl3+)))
@@ -4967,7 +4967,7 @@ bit more fine-grained control over test suites.")
     (description
      "This modules causes any warnings during testing to be captured and
 stored.  It automatically adds an extra test that will run when your script
-ends to check that there were no warnings.  If there were any warings, the
+ends to check that there were no warnings.  If there were any warnings, the
 test will fail and output diagnostics of where, when and what the warning was,
 including a stack trace of what was going on when it occurred.")
     (home-page (string-append "http://search.cpan.org/~adamk/"
@@ -5593,7 +5593,7 @@ duration strings like \"2 minutes\" and \"3 seconds\" to seconds.")
     (description "This module provides functions that are the inverse of
 built-in perl functions localtime() and gmtime().  They accept a date as a
 six-element array, and return the corresponding time(2) value in seconds since
-the system epoch")
+the system epoch.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-timedate
@@ -5762,7 +5762,7 @@ UNIVERSAL::can() as a function, which it is not.")
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/UNIVERSAL-isa")
     (synopsis "UNIVERSAL::isa() reimplementation")
     (description "This module attempts to recover from people calling
-UNIVERSAL::isa as a function")
+UNIVERSAL::isa as a function.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-variable-magic

gnu/packages/pulseaudio.scm

@@ -173,11 +173,12 @@ rates. ")
     (home-page "http://www.pulseaudio.org/")
     (synopsis "Sound server")
     (description
-     "PulseAudio is a sound server.  It is basically a proxy for your sound applications.
+     "PulseAudio is a sound server.  It is basically a proxy for your sound
-It allows you to do advanced operations on your sound data as it passes
+applications.  It allows you to do advanced operations on your sound data as
-between your application and your hardware.  Things like transferring the
+it passes between your application and your hardware.  Things like
-audio to a different machine, changing the sample format or channel count and
+transferring the audio to a different machine, changing the sample format or
-mixing several sounds into one are easily achieved using a sound server. ")
+channel count and mixing several sounds into one are easily achieved using a
+sound server.")
 
     ;; PulseAudio is LGPLv2+, but some of the optional dependencies (GNU dbm,
     ;; FFTW, etc.) are GPL'd, so the result is effectively GPLv2+.  See

gnu/packages/python.scm

@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ datetime module, available in Python 2.3+.")
     (synopsis
      "Parse human-readable date/time text")
     (description
-     "Parse human-readable date/time text")
+     "Parse human-readable date/time text.")
     (license asl2.0)))
 
 (define-public python-pandas
@@ -828,8 +828,9 @@ after Andy Lester’s Perl module WWW::Mechanize.")
     (synopsis
      "Json library for Python")
     (description
-     "JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a subset of JavaScript syntax
+     "JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a subset of JavaScript
- (ECMA-262 3rd edition) used as a lightweight data interchange format.
+syntax (ECMA-262 3rd edition) used as a lightweight data interchange
+format.
 
 Simplejson exposes an API familiar to users of the standard library marshal
 and pickle modules.  It is the externally maintained version of the json
@@ -1524,7 +1525,7 @@ executed.")
      "Python test discovery for unittest")
     (description
      "Discover provides test discovery for unittest, a feature that has been
-backported from Python 2.7 for Python 2.4+")
+backported from Python 2.7 for Python 2.4+.")
     (license bsd-3)))
 
 (define-public python2-discover
@@ -2147,7 +2148,7 @@ mining and data analysis.")
     (home-page "http://scikit-image.org/")
     (synopsis "Image processing in Python")
     (description
-     "scikit-image is a collection of algorithms for image processing.")
+     "Scikit-image is a collection of algorithms for image processing.")
     (license bsd-3)))
 
 (define-public python2-scikit-image

gnu/packages/rdesktop.scm

@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@
     (synopsis "Client for Windows Terminal Services")
     (description
      "rdesktop is a client for Microsoft's Windows Remote Desktop Services,
-capable of natively speaking Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP.)  It allows users
+capable of natively speaking Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).  It allows users
 to remotely control a user's Windows desktop.")
     (license license:gpl3+)))

gnu/packages/rdf.scm

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Java Lucene text search engine API to C++.")
      "LRDF is a library to make it easy to manipulate RDF files describing
 LADSPA plugins.  It can also be used for general RDF manipulation.  It can
 read RDF/XLM and N3 files and export N3 files, and it also has a light
-taxonomic inference capablility.")
+taxonomic inference capability.")
     (license gpl2)))
 
 (define-public rasqal

gnu/packages/ruby.scm

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ announcement.")
                       ;; dependencies are not available right now.
                       (delete-file "tasks/cucumber.rake"))))))
     (synopsis "Building and packaging helper for Ruby native extensions")
-    (description "Rake-compiler proivides a framework for building and
+    (description "Rake-compiler provides a framework for building and
 packaging native C and Java extensions in Ruby.")
     (home-page "https://github.com/rake-compiler/rake-compiler")
     (license license:expat)))
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ standard diff-like tool.")
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("ruby-rspec-support" ,ruby-rspec-support)
        ("ruby-diff-lcs" ,ruby-diff-lcs-for-rspec)))
-    (synopsis "RSpec expecations library")
+    (synopsis "RSpec expectations library")
     (description "Rspec-expectations provides a simple API to express expected
 outcomes of a code example.")
     (home-page "https://github.com/rspec/rspec-expectations")

gnu/packages/slim.scm

@@ -91,5 +91,5 @@ Features included: PNG and XFT support for alpha transparency and antialiased
 fonts, External themes support, Configurable runtime options: X server --
 login / shutdown / reboot commands, Single (GDM-like) or double (XDM-like)
 input control, Can load predefined user at startup, Configurable welcome /
-shutdown messages, Random theme selection")
+shutdown messages, Random theme selection.")
     (license l:gpl2)))

gnu/packages/telephony.scm

@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ to initiate and control SIP sessions.")
    (inputs `(("osip" ,osip)))
    (synopsis "Sip abstraction library")
    (description "EXosip is a library that hides the complexity of using the
-SIP protocol for mutlimedia session establishement.  This protocol is mainly to
+SIP protocol for multimedia session establishment.  This protocol is mainly to
 be used by VoIP telephony applications (endpoints or conference server) but
-might be also usefull for any application that wish to establish sessions like
+might be also useful for any application that wish to establish sessions like
 multiplayer games.")
    (license gpl2+)
    ;; (plus OpenSSL linking exception)

gnu/packages/tls.scm

@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ required structures.")
            (files '("etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt")))))
    (synopsis "SSL/TLS implementation")
    (description
-    "OpenSSL is an implementation of SSL/TLS")
+    "OpenSSL is an implementation of SSL/TLS.")
    (license license:openssl)
    (home-page "http://www.openssl.org/")))
 

gnu/packages/tre.scm

@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@
     (synopsis "Approximate regex matching library and agrep utility")
     (description "Superset of the POSIX regex API, enabling approximate
 matching.  Also ships a version of the agrep utility which behaves similar to
-grep but features ineaxct matching.")
+grep but features inexact matching.")
     (home-page "http://laurikari.net/tre")
     (license bsd-2)))

gnu/packages/web.scm

@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ files, checks if a given domain is a public suffix, provides immediate cookie
 domain verification, finds the longest public part of a given domain, finds
 the shortest private part of a given domain, works with international
 domains (UTF-8 and IDNA2008 Punycode), is thread-safe, and handles IDNA2008
-UTS#46")
+UTS#46.")
     (license l:x11)))
 
 (define-public tidy
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ cookie mechanism.")
        ("perl-path-class" ,perl-path-class)))
     (home-page
      "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Catalyst-Plugin-Session-Store-FastMmap")
-    (synopsis "FastMmap session storage backend.")
+    (synopsis "FastMmap session storage backend")
     (description "Catalyst::Plugin::Session::Store::FastMmap is a fast session
 storage plugin for Catalyst that uses an mmap'ed file to act as a shared
 memory interprocess cache.  It is based on Cache::FastMmap.")
@@ -2297,7 +2297,7 @@ or to multiple server ports.")
      `(("perl-io-socket-ssl" ,perl-io-socket-ssl)))
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-SMTP-SSL")
     (synopsis "SSL support for Net::SMTP")
-    (description "SSL support for Net::SMTP")
+    (description "SSL support for Net::SMTP.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-plack

gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm

@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ System style license, and has no special dependencies.")
      "Wmctrl allows to interact with an X window manager that is compatible
 with the EWMH/NetWM specification.  It can query the window manager for
 information, and request for certain window management actions (resize and
-move windows, switch between desktops, etc.)")
+move windows, switch between desktops, etc.).")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
 (define-public scrot

gnu/packages/xfce.scm

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ storage system.")
     (synopsis "Widgets library for Xfce")
     (description
      "Libxfce4ui is the replacement of the old libxfcegui4 library.  It is used
-to share commonly used Xfce widgets amoung the Xfce applications.")
+to share commonly used Xfce widgets among the Xfce applications.")
     (license lgpl2.0+)))
 
 (define-public exo
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ fast.")
      "Thunar-volman is an extension for the Thunar File Manager, which enables
 automatic management of removable drives and media.  For example, if
 thunar-volman is installed and configured properly, and you plug in your
-digitcal camera, it will automatically spawn your preferred photo application
+digital camera, it will automatically spawn your preferred photo application
 and import the new pictures from your camera.")
     (license gpl2+)))
 

gnu/packages/xiph.scm

@@ -333,11 +333,11 @@ incorporated technology from Skype's SILK codec and Xiph.Org's CELT codec.")
     (inputs `(("libogg" ,libogg)
               ("opus" ,opus)
               ("flac" ,flac)))
-    (synopsis "Command line utilities to encode, inspect, and decode .opus
+    (synopsis
-files")
+     "Command line utilities to encode, inspect, and decode .opus files")
     (description "Opus is a royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec.
 Opus-tools provide command line utilities for creating, inspecting and
-decoding .opus files")
+decoding .opus files.")
     (license license:bsd-3)
     (home-page "http://www.opus-codec.org")))